INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Government is collecting data to find out actual number of people who lost jobs during pandemicThe Government has said that it is collecting
data on employment and unemployment with the help of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) to find out the actual number of organised as
well as unorganised labourers who lost their employment due to the Coronavirus pandemic.This response was given by Minister of State for
Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli in Lok Sabha on Monday, in response to a question on whether the Government has conducted any survey to
also asked whether there has been any increase in the number of labourers in the unorganised sector on year to year basis during the last
Labour Bureau, an attached office of the ministry has been entrusted with the task of conducting the All India Quarterly Establishment based
Employment Survey (AQEES) to capture change in employment in various establishments in the country," the minister informed through a written
reply.The Labour Ministry is also developing a National Database for Unorganized Workers (NDUW) portal seeded with Aadhaar for registration
of unorganised workers, the minister informed further.
