Context:

• The lack of data on workers, which was evident during the COVID-19-induced lockdown in 2020, would be addressed by the five all-India labor surveys being conducted by the Labor Bureau.

Details:

• The surveys on migrant and domestic workers, those employed by the transport sector and by professionals as well as the all-India quarterly establishment-based employment survey would be completed in eight months.
• He said the surveys would be conducted using tablets, making the compilation of data much faster than traditional methods.
• Continuous process: The co-chair of the expert group on labor surveys said the surveys should be comparable and not one-time exercises.

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/survey-to-address-data-gap-on-migrant-workers/article33875534.ece

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