Labour ministry to come up with quarterly job survey on organised sector

One on unorganised sector to come by April; four more surveys to follow

The labour ministry will come up with an establishment-based job survey for the organised sector in August, capturing the first quarter of the fiscal year 2021-22.

Thereafter, there will be similar surveys in the unorganised sector during April to December. The first such survey will come in April 2022, which will reflect the fourth quarter of 2021-22.

The labour ministry is also working on four other surveys: On migrants, domestic workers, the transport sector, and professionals.

While the surveys on the organised and unorganised sectors would be quarterly, the frequency of the remaining four is yet to be decided. It could be once