New Delhi, March 29 -- Indians spent more time working in 2024 than in 2019, although they also spent more time on entertainment and unpaid caregiving services. They did this by cutting down the time spent on eating and drinking and on sleep. This is the key takeaway from the report of the Time Use Survey (TUS) conducted in January-December 2024 and published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on March 28.
The 2024 TUS is the second round of the survey after 2019. The main trend seen in the 2024 TUS-that Indians are now spending more time on work, entertainment, and caregiving - was published first in a factsheet released on February 25 and reported by HT on February 26. However, since the factsheet gave details for only nine broad gr...