According to the National Domestic Workers' Movement, domestic workers range from official estimates of 42 lakhs to unofficial estimates of more than 5 crores. This lack of information makes the topic even more important to understand because it is a growing issue. As India's middle class expands and its rural workforce migrates to urban places, more people are going to join the domestic workforce.

In today's episode, we are talking about the 'maids', 'helps', 'servants', the 'didis, aunties, and bhaiyas', meaning we're talking about India's domestic workers. Through the podcast we tackle the first and foremost problem of the lack of data, before delving further into Neymat's paper and looking at domestic labour, understanding related policies, and also view it from a caste and gendered angle.

You can read Neymat's paper here - 'Domestic Workers in India: An Invisible Workforce'

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Neymat Chadha is currently pursuing her PhD from IIT Delhi and has previously worked as a Research Associate with SPRF.