Question: Which of the following minister has recently flagged off the first-ever All-India Survey on Domestic Workers?
a) Bhupender Yadav
b) Amit Shah
c) Dr Jitendra Singh
d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- On 22 November 2021; the first-ever All-India Survey on Domestic Workers was flagged off by Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
- The Ministry informed that the survey would be completed in a year.
- The survey, being carried out by the Labour Bureau, was aimed at estimating various facts related to the domestic workers as-
i. The number of proportion of domestic workers at the national-level and in the States.
ii. The proportion of domestic workers who live-in/live-out, engaged in informal employment and migrant/non-migrant; wages of such workers.
iii. Other socio-economic factors.
- 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.
- Release of Questionnaire:-
- Regarding the survey a questionnaire was also released by the labour Minister Mr Yadav.
- The questionnaire would include details about the size of the household, religion, social group, monthly consumption expenditure and the nature of the dwelling unit.
- Information about the domestic workers, including their age, social group, migrant status, duration of work and type of remuneration, would be collected as well.
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wages would also be a part of the survey that would cover 37 States and Union Territories.
- This survey I going to cover 1.5 lakh households in 742 districts and the result of the survey was expected within one year.