Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Tuesday, 5 January 2021

Waiting to see the Questionnaire

 


 

Context :

Govt to start survey of migrants and domestic workers by March  /  TOI – 06 Jan

Extract :

Ø  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 month training investigators who will conduct the field surveys  

Ø  …. The survey of domestic workers, who constitute roughly 4 % of India’s working population, is the first-of-its-kind enumeration exercise that will identify concerns faced by this section of worker and help the government frame policies to improve their conditions

Ø  The sample size of the household cum establishment survey has been fixed at approximately 1.25 lakh

Ø  Survey questions will also be available in nine regional languages and field-level feedback will be captured on digital hand-held devices, with pre-loaded questionnaires, where nearly 30 % information will be recorded through Interactive Voice Recording system ( IVRS )

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I anxiously await to see whether the planned QUESTIONNAIRE covers the following questions that I had envisaged in my following blog / email :

Domestic workers Survey : a Non-Starter ? …………………………..[12 Oct 2020 ]

Extract :

DOMESIC  WORKERS  SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

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[ A ]  …   EMPLOYER DATA

            #  Name / Aadhar No / Address / PAN

 

[ B ] ….  “ DOMESTIC WORKERS ENGAGED “ DATA ( separately for each domestic

                worker engaged )

           #   Name of worker / Aadhar No / Address / Gender / Age / Jan Dhan 

                Account Number / Photo

           #   Mode of hire ( direct or through some manpower supply agency )

          #   Working since ( date )

          #   Whether issued any formal “ appointment letter “

          #   Monthly salary  /  Annual Bonus amount

          #   Mode of salary payment ( Cash / Cheque / Digital transfer to bank

               account )

         #   Number of work-hours in a day

         #   Work timings

         #   Lunch-break / Tea break [ whether free lunch provided ]

         #   Weekly off day

        #   Paid Holidays per year

        #   Annual Privilege leave / Sick Leave / Casual Leave / leave without pay [

             Maternity leave in case of female workers ]

     

        #   Whether Uniform supplied

        #   Allowances if any ( Click “ Maid-in-India  /  10 Aug 2015 “,  for the list to

             be ticked, YES / NO )

        

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I am afraid, before opening the door to welcome the Surveyor, the house-holder would ask to see the questionnaire


Just a quick / cursory glance and he will say :


“ Thank you but we do not engage ANY domestic workersMy family members do all household chores 


Now you will appreciate, why I am afraid this proposed survey would become a Non-Starter !


For kind attention of :


Dear Prof S P Mukherjee ( Head of Expert Committee ) / prof.mukherjee@gmail.com


Professor Rahul Mukherjee  /  rmuk@iimcal.ac.in


Professor Debasis Kundu  /   kundu@iitk.ac.in


Professor Kalyan Das  /  kalyanstat@gmail.com


Dear Professors,


To know what would “ incentivize / motivate “ a householder to cooperate with the surveyors, please read my suggestion in the above-mentioned blog / e-mail


With regards,

Hemen Parekh   /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  06 Jan 2021

 

 

 

 

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