Selected Country Programme Results for 2014–2015 JANUARY 2016

COUNTRY PROGRAMME OUTCOME AND RESULTS ACHIEVED ILO CONTRIBUTION (OUTPUTS)

Improved policies and programmes on sustainable enterprise development and formalization

> Three state governments (, Telangana and ) > Systematic analysis and discussion on how to integrate ILO’s SIYB and one civil society organization (Tara Livelihood Academy) integrate Programme into the existing programmes/schemes of the governments. ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Programme in their own > ILO conducted training-of-trainers (TOTs) in the State of the Department programmes; of Labour & Employment & Industrial Training. > Approximately 6,800 men and women have been trained on SIYB. 40% > ILO promoted SIYB among civil society organizations. of those trained are women, and 47% of those trained have started > ILO trained 270 trainers on SIYB and 6 SIYB master trainers, includ- their own micro enterprises. ing from ILO’s employers’ partner and MOLE, with training materials > Network of SIYB Trainers (SIYB Association of India) set up. provided in local languages. > Knowledge and experiences shared. > MoUs signed with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises > Setting up of an e-SIYB network of trainers in India as a precursor and between ILO and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce to the SIYB Association of India. and Industry (FICCI) to establish a National Coordination Centre The ILO in India for Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Training Services in India. > SCORE implemented in 86 MSMEs employing 4,217 workers. SCORE training resulted in cost savings in 91% of enterprises, while defects were reduced in 64% and accidents diminished in 31% of the units. India and decent work ILO contact With a projected growth rate of 7.5% Panudda Boonpala Enhanced national capacity to effectively plan, design and implement public employment and investment programmes through in 2015-16, India’s economy is out- Director - ILO Decent Work Team for South infrastructure works Asia and Country Office for India performing other emerging markets. Nonetheless, larger challenges Core 4B, 3rd Floor India Habitat Centre > National policy framework for maintenance of rural roads adopted. > Skills training programme for maintenance of rural roads conducted Lodhi Road 7 States in India adopted similar policies. for road agencies and local construction firms in eight states, covering persist in the labour market, where New -110003 > Farmers benefiting from maintained rural roads reported 50-60% 6,500 technical staff members. outcomes have lagged behind eco- Tel: +91 11 4750 9200 savings in travel time to reach markets. > Tracking systems to quantify employment created due to improved nomic trends, reflected by the period [email protected] > The Ministry of Rural Development adopted a set of training manuals routine maintenance practices in the states of Himachal Pradesh of ‘jobless growth’ in the 2000s. on rural road maintenance for contractors and engineers, which will and Uttarakhand. Tripartite constituents be rolled out in all states in India in 2016. > Drafted national and state level policies and prepared a maintenance A larger issue is the creation of more Government: Ministry of Labour and Employ- management manual for rural roads. productive employment and better > Performance-based maintenance contracting and community con- ment tracting introduced in four states, applying employment-intensive work > Implementation of a contracts management system. quality jobs to facilitate the transition methods in routine road maintenance works. GOI commences training > National occupational standards, training curricula, manuals and course from informality, which dominates Workers’ organizations: The 12 central trade programme to train 50,000 barefoot technicians to strengthen technical programmes for training of barefoot technicians developed. unions and their regional and state-level supervision of labour-intensive work sites. the economy and labour market. affiliates Significant gains have been made Employers’ organizations: The Council of More women and men, both in the formal and informal economy, have access to social protection in gender equality and human de- Indian Employers (comprising of All India and improved working conditions velopment. However, women’s low Organization of Employers, Employers’ level of labour force participation Federation of India and Standing Conference of Public Enterprises). > The government of has approved the creation of the Odisha > ILO chairs the UN Task Team on Employment and Social Protection. remains a challenge. Though con- Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board (OBOCWWB) Studies, dialogues and consultations. siderable efforts have been made Find out more to ensure social security services to members, including migrant > Technical and financial support to the trade unions in developing to ensure that India can profit workers in the unorganized sector. ilo.org/india strategies and activities in selected states to facilitate government and from its demographic dividend, > Trade unions enrolled 152,000 workers eligible for benefits. beneficiaries’ access to social security benefits and to raise awareness > Awareness increased, among 30,000 domestic workers, of the mini- of domestic workers’ minimum working conditions. young people in India face hurdles mum working conditions to which they are entitled. to making a successful transition > Domestic workers organized and empowered using a community life from school to work, as many lack adequate skills and have difficulties in accessing competence approach. employment opportunities. The Decent Work Country India is a founding member of the ILO and has ratified 45 international labour Programme priorities are Strengthened capacity of member States to ratify and apply international labour standards and to fulfil their reporting obligations Conventions and one protocol.  1 Promotion of international > The revised National Child Labour Programme of the Government > Technical assistance provided to tripartite constituents on various Strategic framework: the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) aligned with labour standards and of India was approved for funding in 2015 in India’s 12th Five-Year Conventions. national priorities fundamental principles Plan (2013-17) and Child Labour Amendment Bill revisions approved > Draft Child Labour Monitoring, Tracking and Reporting System The ILO’s work in India is carried out within the framework of the Decent Work and rights at work. by the Cabinet in May 2015. (CLMTRS) designed. Country Programme (DWCP) for 2013-2017, which is aligned with the country’s 12th > India has ratified the Maritime Labour Convention and is open to rati- > Guidelines for convergence and generic state-to-state protocol 2 Promotion of policies fying the ILO’s Child Labour Conventions. for migrant children. Five-Year Plan and the United Nations Development Action Framework (2013-2017). for job-rich and inclusive > Gap analysis and training on MLC. growth, especially for > Study completed on “devadasi” – caste-based temple prostitution women, youth and disad- and caste sanctioned rape. vantaged groups. > Study completed on the trafficking of indigenous domestic workers. Key challenges 3 Building a national social protection floor • Between 8 and 9 million additional young persons will join the labour force and strengthening annually between 2012 and 2022. workplace compliance. 4 Enhancing labour adminis- Contact • 26% of youth are neither in employment nor education. tration, tripartism and International Labour Organization Tel: +41 22 799 7239 / Fax: +41 22 799 6668 DEPARTMENT social dialogue at national 4, Route des Morillons E-mail: [email protected] OF PARTNERSHIPS • More than 36 million micro, small and medium enterprises in India provide and state levels. CH-1211 Geneva-22 – Switzerland www.ilo.org/pardev AND FIELD SUPPORT employment to over 106 million people. Main actions and key results

Supporting inclusive policies and better labour market information Ratifying and applying international labour standards Contributing to the broader agenda carried out by the ILO for the Ministry provided technical advice on improving The ILO has worked towards reducing migrant workers to debt bondage and of inclusive growth, the ILO has un- of Labour and Employment and labour market information systems household vulnerability to bondage and forced labour, prevent trafficking and dertaken evidence-based research and Ministry of Statistics and Programme and contributed to capacity building for preventing the trafficking of female promote safe migration. consultations on key policy dimensions, Implementation has been an important skills-gap assessments, most recently migrants in a number of states, in In 2015, India ratified the Maritime namely skills, jobs, entrepreneurship resource for improving the collection in Mizoram. Sector Skills Councils have collaboration with state governments Labour Convention on Seafarers’ Identity and sectoral policies, linked to the of data. benefited from ILO’s experience in oth- and civil society organizations. The ILO Documents and has taken concrete Government of India’s strategies such Based on an in-depth analysis of the er countries in developing assessment has facilitated interventions by state steps towards the ratification of the core as “Make in India” and “Skill India”. skills development system in India practices and systems to recognise governments and other stakeholders Conventions on child labour. An assessment of labour statistics and global good practices, the ILO has prior learning. to reduce the vulnerability of inter-state

Promoting sustainable enterprises The ILO contributes to India’s efforts have started their own micro-enterprises. Next steps to accelerate the competitiveness and The ILO’s training product on developing growth of the micro, small and medium cooperative relations in the workplace enterprises (MSMEs) sector in global as a basic and necessary foundation for The ILO will continue to engage with The Decent Work Agenda is well recog- supply chains. In order to generate sustaining competitiveness (SCORE) was its constituents in India through key nized in India and has been integrated more and better quality jobs, the ILO implemented in 90 MSMEs employing strategic entry points and partnerships in key government documents, including uses global tools and methodologies 5,600 workers. SCORE training led in line with India’s DWCP. Broader the five-year plans. The Sustainable to improve understanding among to cost savings in 91% of enterprises, partnerships within government and with Development Goals provide an opportu- businesses that productivity and while defects were reduced in 64% other stakeholders will be strengthened. nity to enhance future activities in India competitiveness are intrinsically linked and accidents came down in 31% State-level engagement will be an with ILO partners. to working conditions. of the units. The ILO is supporting increasingly important vehicle for the Through the ILO’s Start and Improve the Federation of Indian Chambers ILO’s work in India. Your Business (SIYB) Programme, 6,800 of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) men and women have been trained in to establish a National Coordination 2014-2015 on business creation and Centre for Sustaining Competitive and development, and 47% of those trained Responsible Enterprises.

Promoting rural employment through infrastructure works Partnerships for decent work To support capacity development in the capacity for regular maintenance of rural izing and supervising the building and rural economy, the ILO has collaborated roads, and with the Mahatma Gandhi maintenance of village infrastructure The ILO’s work in India is built on a strong relationship with the Government of India with the Ministry of Rural Development National Rural Employment Guarantee works. This is contributing to better and the social partners. ILO has developed partnerships with a range of stakeholders, the ilo and decent work – through the National Rural Roads Scheme (MGNREGS) to train “barefoot employment opportunities and access such as the UN Country Team, bilateral and multilateral resource partners, research a mandate for peace Development Agency (NRRDA) to build technicians” capable of planning, organ- to services in rural areas. institutes (Institute for Human Development, National Council of Applied Economic and social justice Research, VV Giri National Labour Institute) and research networks (SARNET), and Extending social protection coverage and improving working conditions civil society organizations, including Development Alternatives/Tara Livelihoods good practice: decent work In 2014-15, the ILO has worked with facilitated the implementation of the Academy, Prayas, B-Able, the Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of Andhra Pradesh. The International Labour Organiza- for rural roads maintenance constituents and the UN Task Team Construction Welfare Boards in 8 states, Migrant Forum Asia, and the International Domestic Workers Network. Also, in tion (ILO) is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally re- on Employment and Social Protection which resulted in the registration of a unique partnership, the Government of India has provided resources to the ILO from a World Bank loan, on a direct single-source basis, for technical assistance cognized human and labour rights, to promote the social protection floor 152,000 construction workers. pursuing its founding mission that The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana approach in Odisha. Policy-oriented The ILO has also helped raise aware- on sustainable rural roads maintenance systems in eight States. labour peace is essential to prospe- (PMGSY) is a nationwide plan to provide research and advocacy activities have rity. Today, the ILO helps advance good all-weather road connectivity to ness among 30,000 domestic workers generated support from the Government Major ILO resource partners in India (2012-2015) the creation of decent work and remote villages. It has played a major of the minimum working conditions the economic and working condi- role in improving access to markets and of Odisha for enhancing social protec- and rights to which domestic workers Sweden tions that give working people and essential services for people living in tion in the state. The ILO has also 1.5% UN are entitled. Netherlands organizations business people a stake in lasting rural India. Under PMGSY, the ILO has 1.7% and agencies peace, prosperity and progress. supported efforts to build the technical 1.2% Strengthening and modernizing labour administration United Kingdom Its tripartite structure provides a and managerial capacities needed for 2.0% unique platform for promoting de- the proper maintenance of rural roads in Flanders The ILO has provided technical inputs to sup- Nadu on labour administration and social dia- cent work for all women and men. 8 states. This partnership has resulted 6.0% port the Government’s efforts to strengthen logue. A seminar on promoting the ratification Its main aims are to promote rights in the training of 6,500 engineers and United States and modernize their labour administration of ILO conventions on occupational safety and Canada at work, encourage decent employ- contractors and the development of 33.2% machinery and labour inspectorates, at both health too was organized. At the same time, 7.3% ment opportunities, enhance social innovative contract models for mainte- protection and strengthen dialogue nance of roads, which involve engaging the national and state level. In 2015, the technical submissions have been provided Norway on work-related issues. small contractors and local communi- ILO organized a tripartite national seminar by the ILO to the Government of India on 9.3% ties to carry out day-to-day maintenance on enhancing labour administration, perfor- the labour law reform agenda to promote of the rural roads network. As a next mance and strengthening social dialogue. It both compliance with international labour Switzerland step, the Ministry of Rural Development also organized state level tripartite workshops standards and more effective labour market 11.1% will replicate this approach across the International in , , and Tamil regulations benefiting employers and workers. financial institutions country. 26.6%