First all-India survey on domestic workers kicks off
The Hindu
Results expected in a year
The first-ever All-India Survey on Domestic Workers was flagged off by Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday and the Ministry said it would be completed in a year.
The survey, being carried out by the Labour Bureau, was aimed at estimating the number of proportion of domestic workers at the national-level and in the States; the proportion of domestic workers who live-in/live-out, engaged in informal employment and migrant/non-migrant; wages of such workers; and other socio-economic factors, a Ministry statement said.
The survey would also include details of the number of households with live-in/live-out domestic workers and the average number of workers engaged by various kinds of households, it stated.