All-India Survey of Migrant Workers
All-India Survey of Migrant Workers
The Labour Bureau has recently been tasked with five major All India Surveys by the Government of India. The five surveys are the All-India Survey of Migrant Workers, All-India Survey on Domestic Workers, All-India Survey on Employment generated in Transport Sector, All-India Survey of Employment Generated by Professionals and All-India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES).
It is known that the Labour Bureau performs the task of compilation, collection, analysis and dissemination of labor data.
The five surveys:
All-India Survey of Migrant Workers
- To study the kind of employment related migration undertaken by workers.
- The details of working and living situation faced by the migrant workers and impact of COVID 19 on their world of work.
All-India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES)
- The survey will provide important data on changes in employment status in selected sectors on a quarterly basis.
- Its purpose is to measure the relative change in employment status in successive quarters for groups engaged in the non-agricultural sector. These changes will cover the eight core sectors of the economy.
All-India Survey on Domestic Workers –Under this, calculation of the average number of household workers and the households employing them, and information on incidents of households with workers will be collected.
All-India Survey on Employment generated in Transport Sector –Its objective is to assess the employment generated in the transport sector in the country.
All-India Survey of Employment Generated by Professionals-Its objective is to estimate the total number of professionals and collect data related to employment generation through them.
These surveys will spur data gaps on various aspects of labor and employment and will help in making a certified base policy.
Source – The Hindu
[catlist]
