ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES, 2003-04, VOL. I:

STATISTICS ON EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR COST

 

PREFACE

 

The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is conducted annually under the Collection of Statistics Act, 1953 and the Rules framed thereunder in 1959. ASI Part-II Schedule, which contained labour statistics on Absenteeism, Labour Turnover, Earnings, Employment and Labour Cost, was canvassed with effect from the ASI 1961 Round. From ASI 1999-2000 Round, however, Block-4 and Block-5 of ASI Part-II Schedule, which contained data on Employment and Labour Cost, were merged with Block-E of ASI Part-I Schedule. With effect from ASI 2002-03, Block-3 of ASI Part-II schedule was also discontinued and Block-E of ASI Part-I was further modified by inserting a column on mandays paid for.

 

The present publication presents statistics on Employment and Labour Cost for the year 2003-04 and is based on Block-E of Part-I of the ASI Schedule. Raw data received from the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Industrial Statistics Wing, Kolkata, were processed by the Labour Bureau and are being presented State-wise and Sector-wise at 3-Digit level of the NIC-1998. Statistics on Total Cost of Production and percentage share of Labour Cost on workers to the Total Cost of Production are also being published in this publication. We hope that the data presented in this publication would prove to be useful to the users in their own fields. The publication meets the statutory obligation pertaining to Article 8 of Part-II of the ILO Convention No. 160 on labour statistics, which was ratified by India on 01.04.1992.

 

I take this opportunity to thank the officers of CSO, Industrial Statistics Wing, Kolkata, not only for providing the raw data in time but also for their ready cooperation as and when required by Bureau.  The officers/officials of the Field Operations Division (FOD) of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) also deserve our appreciation for timely completion of the planning of the survey as well as canvassing of the ASI Schedule.  The officers and staff of the ASI Section of Labour Bureau deserve appreciation for their sincere efforts for processing the data and bringing out the publication in quickest possible time.

 

Suggestions for further improvement in ASI publications are welcome.

 

 

 

 

                                     A S Ahluwalia

Director General

Chandigarh

9^th June, 2006