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COVID-19 second wave: Govt to conduct quarterly employment survey online
The survey will be conducted online without physical establishments and factory visits because of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
BusinessToday.In | May 11, 2021 | Updated 10:19 IST
The All-India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey will be conducted online.
Amid the raging second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the government has decided to conduct the All-India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey online to get an estimate of the impact of the pandemic on jobs.
Earlier, the government had decided to suspend four surveys to be undertaken by the Labour Bureau All-India Survey on Migrant workers, All-India Survey on Domestic Workers, All-India Survey on Employment Generated by Professionals, and All-India Survey on Employment Generated in Transport Sector.
By Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta, Sakshi Sharda
The second wave of Corona Virus has hit, the strain has proven to be more virulent. India in the past seven days has reported over three lakh cases per day. Currently, 150 districts in the country have a COVID positive rate passing 20 percent and hence debating a lockdown. This reminisce the terrifying images of the COVID-19 induced national lockdown in March 2020 which manifested the glaring gap in policy implementation in urban centers not accounting for the migrant population. It seems the country is back to the same page, none the wiser.
To avoid the memoirs of 2020 erred lockdown, migrants are returning to their villages. This re-exodus of the migrants from urban centers is a result of trust deficit of this section of populous in the urban governance. Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation assured that a national lockdown will not be imposed, yet, economic activity which had just begun to make some form
Govt to complete 5 surveys in 7 months on migrant labourers: Labour Bureau DG
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Navneet Mishra ( IANS) |
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Govt to complete 5 surveys in 7 months on migrant labourers: Labour Bureau DG (IANS Exclusive). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 11 : The Union government is conducting five different types of surveys through which it aims to collect the data of all migrant workers, maids, professionals, etc. The Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour and Employment has been designated to complete these surveys in seven months.
Labour Bureau Director General (DG) D.P.S. Negi told IANS: The actual situation of the employment in the country will be clear after the completion of these five surveys. The government requires data to formulate any policy. These surveys will provide an extensive data of all the professionals, migrant labourers as well as those who are working in unorganised sectors and employment opp