Published on 10 Oct 2025
The National Statistics Office (NSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has released the second Time Use Survey, highlighting gender disparities in unpaid work.
Key Findings:
Unpaid Domestic Work: Women (age 6+) spend 289 mins/day vs men’s 88 mins; women aged 15–59 spend 305 mins/day (down from 315 mins in 2019).
Caregiving: Women spend 137 mins/day vs men’s 75 mins; 41% of women (15–59) participate vs 21.4% men.
Paid Work: 75% of men (15–59) engaged in employment vs only 25% of women.
Age Factor: Burden of unpaid work on women increases with age.
Economic Value: Govt estimates women’s unpaid domestic work to be worth 15–17% of India’s GDP.
About the Survey:
India joins countries like Australia, Japan, US, and China in conducting national-level time-use surveys.
The first pilot was in 1998, followed by a national survey in 2019.
The survey tracks time spent by men and women on various paid and unpaid activities.
Time Use Survey
gender disparities
Gender equality
unpaid work
National Statistics Office
NSO
Ministry of Statistics
SDG