About EMI

• Employment Market Information provides information regarding the structure of employment, occupational composition of the establishment, educational qualification of the employees and thereby provide information about the balance between supply and demand of Manpower.
• The Employment Market Information unit is functioning in all districts. The foremost function of the EMI units are identification of establishment and collect and compile information on employment and thereby help to assess supply, demand and plan for manpower requirements.
• Employment data in relation to public sector establishments and non-agricultural establishments in private sector employing 25 or more persons are collected under the provisions of Employment Exchanges Compulsory Notification Act 1959 and the rules under 1960. This is collected and complied for every quarter. Based on these reports, knowledge of vacancies, the needed qualifications for that vacancies are assessed and planned. In addition to this Area Market Report for a particular area is prepared.
• The major use of the Employment Market Information are to assess the absorption of applicants waiting in the live register, fulfil the demand of manpower, assessment of manpower requirements of professional, technical, scientific and skilled workers, and the employment opportunities likely to be generated as well as the progress made in creating employment opportunities thereby play a vital role in the development of economy of that area.