In a move that is going to help the working middle-class manage their household with ease, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to launch a ‘home manager on call’ service. The new facility, when launched, will enable residents to seek the services of trained household managers on a daily basis. In order to provide employment to women from economically backward classes, the NDMC had started the project Urja, and this new scheme is a part of that same project. It is supposed to provide employment to several women belonging to economically backward classes.
A senior NDMC official said that the council is preparing a database of these women who can be employed for providing on-call help to households. “They will be registered after due verification process and then will be trained at NDMC’s technical training institute,” the official said. The women will be trained in operations of modern gadgets like microwave, dishwasher, washing machine etc. “NDMC will also fix standardised rates for the services which are likely to be different for weekdays and weekends,” the official added. While last year NDMC had introduced a dabba service for its employees which is managed by these women, this year it had announced launching of an all-woman cab service.
Elaborating further on the service, the official said that the service will be open for residents in areas under the jurisdiction of NDMC and the bookings will be made by call centre of the council. “The bookings will have to be made in advance and the services will also be available for catering and other similar works for house parties,” the official said. While the details of the projects are being worked out, the service is likely to be available by July.