About All India Domestic Workers Survey:
- This is the first-ever such surveyin independent India which was initiated in 2021.
- The survey would cover all States and Union Territories, covering 1.5 lakh households in 742 districts.
- The main objectives of the survey are:
- Estimate the number/proportion of domestic workers at the National and State level.
- Household Estimates of Live-in/Live-out DWs.
- The average number of DWs engaged by different types of households.
Key facts of the Labour bureau
- Labour Bureau is an attached office under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, which was set up on 1st October 1946.
- It is entrusted with the work of compilation, collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on different aspects of labour.
- It releases Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers, Agricultural/Rural Labourers, Retail Price Index of Selected Essential Commodities in Urban Areas etc.
- Quick Employment Survey and Employment-Unemployment survey are also being conducted by Labour Bureau.
