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 workers. My 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