Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1997, publiée 86ème session CIT (1998)

Convention (n° 160) sur les statistiques du travail, 1985 - Inde (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes the Government's report and requests it to supply further information on the following points.

Article 8 of the Convention. The Committee notes that, according to the report, detailed information on the March 1991 census is likely to be available by the second half of 1997, and draws the Government's attention to the obligation under Article 5 to supply the published statistics to the ILO as soon as practicable. The Committee also recalls that the data should be classified according to sex, age group, occupational group (following either International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-68 or ISCO-88) or level of qualifications, branch of economic activity, geographical area and status in employment (International Classification by Status in Employment, ICSE) in accordance with Paragraph 2(2) of Recommendation No. 170, which should be taken into account by virtue of Article 2 of the Convention.

Article 16(4). The Committee notes with interest the information supplied in respect of Articles 7 and 9 to 15, obligations under which have not been accepted. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to supply any statistics compiled on the subjects covered by them, as well as particulars of their sources, methodology and publication. It is for the purpose of clarifying the extent to which effect is already given to them, that the Committee is making the following remarks on some of these Articles:

Article 7. The Committee encourages the Government to send the data on employment, unemployment and economically active population from the 1993/94 National Sample Survey to the ILO.

Articles 9, 10 and 11. As regards the revision of the weights and base used for compilation of the Wage Rate Indices, the Committee requests the Government to confirm that new weights have actually been adopted and that the coverage of industries has been renewed and extended.