印度统计部周五表示，印度已提议修改其就业调查，以更精准地掌握零工劳动者数据，并将无偿家务劳动纳入统计范围。
India has proposed changes to its employment survey to sharpen data on gig workers and include unpaid household jobs, the statistics ministry said on Friday.
记者 Shubham Batra、Manoj Kumar 报道 此次修订正值一场关于官方就业数据是否反映了全球人口最多国家的不充分就业和就业质量的辩论之际，该国的总体失业率（INUNR=ECI）为 5%。
By Shubham Batra, Manoj Kumar The revisions come amid a debate over whether official jobs data reflects underemployment and quality of jobs in the world's most populous country, where the headline unemployment (INUNR=ECI) stands at 5%.
虽然调查变更会影响与以往数据的可比性，但印度旨在调整其对就业的定义和衡量方式，同时扩大调查覆盖面。
While changes to surveys affect comparisons with past data, India is aiming to tweak how it defines and measures employment while expanding the ambit of the survey.
劳工经济学家 K.R. Shyam Sundar 称这些变化是“迈出了半步”，并指出许多劳动者在数字平台之外运作。不过，他表示，衡量无偿劳动最终可能促使国民收入核算方式发生变化。拟议的关键调查变更包括：变更将于 2027 年 1 月生效，2027-28 年度将采用新样本 调查将增设数字平台劳动者单独类别，因为现行方法未能捕捉到足够多的平台劳动者 新数据将反映城市化进程、辖区边界变更以及行政单位的设立、拆分或合并 数据将更好地体现人口变化并减少操作困难 调查将询问城乡住户成员是否从事数字平台工作 调查将增加关于“自用生产”商品、无偿家务劳动、照护、志愿者工作和无偿实习工作的问题 政府已邀请公众和专家在 15 天内就提案提出反馈意见
Labour economist K.R. Shyam Sundar called the changes "half a step," saying many workers operate outside digital platforms. However, he said that measuring unpaid work could eventually prompt changes in how national income is calculated. Key changes proposed in the survey include: The changes will kick in from January 2027, with fresh samples for 2027-28 The survey will add a separate category for digital platform workers as the existing method did not capture enough platform workers Fresh data will reflect urbanisation, changes in district boundaries and creation, splitting or merger of administrative units Data will better represent population changes and reduce operational difficulties The survey will ask rural and urban households if members are engaged in digital platform work Survey will add queries about "own-use production" of goods, unpaid household work, caregiving, volunteer work and unpaid trainee work The government has invited public and expert feedback on the proposals within 15 days