Economy
MoSPI proposes changes to labour survey to capture gig and unpaid work
The Indian Express1h
THE BRIEF
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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation plans to overhaul its Periodic Labour Force Survey starting in January to better represent digital platform and gig workers.
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The updated survey will ask households whether any member worked with digital platforms like Ola, Uber, Zomato, Amazon, and Urban Company over the past 365 days.
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MoSPI also aims to measure the scope of unpaid domestic and caregiving work, noting that a 2024 Time Use Survey showed women spend over four-and-a-half hours daily compared to 37 minutes for men.