Chance of work security falls with class; women gain ground but remain under represented
Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 11
The total number of government employees in Nagaland State as on March 2014 stands at 95,903 which accounts for 4.85 percent of the total population (19,78,502) of Nagaland and 9.85 per cent of the total workers (9,74,122) in the State as per the 2011 census.
During 2012-2013, as per records, there was an increase of 2,373 employees in the State. This was stated in the Nagaland Economic Survey 2015-16 brought out by the State’s Economics & Statistics Department. Out of 95,903 employees in 2014, Class I employees constituted 4.16 percent, Class II- 2.86 per cent, Class III- 66.75 percent and Class IV- 26.23 percent.
The report stated that the percentage of regular post is highest in Class I with 95.11 percent while the percentage of regular post tends to decrease with the fall in the status of employees i.e. Class II with 92.66 per cent, Class III with 91.27 per cent and Class IV with 65.20 per cent.
The percentage of adhoc and work charge employees in the State is highest in Class IV category of employees and accounts 31.25 per cent, Class III with 5.78 per cent, Class II with 3.80 per cent and Class I with 2.53 per cent. Contract and deputation nature of employment are highest in Class II category and Class IV category with 3.54 per cent followed by 2.36 percent in Class I and 2.95 percent in Class III.
The Survey report stated that female employees constitute 22.47 percent of the total employees and male employees constitute of 77.53 percent.
With the increase in the number of employees in the State Government, the number of female employees gradually increased till 2010-11. However, during 2011-12 there was decrease in the number of female employees by 63 persons. In the year 2013, as on 31st March, the number of female employees increased by 1,026 person thereby raising the total number of female employees to 20,605. The number of female employees increased by 943 persons in the year 2014, as on 31st March.
Out of total number of employees in the State, 94.28 percent of the employees are from Schedule Tribes while remaining 6 percent of the total employees are from General, SC and OBC category.
The age profile of State Government employees in the age group between 24-46 years is 63.48 percent while 5.62 percent of the total employees are in the age group between 18-25 years and 21.05 percent of the total employees are in the age group between 47-60 years. About 9.83 percent of the total employees did not disclose their date of birth, the report stated.
The percentage of post graduate, graduate, PU/10+2, matriculate, under matric, are 3.37 percent, 12.43 percent, 11.79 percent, 18.93 percent and 53.48 percent respectively, the report stated.
