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Shri Bhupender Yadav flags off first ever All India Survey on Domestic Workers

Aim

The All India Survey on Domestic Workers is aimed to estimate the number and proportion of domestic workers at National and State level, percentage distribution of domestic workers with respect to Live-in/Live-out, formal/ Informal Employment, Migrant/Non-Migrant, their wages and other socio-economic characteristics.

Details

• Domestic workers (DWs) constitute a significant portion of total employment in the informal sector.
• But there is a lack of adequate data on their conditions of work and other details.
• Hence, the survey is being conducted to fill this information gap.
• This is expected to help in data driven policy and last-mile delivery of services.
• The survey would cover 37 States and Union Territories, covering 1.5 lakh households in 742 districts.

Objectives of the Survey

• Estimate the number/proportion of DWs at National and State level.
• Household Estimates of Live-in/ Live-out DWs.
• Average number of DWs engaged by different types of households.

Scope of the Survey

• All India States/UTs of India covered are 37 and Districts covered are742
• Unit of Enumeration is Villages as per Census 2011 and Urban Blocks as per latest phase of UFS.
• At the all-India level, a total number of 12766 First Stage Units (FSUs) i.e., 6190 villages and 6576 UFS blocks will be covered in the survey.
• 1,50,000 Households i.e., the Ultimate Stage Units (USU) will be covered.

Status of Domestic Worker

• Domestic workers are the third-largest category of workers after agriculture and construction.
• According to the latest data on the e-Shram portal, around 8.8% of the registered 8.56 crore
  informal sector workers fall in the category of domestic workers.
• India is a signatory of the International Labour Organization Convention C-189 (Domestic Workers
  Convention, 2011).