Who works How long ?

Times of India [ 14 April,2011 ] reports following findings of a survey carried out by Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) :

Total average daily work-times [ paid + unpaid work ] of people in different countries are :

>    Mexico    ….    594   Minutes

>    Japan     ….     540      “

>    China     …..    504      “

>    New Zealand   498      “

>    USA     …….     496      “

>    India    …….     486      “

>    Korea    ……     484      “

>    Australia   …    481      “

>    Italy      …….    474      “

>    UK       ……..    473      “

>    Finland     …    451     “

>    France   ……     448      “

>    Germany  …     445      “

>    Belgium   ….     427      “

Now, OECD defines “ Unpaid Work “ as Cooking, Cleaning, Shopping etc.

I have no idea how OECD defines the following works carried out by the Indian Legislators [ MP + MLA ], day-in and day-out :

Ø  Speaking at Seminars / Functions ( topics are irrelevant )

Ø  Inaugurating road-signs / park benches / toilet blocks

Ø  Leading protest processions, after alerting TV Channels

Ø  Waiting at airports to receive ministers ( especially foreign )

Ø  Garlanding statues / photos of heroes ( Who was he ? )

Ø  Joining Parliamentary Delegation to Libya to study the functioning of its vibrant democratic institutions

How can you expect them to study the Lokpal Bill ? But then voting does not require studying !

With regards

Hemen  Parekh