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Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour, GoI has already initiated the first phase of field work of two surveys namely All India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES) and All India Survey of Migrant Workers
Why the survey is required?
The importance of these surveys for the Government of India in order to make focused policies for the workers in the country.Details
- Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) is providing the IT as well as the HR support to Labour Bureau in conducting these pan India Surveys.
- A huge number of field enumerators & supervisors are required for conducting these all-India surveys through tablets/ CAPI.
- In order to make these surveys effective, smooth and successful, the training of these investigators and supervisors is of immense importance.
Training Program
- The main focus of the training was to make the participants aware and familiar about Labour Bureau, Objective and purpose of surveys, Method and details of conducting surveys, Roles & responsibilities during the surveys, Stakeholder involved in the survey, the concepts & definitions used in the surveys
- The training programme was of a great success and 900 plus participants remained present and actively participated during all three days
- These trained enumerators and supervisors will start field work in the upcoming few days in all the states of India.
- The first report of the Quarterly Employment (QES) is expected in July 2021 and the report of Migrant Survey is expected in November 2021.
All-India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES)
- It is launched with the objective of collecting the employment data on quarterly basis form all the establishments.
- It is designed to be an Establishment based Employment Survey which would provide estimates for the demand side conditions of the labour market.
- The AQEES has two parts one is Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) and another is Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES).
- The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) under AQEES would provide the employment estimates for the establishments employing 10 or more workers.
- The Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES) has also been launched to cater to need of data driven labour welfare policy formulation, as a part of the AQEES, which would provide the employment estimates for the establishments recruiting 9 or less workers.
Source: PIB
