New Delhi: Recruitment agencies and consultants are invited by Saksham, an apex Government of India mission to solve the unemployment problem in India, to apply and become a Saksham Empanelled Vendor or a Saksham Rojgar Sathi.
Such empanelled vendors shall be given exclusive access to mandates from job-providing companies, an AI-powered technology platform to manage the low-income workforce hiring, and the right guidelines for increased growth. The mission by TIFAC, a government of India body under the Department of Science and Technology, is currently focusing on onboarding agencies from Maharashtra, and an RFP for the same has been issued.
“By creating an umbrella to guide recruitment agencies of all levels, including single-person companies, and empowering them with our IPs and brand value, we are taking a major step towards increasing revenues for recruitment agencies while solving the problem of unemployment step by step,” says Dayal Kalyan Kangne, Lead Coordinator of the mission in Maharashtra.
The mission has already touched the lives of more than 40 lac unemployed workforce and aims to empower more than 50 crore workforce in India that is employed in the low-income segment.
“India’s blue-collared recruitment industry is largely unorganised and was expected to remain so without the appropriate intervention of technology. With our intervention, we hope to empower recruitment agencies to serve more jobseekers and play a role in reducing unemployment,” Dr Pradeep Srivastava, Executive Director, TIFAC, was quoted as saying.
There are said to be more than 100,000 recruitment agencies or independent consultants in India who are eligible to apply to this program when it opens for the rest of India. Currently, agencies from Maharashtra have started applying to become Saksham Rojgar Sathi. The first round of announcements of selected consultants shall be made soon.
The Government of India mission invites all such agencies and consultants to apply, irrespective of their strength and turnover. Selection shall be based on genuine and credible, aiming to make every credible organisation a Saksham Rojgar Sathi.
“We are speaking to companies across India, advising them to recruit through credible agencies only, especially for the low-income workforce. There have been a number of cases of fraud as well as incompetencies, leading to a lack of enough employment opportunities for the right candidates. Hence, this movement is critical,” adds Prashant Nikam, former IRAS officer and Chairman of Sapio Analytics, the nodal agency for Saksham.
Sapio Analytics is a partner of multiple governments in their livelihood missions and works with organisations to enhance the performance of their low-income workforce. TIFAC is India’s apex technology forecasting body focused on solving issues of national importance using technology.
