Periodic Labour Force Survey 2021- 22
The Annual PLFS Report 2021-22 gives the estimated percentage distribution of workers at the All-India level in usual status by broad industry division as per National Industrial Classificati
The Annual PLFS Report 2021-22 gives the estimated percentage distribution of workers at the All-India level in usual status by broad industry division as per National Industrial Classification (NIC) 2008.
• Agriculture has highest estimated percentage distribution of female workers followed by manufacturing.
Periodic labour Force Survey
• PLFS was launched by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in 2017, to estimate the key employment and unemployment indicators.
• It measures both urban and rural employment indicators following two ‘Activity Status’ Approaches :
▪ Usual Status(PS + SS) - Under this, a person who has worked even for 30 days in a year is considered employed.
▪ Current Weekly Status (CWS) - This approach records only those persons as unemployed who did not have gainful work even for an hour on any day of the week preceding the date of the survey.
• Quarterly employment indicators are also calculated only for Urban areas using CWS.
Other Steps to Promote FLFPR
• Enhancement in paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks.
• Provision for mandatory crèche facility in establishments with 50 or more employees.
• Permitting women workers in the night shifts with adequate safety measures.
• The Equal Remuneration Act 1976 now subsumed in the Code on Wages, 2019 provides for no discrimination on the ground of gender.
• Training through a network of Women Industrial Training institutes, National Vocational Training Institutes and Regional Vocational Training Institutes.