Context: Gaps in India’s Time-Use survey data will impact Sustainable Development Goal 5.4 and the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) resolution on de?ning work.
An overview of the Time Use Survey(TUS): It provides a framework for measuring time dispositions by the population on different activities.
Defining “Work” under ILO’s resolution Statistics of Work, Employment and Labour Underutilization 2013:
Issues with employment surveys in India:
Way Forward: Complement TUS with Employment /Unemployment Survey (EUS): The Expert Committee on the 62nd Round of the NSSO on EUS recommended that a national TUS should follow a EUS.