LABOUR BUREAU

Subject: National Organisation

Context: The Labour Bureau would conduct three surveys on migration, domestic workers and professional bodies for evaluating the employment situation in the country especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

Concept:

• Labour Bureau, an attached office under Ministry of Labour and Employment, was set up on 1st October 1946.
• It is entrusted with the work of compilation, collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on different aspects of labour.
• Labour Bureau has two main wings stationed in Shimla and Chandigarh.
• The functions/activities of Labour Bureau can be classified under the following major heads:
• Compilation and maintenance of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers, Agricultural/Rural Labourers, Retail Price Index of Selected Essential Commodities in Urban Areas etc.
• Quick Employment Survey and Employment-Unemployment survey are also being conducted by Labour Bureau.