Field work for survey on jobs in casual sector launched

The authorities on Sunday flagged off the sphere work for the Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES), a survey geared toward capturing employment within the casual sector and institutions having lower than 10 employees.
It comes after the Labour Ministry had final week unveiled outcomes of the revamped Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for April-June, which captured the employment state of affairs for organised sector and institutions having greater than 10 employees.
“… data on all aspects of labour is crucial and scientifically collected data is bedrock for any evidence-based policy making,” Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav was quoted as saying in an announcement issued by the Labour Ministry after an occasion in Chandigarh marking the one hundred and first Foundation Day of the Labour Bureau.

The survey will probably be carried out by the Labour Bureau alongside the QES and the outcomes are anticipated to be collated in an annual report. As per the QES, organised sector employment in 9 key sectors — building, manufacturing, IT/BPO, commerce, transport, schooling, well being, lodging & restaurant and monetary providers — elevated to three.08 crore this April-June from 2.37 crore in 2013-14, the bottom yr chosen based mostly on the sixth financial census; translating right into a progress of 29 per cent from 2013-14 or roughly an annual progress of 4 per cent every year.
Yadav additionally held discussions with state Labour Ministers, Labour Secretaries & Commissioners of States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh & UTs of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh concerning progress in registration of unorganised employees underneath e-SHRAM portal and preparedness of states/UTs on implementation of assorted schemes and reforms, the assertion mentioned.

Over 2.5 crore unorganised employees have registered on the e-SHRAM portal, which is the nationwide database on unorganised employees together with migrant employees, building employees, gig and platform employees.