Centre to assess job scenario

NEW DELHI: The Centre will conduct four national surveys to study employment data for migrant and domestic workers, with a focus on jobs in the transport sector and those created by professionals such as doctors and lawyers, the labour and employment ministry told the

Rajya Sabha in a written reply. The surveys will start by April and be completed in six months, said a labour ministry official, seeking anonymity. “This will help formulate enabling policy for migrant and domestic workers,” he added. The ministry said the labour bureau will conduct the four all-india surveys to study the status of migrants and domestic workforce during the post-covid-19 recovery phase.

It said an expert group has already been constituted to examine and “finalize the schedules, sampling design and other technical details of all the aforesaid surveys being conducted by the labour bureau”.

The official said professionals and the transport sector are good job creators and a survey for each segment will help get a broader sense of employment generation.