KOHIMA,SEPTEMBER 20 (DIPR): The Department of Evaluation has come out with an evaluation study on ‘Employment Opportunities forgone by Nagas and Employment of non-Nagas in the State’, which is its 52nd report. The objective is to make an assessment of the number of employment opportunities available within the state and forgone/not optimized by the Nagas, to assess the total annual outflow of revenue from the state and to suggest measures, ways and means to enable the youth to emulate the work culture and entrepreneurial practices adopted by the non-Nagas. The study was conducted during July to October 2006.
According to the summary of the findings, in the three selected sample district head quarters of Kohima, Dimapur, Mokokchung, 13,380 (Thirteen thousand three hundred and eighty) establishments/shops/units operated and run by non-Naga as well Nagas were covered and surveyed. The total number of non-Naga workforce earning their livelihood in the State in these three sample districts is estimated at 45815 (Forty five thousand eight hundred and fifteen) with an annual income of Rs.450.60 crores (four hundred fifty crores and sixty lakhs) which translates to an average annual and monthly per capita income of Rs. 98352 and Rs. 8196 respectively.
Dimapur has the largest non-Naga workforce with 32700 persons earning an annual income of Rs.351.85 crores followed by Kohima with a workforce of 10900 earning an annual income of Rs.89.98 crores and Mokokchung with a workforce of 2215 non-Nagas earning Rs.8.77 crores annually. The units enumerated were in 78 (seventy eight) different trades ranging from agriculture, trading and manufacturing to the service sector. The overall female-male employment ratio of these non-Naga workforces is 1:6 with 6182 females and 39633 males. The age group of the enumerated workforce ranges from 15 to 60 years. Only about 30 percent of the group are graduates and above. The educational status of 70 percent of the work force is in the range of Class 5 to pre-university/higher secondary level. The total earnings of the skilled work force of these three sample blocks is estimated at Rs.266.97 crores while that of the unskilled labour is at Rs.183.61 crores.
The annual income of the non-Nagas in Dimapur was the highest with Rs.351.85 crores followed by Kohima Rs.89.98 crores and Mokokchung with Rs.8.77 crores. This translates to an average annual income of about Rs.107601 and monthly income of Rs. 8967 per person in Dimapur, an annual earning of Rs. 82553 and monthly income of Rs. 39580 and Rs. 3298 per person respectively in Mokokchung.
