Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) Chief Statistician of India T.C.A. Anant on Monday said the government will introduce a regular labour survey, both annual and a quarterly estimate from the current fiscal.
"One of the biggest data gaps in the Indian economy is the absence of series of labour measurement. We are in a very advanced stage and hope that in the course of this financial year or sooner, we would be able to introduce a regular labour survey - both annual and quarterly estimate," he said.
Anant, who is also Secretary, Statistics and Programme Implementation, said one of the reasons for a full-fledged survey was because employment was complex.
Citing an example, he said: "There are segments that are dependent on trade and if the foreign trade is low, there is slow growth of employment. But there may be other segments of employment that needs to be captured. So we have to consider the entire picture."
He said the National Sample Survey Organisation would launch the survey. "There is a number of administrative procedures which have to be done (before the launch)," he said.
