Lok Sabha Question No. 2349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: All India Survey on Domestic Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: D.K. Suresh, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Thomas Chazhikadan, Ravindra Kushawaha, Shrirang Appa Barne, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Subrata Pathak, Sudheer Gupta, Manoj Kumar Tiwari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2349 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## ALL INDIA SURVEY ON DOMESTIC WORKERS

## 2349.  SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government has launched/proposes to launch the fieldwork for the  All  India  Survey  on  Domestic  Workers/Migrant  workers  and  to  collect data of such workers in the country;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and the purpose of the said survey and the types of domestic services/helpers likely to be covered in the said survey;
- (c)the estimated  number  of domestic  workers/migrant workforce at the National/State levels found in the survey along with the wage of domestic workers;
- (d)the details of schemes  and programmes  being implemented by the Government to protect the interests of the domestic workers employed in unrecognized sector, State/UT-wise along with the funds sanctioned for the same;
- (e)whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  domestic  workers/helpers  are  the hardest  hit  by  the  covid-19  and  majority  of  them  lost  their  job  during  the pandemic; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps taken by the Government to provide financial assistance to them?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (c): Labour Bureau, under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, has launched the fieldwork for the All India   Survey   on Domestic  Workers.   The

Survey  has  been  launched  on  22nd  November  2021  along  with  release  of instruction manual & schedules.

Labour Bureau also launched 'All India Survey on Migrant Worker's on 1st  April, 2021 with the objective to generate basic quantitative information on migrant workers and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their work.

The  objective  of  the  Survey  on  Domestic  Workers  (DW)  are  as follows:

- (i) To estimate the number/proportion of DWs at National and State level.
- (ii) Percentage distribution of DWs  Estimates: Live-in/ Live-out; Formal/ Informal  Employment;  Migrant/  Non-Migrant;  their  wages  and  other  socioeconomic characteristics.
- (iii)  Household Estimates of Live-in/ Live-out DWs.
- (iv) Average number of DWs engaged by different types of households.

(d) to (f): The Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008, now subsumed in the Code on Social Security, 2020, provides for social security to all unorganized workers including domestic workers. Government has launched Central  Sector  Schemes  like  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Beema  Yojana (PMJJBY)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Beema  Yojana  (PMSBY)  for  life  and disability cover and Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Man Dhan Yojana (PM-SYM) for pension  to  the  unorganised  workers  including  domestic  workers.  Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council (DWSSC) under Ministry of Skill Development  and Entrepreneurship   is   imparting   various        skill   development        training programmes  to  domestic  workers.  Ayushman  Bharat  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) provides secondary and tertiary health benefits to all unorganized workers including domestic workers who are covered as eligible beneficiaries  as  per  Socio  Economic  Caste  census  Data,  2011.  The  Labour Codes,  viz  Code  on  Wages,  2019,  Code  on  Occupational  Safety,  Health  and Working  Conditions  2020  and  Social  Security  Code  2020  provide  for  decent working conditions, wages, occupational safety, grievance redressal mechanism and social security benefits to all categories of workers including domestic workers.

Further, Ministry of Labour & Employment has developed e-SHRAM portal which is a National Database of the Unorganised Workers seeded with Aadhaar. It has been launched on 26.08.2021 and made available to the States/ UTs for the registration of unorganised workers on e-SHRAM portal. As on 3rd December, 2021, 10.33 crore unorganized workers have been registered on the portal.

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