-NetworkIdeas.org The results of the long-awaited time use Survey conducted over January to December 2019 by the NSSO have just been published. This finally allows policy makers and the general public to have some idea of the extent to which unpaid work and other activities determine the lives of people across India. Of course, there are some concerns with the Survey methodology, which must be borne in mind while considering the data....
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Farm Act wants farmers to sell outside mandis, but most already do so -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Sumant Sen and Naresh Singaravelu
-The Hindu Majority of farmers unaware of MSP programme, say latest available Survey data One of the chief aims of The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 is to unshackle farmers from notified markets. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that small and marginal farmers “for the first time, have got an alternative to bargain for the price of their produce. The tradition earlier was to sell in mandis.” However, latest...
More »Ideal body weight of Indian men now 65 kg, women 55 kg
-The Hindu Decade-old standard of 60 kg and 50 kg revised; adult age put at 19-39 years Hyderabad: ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) has redefined the ideal or reference Indian adult man and woman with regard to age to 19-39 years instead of 20-39 years. The body weight has been put at 65 kg for males and 55 kg for females while earlier, it was 60 kg and 50 kg respectively, which...
More »92% Indian women take part in unpaid domestic work; only 27% men do so -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Sumant Sen and Naresh Singaravelu
-The Hindu While 71% of men participated in employment and related activities, only 22% women do More than 90% of Indian women participated in unpaid domestic work at home in 2019 compared to 27% of men. On the other hand, only 22% of women participated in employment and related activities compared to 71% of men. Though subtle regional variations existed, more than 84% of women participated in unpaid domestic work across all States,...
More »299 vs 97 min per day: NSS confirms household, unpaid work falls on women -Zeeshan Shaikh
-The Indian Express The primary objective of the Survey was to measure participation of men and women in paid and unpaid activities as well as measure the time dispositions on different activities. Mumbai: A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND ‘Time Use Survey’ conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has shown that only 38.2 per cent of the population participates in “employment and other related activities”, spending 429 minutes (7 hours and 9 minutes)...
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