The government has created a task force on employment data. In view of the importance of timely and reliable data on employment, the Prime Minister directed his Office and concerned Ministries to come up with a solution to fill the long standing gap in the country's statistical architecture. <br/><br/>According to an official release, the task force will recommend solutions which can be implemented in a time bound manner. The Prime Minister has directed that this task be expedited so that policies on employment can be formulated with a proper appreciation of impacts, based on credible data. <br/><br/>The task force will be headed by Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog Dr. Arvind Panagriya. The other members of the task force are Labour Secretary Sathiyavathy, Secretary Statistics Dr. T.C.A. Ananth, Prof. Pulak Ghosh of NITI Aayog and Member RBI Board Manish Sabharwal. <br/><br/>The release said, the government attaches the highest priority to job creation but lack of reliable, timely data on employment has made it difficult for policy makers and independent observers to assess the extent of employment generation at different points of time. Some data is collected and published by certain agencies including the Labour Bureau, but the coverage is very small. <br/>