Lok Sabha Question No. 4207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Labour Force Survey
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4207

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2018

## LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

## 4207. SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether on the recommendation of the National Statistical Commission,  the  periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  is  being conducted to measure labour force participation and gauge the impact of economic policies on domestic labour market;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the NSSO has carried out a survey at all India level as  well  as  for  the  rural  economy  and  if  so,  the  details thereof during each of the last two years; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  maintaining  any  data  of  rural employment growth and if so,  the  measures  taken  by  the Government to bridge the deficit in the country's statistical bank?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINSTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS [SHRI VIJAY GOEL]

- (a): Yes, Madam.

(b):  On  the  recommendation  of  the  National  Statistical  Commission (NSC) for conducting all India Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), a nation-wide  PLFS  has  been  launched  by  NSSO  from  April,  2017  on continuous basis with the objective to measure quarterly changes of key labour force indicators (such as Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) & Unemployment Rate (UR)) in urban  areas  as  well  as  to  generate  the  annual  estimates  of  labour force  indicators  both  in  rural  and  urban  areas.    For  measuring  the labour force indicators, both Current Weekly Status (CWS) and Usual Activity Status (US) approach are followed.

In PLFS, a rotational panel sampling design is used in urban area. In this  sampling  scheme,  for  the  urban  areas,  25%  of  the  sample  First Stage Units (FSUs) i.e., Urban Frame Survey blocks will be replaced in every subsequent quarter with a new panel of FSUs. The panel will be of  two  years  duration  to  accommodate  the  changes  in  the  urban frame. For urban areas, each of the sample households will be visited 4  times,  once  in  a  quarter.  For  rural  areas,  fresh  sample  FSUs  (i.e. villages)  will  be  selected  before  commencement  of  survey  for  8 quarters of each two-year period. In rural areas, in each quarter, 25% FSUs  of  annual  allocation  will  be  surveyed.  There  will  not  be  any revisit in the rural samples households.

Annual sample size for the PLFS is 7024 FSUs in the rural areas and 5776  FSUs  in  the  urban  areas.  From  each  of  the  sample  FSUs,  8 households (SSUs) are to be surveyed.

(c):  Details relating to the Socio-Economic Surveys conducted by the NSSO  at  all  India  level  including  rural  economy  during  the  last  two years is as under:

| Subject covered under the survey                                     | Period                                 | Estimates/Data relating to                                                                                                                                              |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (1)                                                                  | (2)                                    | (3)                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Unincorporated Non-agricultural Enterprises (excluding construction) | NSS 73 rd round (July 2015- June 2016) | various operational and economic characteristics of the unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises in manufacturing, trade and other services (excluding construction) |
| Survey of Services Sector                                            | NSS 74 th round                        | enterprise focused survey on services sector including                                                                                                                  |

|                                                                                                                 | (July 2016 - June 2017)                | establishments with ten or more workers; proprietary, partnership, limited liability companies, Non- Government companies, Co- operative Societies, Non-profit Institutions, Trusts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (i) Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure, (ii) Survey on Household Social Consumption: Health and Education | NSS 75 th round (July 2017- June 2018) | (i) household consumption data, which is the prime source of statistical indicators of level of living, social consumption and well- being, and inequalities therein (ii) Prevalence of diseases, use of health services, medical care received as in-patient, use of hospitals and the expenditure on treatment, etc. Participation in education, use of educational infrastructure, educational facilities and incentives, expenditure on education, etc. |

(d): The Government is not maintaining any data of rural employment growth. However, from 1972-73 onwards, NSSO has been conducting quinquennial  employment-unemployment  surveys  in  rural  as  well  as urban  areas  of  the  country  to  measure  employment-unemployment related indicators and periodical change therein. The last such survey (9th in the series) was conducted by NSSO during its 68 th  round (July 2011-June 2012).

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