(a)the details of the number of registered subscribers under Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in the country, State/UT-wise including Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal;
(b)the details of the criteria fixed/ parameters set for the company under job data survey;
(c)whether the Government proposes to make some amendments in the present survey; and
(d)if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor and the time by which it is likely to be implemented?
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a): The details of State/UT-wise number of registered member accounts under Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) are at Annex.
(b): The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) conducted by Labour Bureau measures relative change in employment situation over the successive quarters in sizeable segment of non-farm industrial economy. The main criteria for a unit i.e company/partnership firm/ proprietorship firm etc. to be covered under the survey is that an establishment having 10 or more workers in the selected eight major organized sectors namely Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Education, Health, Accommodation & Restaurants and IT/BPO and covered in the Sixth Economic Census (2013-14) is being used as the sampling frame for the said survey.
(c) & (d): The Government has recently decided to extend the coverage of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) to be known as Area Frame Survey by covering establishments employing less than 10 workers also, which will portray a holistic picture of change in employment scenario on quarterly basis. This survey is likely to be implemented in the year 2018-19.
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