Government's Time Use Survey (TUS) 2024

Employment-Related Activities

• Women's Participation:
  Increased to 25% in 2024 from 21.8% in 2019, indicating a positive trend towards higher female engagement in employment.
• Men's Participation:
  Rose to 75% in 2024 from 70.9% in 2019 among those aged 15-59 years.
• Overall Employment Engagement:
  49.9% of the population engaged in employment-related activities in 2024, up from 46.4% in 2019.

Unpaid Domestic Work

• Decrease in Time Spent:
  Women reduced their time in unpaid domestic services from around 315 minutes in 2019 to 305 minutes in 2024.
• Participation Shift:
  This decrease suggests a shift from unpaid to paid activities for women.

Caregiving Activities

• Female Involvement:
  41% of women participated in caregiving activities, spending an average of 140 minutes per day.
• Male Involvement:
  21.4% of men were involved in caregiving, dedicating an average of 74 minutes per day.
• Social Dynamics:
  The data reflects the traditional Indian social structure where caregiving is primarily the responsibility of women.

Children's Learning Activities

• Participation Rate:
  89.3% of children aged 6-14 years were engaged in learning activities in 2024.
• Time Spent:
  Children spent an average of 413 minutes per day on learning activities.

Survey Details

• Conducted by:
  Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
• Household Coverage:
  Survey encompassed 1,39,487 households, with data collected over a 24-hour reference period.