2. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CRR PROGRAMME

The programme consists of three main elements as follows:-

2.1 Counselling: Counselling is the basic pre-requisite of the rehabilitation programme of the displaced employee. The displaced employee needs psychological counselling to absorb the trauma of loss of assured livelihood and to face the new challenges both for himself and for the members of his family who may continue to depend upon him. He particularly needs support to plan his compensation amount and other financial benefits he receives from the CPSU due to his separation, so that his limited funds are managed prudently and not wasted on immediate consumption or non-productive expenditure. Thirdly he needs to be made aware of the new environment of market opportunities so that he may, depending upon his aptitude and expertise, take up economic activities and continue to be in the production process.

2.2 Retraining: The objective of such training is to help the rationalized employees for rehabilitation. The trainees will be helped to acquire necessary skills/expertise/ orientation to start new avocations and re-enter the productive process after loss of their jobs. These training programmes will be short duration programmes ranging between one month and two months according to the trade or activity as decided.

2.3 Redeployment: It will be the endeavour to redeploy such rationalized employees in the production process through the counselling and retraining efforts. At the end of the programme they should be able to engage themselves in alternate vocations of self-employment. Whereas there cannot be any guarantee that the rationalized employee will be assured of alternate employment, yet possible help from the identified nodal training agencies as well as from the concerned CPSUs would be extended to them for starting new avocations. Depending upon the choice of the trainee the nodal agency/concerned CPSU will also sponsor their applications for seeking financial assistance from commercial banks and other institutions under various schemes of self-employment.