Kohima: The total annual income generated by the unorganized sector in capital Kohima in 2006 was recorded at Rs. 238 crores.
This figure was given by the Kohima District Human Development Report brought out recently through the project of Government of India and United Nations Development Programme.
According to the report released here recently, there are roughly 67 types of establishments or sectors that constitute the unorganized sector in Kohima. Around 8000 business establishments come under these 67 categories of establishment or sectors.
About 23,000 persons are employed in this sector during the survey period of July to October 2006, of whom 10,900 were non-Nagas, the report said. It added that roughly 80 per cent of the total employed was male.
The employed females are generally Naga women. The few non-Naga women employed in this sector were engaged in small grocery shops or as vegetable vendors.
It is estimated that 10,900 non-Nagas employed in the unorganized sector in Kohima earn about Rs. 90 crores a year.
”Assuming that 40 per cent of the total annual earnings of the non-Nagas are retained in the state as cost of living, an amount of Rs. 54 crore would be the annual outflow of revenue in a year.
Thus out of the total income of Rs. 238 crore generated by the unorganized sector in Kohima Rs. 54 crore go out, that is 23 per cent of the total income of the sector,” the report said.
It also stated that the study by Directorate of Evaluation indicated that the income levels of many unskilled people engaged in the unorganized sector in Kohima are higher than that of many government employees in Nagaland.
The study indicated that the service sector in the unorganized sector did not require heavy capital investment and could be capitalized for employment of a large section of the unemployed youth. The prominent unorganized sectors employ the bulk of people in Kohima. Out of the estimated 23,000 persons employed, 68 per cent, which is 15,640 persons, are employed in 9 sectors. The rest 7,360 are distributed in the remaining 58 sectors of the unorganized economy of Kohima.
The report quoting the figure of the Directorate of Evaluation said construction was one of the most prominent activities in the unorganized sector in Kohima, adding ”this is a corollary of the rapid pace of urbanization taking place, particularly in Kohima municipal area.
Other activities like consumer durable shops, transport related activities and grocery shops all illustrate the pace of urbanization in Kohima,” it said. (UNI)