Interviewer instructions
Column (11): Whether currently registered with any placement agency: For persons of age 15 to 45 years listed in column (1) of this block, it is to be ascertained whether or not they are currently on the register in any placement agency.
Registration in both government employment exchanges or private placement agencies will be considered. For a person to be currently on the live register, he or she should renew his/her registration before it lapses, i.e., when the renewal becomes due. For registration in government employment exchanges, the period specified for renewal varies from state to state and also perhaps, from one employment category to the other. The investigator, therefore, should ascertain from some knowledgeable sources, the period specified for such renewal in the particular region where he has to carry out the field work. With this background information, the investigator should find out when the person has registered in the government employment exchange, whether he has renewed the registration, etc., and thus determine whether or not he or she was currently on the live register of the government employment exchange. Persons may also register in various private placement agencies, who act as facilitator for the prospective job seekers. Some of the private placement agencies also have job portals in the Internet, through which the prospective job seekers register their names. If the person is registered in only government employment exchanges code 1 will be recorded and in case the household member is registered in private placement agencies code will be 2. When a person is registered in both the government employment exchanges and private placement agencies code 3 will be recorded. Code 4 will be recorded for those persons who are not registered in either government employment exchanges or private placement agencies.
