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What
is SSNP ?
SSNP is the future beyond VRS. It aims at capacity
building of job displaced
employees so as to be relevant
in the changing labour market.
Social Safety Net Programme
(SSNP) is a means of empowering
the public sector employees
who have been affected by
the enterprise reform. SSNP
is the expression of government
concern for human resource
development and reintegration
of the job displaced labor
through improved skills in
the changing job market.
It is an important component of enterprise reform
programme in Andhra Pradesh.
It works with employees who
have been affected by job
displacement as a consequence
of closure or restructuring
of state level enterprises.
It works to mitigate the trauma
of employees rendered jobless.
SSNP is an important wing of the Implementation
Secretariat which is an autonomous
body created by the Govt.
for implementing Public Enterprise
Reforms in Andhra Pradesh.
SSNP has been established
in March 1999. It is a special
body to work with the employees
of public enterprises in strengthening
their efforts at finding alternative
jobs or livelihoods through
retraining and redeployment
related services. It is being
funded by DFID as part of
AP Economic Restructuring
Programme.
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What
does SSNP do ?
Major
activities / services of SSNP
include the following
Services
- Counselling
for alternative jobs
- Counselling
for skill upgradation
or acquiring new skills,
which could improve one's
chances for alternative
employment
- Free
vocational training (skill
upgradation/ acquiring
new skills)
- Limited
follow up services for
redeployment
- Orientation
and guidance for taking
self-employment ventures
Activities
- Survey
/ database in regard to
the status of VRS employees
- Building
understanding among all
concerned sections of
the society in regard
to the problem of job
affected sections
- Studies
on job opportunities/
alternative livelihoods
for job displaced sections
(labor market studies)
- Networking
with a variety of agencies,
both governmental and
non governmental, engaged
in the areas of retraining,
counseling, self employment
etc
SSNP aims at mitigating the trauma of job loss.
It includes job severance
compensation in the form of
monetary assistance to job
displaced persons and non
monetary assistance in terms
of skill upgradation and or
assistance in taking up small
business/ self employment
ventures.
SSNP strengthens the efforts of employees who
have taken VRS or have been
retrenched in state level
public enterprises to find
alternative livelihoods. Towards
facilitating alternative livelihoods,
it provides counselling and
retraining services to the
VRS/ retrenched employees
so as to be effective in finding
a job again in the open market
or to take up a small venture
for self-employment.
It identifies jobs in demand in a particular area
and provides free retraining
in such areas for the VRS/
retrenched employees. Besides,
SSNP provides limited follow
up services for redeployment
in the form of new jobs or
self-employment ventures.
It helps in building access
to financial institutions
and subject experts for those
who are interested in starting
self-employment ventures.
SSNP enlists the support of skill promotion agencies,
placement agencies, trade
unions, employers and development
agencies to address the problem
of VRS/ retrenched employees.
It sensitizes and seeks contribution
of concerned forces of the
civil society and the policy
makers in reducing the trauma
of those affected by job losses.
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Who
are benefited by SSNP?
SSNP provides services to job displaced persons
of state level public enterprises.
So far job displaced employees
of eleven public enterprises
have been provided counseling,
retraining and limited follow
up services for redeployment.
Around 4700 VRS employees
across the state are in contact
with the SSNP. These VRS employees
are actively associated with
SSNP team in designing strategies
for improving their chances
for alternative jobs or self-employment.
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Who
is eligible to recieve SSNP
services ?
The following individuals are eligible to seek
services of SSNP
*(list
of AP Public Sector Enterprises
receiving SSNP services
is enclosed in Annexure).
You could enquire with SSNP
whether VRS employees of
your enterprise could avail
SSNP services.
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Is
training of any use to VRS
employees ?
Yes. It is an essential asset of any person. It
improves the human capital.
Skill is the visa to job
and having right skills
in the constantly changing
labor market is a must.
Earlier technology, skills
and forms of organization
are giving way to new ones.
Upgrading one's skill or
learning new skills is vital
for becoming relevant in
the changing labor market.
Retraining is vital for
redeployment and SSNP assists
in improving this human
capital of job displaced
persons.
Acquiring relevant skills
or upgrading the existing
skills is the key to success
of many job displaced employees.
SSNP assists in identifying
skills of demand in the
changing labor market and
provides free vocational
training.
Several job displaced employees
of public enterprises have
been successful in getting
redeployed in the form of
either a new job or self
employment. SSNP has assisted
many of them in finding
redeployment. Several job
displaced employees have
been successful in self
employment. They are now
owners of small shops/ manufacturing
units/ service centers in
a variety of fields.
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Is retraining
compulsory ? No. But it helps you to improve
your chances finding a new
job. It helps you to compete
with those who have the skills
in demand in the labour market.
You would be having an edge
over others in getting the
jobs that are scarce.
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What
kind of training does SSNP
provide?
Any training
that would improve your chances
of getting a job in the labor
market. SSNP provides training
to VRS employees in varied
areas. SSNP is providing training
programmes in the areas of
computer skills/ understanding,
technical areas, and traditional
or new services. These training
programmes are in the areas
of manufacturing, service,
trading, etc.
It could be CNC milling & turning, AC refrigeration,
motor rewinding, computer
skills, driving, tractor mechanism,
photography, garment manufacturing,
hotel management, pre primary
teacher training, beautician,
and any other skill in demand
in the market. A broad list
of training programmes being
in vogue is enclosed, which
is illustrative. (see Annexure)
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decides training programme?
You. Training programmes are based on your choice.
What you think could help
improve present efforts for
a job/ self-employment is
going to be the area of retraining
for you. SSNP guides in you
in making such choices or
informs why certain choices
are not very productive based
on the database it has on
local demand for skills. SSNP
does not thrust its preferences.
It facilitates you to make
appropriate choices.
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Who provides
training?
Training is imparted by credible professional
institutions which are either
governmental or non- governmental.
Institutes having the best faculty,
infrastructural facilities and
aptitude for personal attention
are selected from each local
area (town/ city).
For instance Central Institute for Tool Designing,
NIITs, Government Polytechnics,
National Institute for Fashion
Technology, Kotwal Teacher Training
Institute etc are some of the
training institutes providing
retraining programmes for the
VRS employees. There are a host
of other good institutes in
a variety of skills/trades in
several districts of the state.
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How
training programmes are designed?
Each training programme is designed to meet the
specific requirements of the
VRS employees who have to
build on their existing skills
or levels of comprehension.
Every training programme starts
with basic and proceeds gradually
to equip them with the state-of-art.
They are tailor-made and are
designed in consultation with
the expectations and background
of the trainees. SSNP and
training institutes together
in consultation with the trainees
design the training programmes.
Further sessions of these training programmes
are scheduled to suit the
convenience of trainees. Some
could attend before attending
to their present job or after
returning from the present
nature of work. Some attend
during daytime. Timings are
flexible to suit the convenience
of the VRS employees
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What
is the duration of training?
It varies from
a few weeks to six months.
No training programme is beyond
six months as it would deprive
the trainee of his engagement
in gainful employment
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What do trainees
get in addition to skill upgradation?
The fee of training is met entirely by the SSNP.
Besides, the trainees would
be provided tools, if required,
in some of the training programmes.
Trainees would also receive
travel allowance to meet the
cost of traveling to attend
the skill training /or self-employment
orientation programmes.
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Who
meets the cost of training?
SSNP meets the total cost of skill training or
orientation for self-employment
programme. Further, he/ she
would get the travel reimbursed
and get any tools if required.
Trainees do not need
to spend any amount for their
capacity building activities
undertaken by the SSNP.
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| Where
the training is organized?
Training is organized in an institute nearer to
the VRS employees. Often the
training programmes are organized
within one's town/ city. However,
if the trainees are willing
to go to Hyderabad or adjoining
district if there is no training
institute locally available,
the same could be planned
provided the cost of lodging
and boarding are to be borne
by the trainee. It has been
done on a few occasions.
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Does SSNP provide training to
children of VRS employees?
No. SSNP is working to facilitate VRS employees
to be relevant and effective
in post VRS environment. It
strives to develop human capital
of the VRS employees only.
However, children of VRS employees are
provided training facilities
in exceptional cases where
the VRS employee is not in
a position to earn his/her
livelihood for reasons of
ill health/ physical disadvantage
and related problems.
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How
could VRS employees help SSNP?
You could help SSNP in improving its outreach
and contribution in mitigating
the trauma of the job displaced
persons. You could help in
any or several of the following
ways
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Informing
your colleagues &
other VRS employees of
listed AP Public Enterprises
about SSNP
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Help
SSNP in contacting or
building rapport with
the VRS employees of listed
AP Public Enterprises
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Help
SSNP in assessing the
job opportunities available
locally
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Keep
SSNP informed about your
status of redeployment
so that SSNP improves
its database on the utility
of different kinds of
retraining programmes
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Mobilise
the support of other agencies
(trade unions/ NGOs/ financial
institutions/ placement
organizations/ media/
etc) in strengthening
the efforts of VRS employees
in finding alternative
livelihoods
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