Lok Sabha Question No. 2377 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: Exploitation of Contract Workers in UP
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2377 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2017

## EXPLOITATION OF CONTRACT WORKERS IN UP

2377. SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether the Government has received reports/complaints of the employees working under contract in Uttar Pradesh being exploited by the contractors and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b)the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  safeguard  the interests of the contractual employees?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) & (b): A  well-established  Central  Industrial  Relations  Machinery (CIRM)  is  in  place  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  various  labour  laws including the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. The country-wide network of Dy. Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) and Regional  Labour  Commissioners  (Central)  under  the  control  of  Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) is mandated to settle the complaints/claims of the contract workers in terms of the provisions of the said Act and the Rules framed thereunder.

Officers of the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM)  regularly  conduct  inspections  in  the  establishments  falling under  the  Central  Sphere.  The  details  of  the  inspections  conducted, prosecutions  launched  and  the  amount  of  relief  provided  to  the workmen  under  the  Inter-State Migrant Workmen  (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 and the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 in Uttar Pradesh is enclosed as Annexure 'A'.

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## Annexure-A

| Sl. No.      | Enactment                                                                                      | No. of inspections made   | Irregularities   | Irregularities   | Prosecutions   | Convictions   | Number of claim applications   | Number of claim applications   | Number of claim applications   | Amount       | Amount       | Amount          |
|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.      | Enactment                                                                                      | No. of inspections made   | Detected         | Rectified        | Prosecutions   | Convictions   | Beginning                      | Filed                          | Decisions                      | Awarded      | Recovered    | Paid to workers |
| 1            | 2                                                                                              | 3                         | 4 5              |                  | 6              | 7             | 8                              | 9                              | 10                             | 11           | 12           | 13              |
| Year 2014-15 | Year 2014-15                                                                                   | Year 2014-15              | Year 2014-15     | Year 2014-15     | Year 2014-15   | Year 2014-15  | Year 2014-15                   | Year 2014-15                   | Year 2014-15                   | Year 2014-15 | Year 2014-15 | Year 2014-15    |
| 1            | The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 | 3                         | 40               | 40               | 0              | 0             | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0            | 0            | 0               |
| 2            | The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970                                         | 189                       | 1981             | 1539             | 161            | 97            | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0            | 0            | 0               |
| 3            | The Minimum Wages Act, 1948                                                                    | 332                       | 3527             | 2648             | 124            | 133           | 199                            | 203                            | 164                            | 10509416     | 721172       | 110741          |
| Year 2015-16 | Year 2015-16                                                                                   | Year 2015-16              | Year 2015-16     | Year 2015-16     | Year 2015-16   | Year 2015-16  | Year 2015-16                   | Year 2015-16                   | Year 2015-16                   | Year 2015-16 | Year 2015-16 | Year 2015-16    |
| 1            | The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of                    | 0                         | 0                | 0                | 1              | 0             | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0            | 0            | 0               |
| 2            | The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970                                         | 431                       | 3592             | 3182             | 212            | 169           | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0            | 0            | 0               |
| 3            | The Minimum Wages Act, 1948                                                                    | 464                       | 4680             | 1357             | 80             | 179           | 238                            | 9                              | 43                             | 125112       | 356003       | 356003          |
| Year 2016-17 | Year 2016-17                                                                                   | Year 2016-17              | Year 2016-17     | Year 2016-17     | Year 2016-17   | Year 2016-17  | Year 2016-17                   | Year 2016-17                   | Year 2016-17                   | Year 2016-17 | Year 2016-17 | Year 2016-17    |
| 1            | The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of                                                 | 2                         | 24               | 14               | 1              | 1             | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0            | 0            | 0               |
| 2            | The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970                                         | 170                       | 1992             | 2543             | 94             | 627           | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0            | 0            | 0               |
| 3            | The Minimum Wages Act, 1948                                                                    | 231                       | 2248             | 2972             | 131            | 608           | 203                            | 116                            | 95                             | 1706158      | 192713       | 473728          |

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