Delhiites Spend Most Time At Work, Gender Disparity Highest In UP: Report

Folks in Delhi spend extra hours at work or on actions associated to their employment than in another a part of India, in keeping with a brand new report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

In India, a person, on common, spends 455 minutes, or somewhat over 7.5 hours on daily basis on work-related actions. The determine rises sharply for individuals residing in Delhi, the place a person spends 571 minutes, or practically 9.5 hours, on daily basis on actions associated to work, the Time Use Survey report mentioned.

The actions associated to work additionally included time spent on going to and getting back from the office.

Amongst different states, individuals in Haryana spend 493 minutes or 8.2 hours at work, whereas the quantity dips marginally to 484 minutes (round 8 hours) for workers in Tamil Nadu.

In Odisha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, individuals spend round seven hours on employment-related actions, the report mentioned.

Gender disparity

The gender disparity was the best in Uttar Pradesh, with girls spending 72 per cent much less time at work than males, in keeping with the report. Bihar was second with girls spending 71.6 per cent much less time at work than males.

Delhi and Kerala fared higher with solely a 22 per cent distinction between the working hours of women and men. Goa had the smallest hole, with simply an 8 per cent distinction in working hours, in keeping with the report.

In rural elements of the nation, a person, aged 15-59 years, spends about 424 minutes on employment and work-related actions. The time will increase to 494 minutes in city areas.