Lok Sabha Question No. 92 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Job Surveys
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 92 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## JOB SURVEYS

## *92. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  is  conducting  surveys  to  capture  job creation  in  various  establishments  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b)whether  the socio-economic  conditions  of migrants  are being surveyed by the Government;
- (c)if  so,  the  time by  which  the result of these surveys is likely to be
- released in public domain;
- (d)whether  job  surveys  across  establishments,  physically  in  both manufacturing and services sectors are also being done; and (e)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House .

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  92  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  26.07.2021 REGARDING JOB SURVEYS.

Yes  Sir.  The  Government  is  conducting  surveys  to  capture  change  in employment in various establishments in the country. Labour Bureau, an attached  office  of  the  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment,  has  been entrusted with the task of conducting the All India Quarterly Establishment  based  Employment  Survey  (AQEES).  It  measures  the change  in  employment  in  respect  of  establishments  in  nine  selected sectors namely Manufacturing; Construction; Trade; Transportation; Education; Health; Accommodation & Restaurants; IT/BPO; and Financial Service Sector.

## AQEES has two components:

- i) Quarterly  Employment  Survey  (QES)  in  respect  of  establishments employing ten or more workers.
2. ii) Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES) in respect of establishments employing nine or less workers.

An Expert Group has been constituted under the Chairmanship of  renowned  Statistician  Prof.  S.P.  Mukherjee  to  advice  on  technical aspects of the surveys.

Government  of  India  has  also  entrusted  Labour  Bureau  to conduct All India Survey on Migrant Workers. The objective of the survey is to generate basic quantitative information on migrant workers and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their work. The survey will also throw light  on  the  socio-economic conditions of migrant workers. Data will be captured  on  their  education  level,  vocational/technical  training,  gender, social group, accommodation (housing), consumption expenditure, income,  financial  inclusion,  and  change  in  income  after  migration.  The survey will be paperless with the Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing  (CAPI)  technology  where  the  enumerators  and  supervisors visit the household duly equipped with a hand held electronic device that ensures  faster &  easier data  collection, collation  and  compilation. Government has planned to complete All India Survey on Migrant Workers in one year, after which results will be released.

Report of  All  India  Survey  on  Quarterly  Establishment  based Employment  Survey  (AQEES)  will  be  released  within  2  months  from completion of the field survey.  Thereafter, AQEES report will be released, every quarter.

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