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NEW DELHI: The government is expected to launch the All India Migrant Workers Survey and the All India Domestic Workers Survey by the first week of March this year. Senior labour ministry officials told TOI that the framework of the surveys its sample size and questionnaire has been completed and the labour bureau will spend the next month training investigators who will conduct the field surveys.
While the migrant workers’ survey will provide authentic estimates of the number of migrant workers in the country apart from assessing the issues they face, the survey of domestic workers, who constitute roughly 4% of India’s working population, is the first of-its-kind exercise that will identify concerns faced by them and help the government frame policies to improve their conditions.