Lok Sabha Question No. 391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Man-days Lost
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 391 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## MAN-DAYS LOST

## 391. SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  any  data  about  the  number  of  mandays lost due to strikes and lockouts in the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b)the details of economic loss caused by strikes/lockouts during the said period; and
- (c)the preventive measures  taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) & (b): Statements  showing  the  number  of  man-days  lost  and production loss due to strikes and lockouts during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise are at   Annexure I and II.
- (c): Central  Industrial  Relations  Machinery  (CIRM)  of  Office  of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) immediately intervenes and holds conciliation  proceedings  for  resolving  the  matter  in  dispute  to  avert strikes through mediation and conciliation.

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ALL STRIKES DURING THE YEARS 2014-2017

| State/Union Territory   | 2014                  | 2014                     | 2015(P)               | 2015(P)                  | 2016(P)               | 2016(P)                  | 2017(Jan-Oct)(P)      | 2017(Jan-Oct)(P)         |
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|                         | No. of Man- days Lost | Production Loss (in Rs.) | No. of Man- days Lost | Production Loss (in Rs.) | No. of Man- days Lost | Production Loss (in Rs.) | No. of Man- days Lost | Production Loss (in Rs.) |
| 1                       | 2                     | 3                        | 4                     | 5                        | 6                     | 7                        | 8                     | 9                        |
| Andhra Pradesh          | 543,118               | 94,378,000               | 684,440               | 147,387,600              | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        |
| Assam                   | 67,258                | 0                        | 72,965                | 161,270,904              | 37,307                | 7,775,000                | 24,085                | 0                        |
| Bihar                   | 89,559                | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        |
| Chhattisgarh            | 55,318                | 103,000,000              | 66,012                | 552,738,750              | 2,993                 | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        |
| Goa                     | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        | 1,288                 | 17,828,000               | 10,325                | 603,540,000              |
| Gujarat                 | 156,321               | 762,303,992              | 45,842                | 434,210,000              | 121,619               | 1,029,837,705            | 99,883                | 2,863,606,510            |
| Haryana                 | 159,137               | 0                        | 25,941                | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        | 20,042                | 0                        |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 17,848                | 158,576,839              | 152,040               | 461,357,832              | 50,346                | 457,843,548              | 0                     | 0                        |
| Karnataka               | 179,890               | 45,284,000               | 18,522                | 0                        | 72,946                | 0                        | 37,824                | 52,300,002               |
| Kerala                  | 171,797               | 0                        | 404,595               | 0                        | 165,130               | 0                        | 137,734               | 151,520,000              |
| Madhya Pradesh          | 133,792               | 0                        | 172,478               | 168,602,100              | 48,567                | 0                        | 75,968                | 21,147,783               |
| Maharashtra             | 51,651                | 8,650,000                | 206,273               | 0                        | 7,719                 | 0                        | 13,303                | 0                        |
| Odisha                  | 38,268                | 0                        | 11,820                | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        | 1,136                 | 0                        |
| Punjab                  | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        | 14,500                | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        |
| Rajasthan               | 219,622               | 512,188,000              | 52,193                | 8,979,000                | 100,876               | 104,200,000              | 41,681                | 0                        |
| Tamil Nadu              | 680,839               | 21,600,000               | 79,189                | 86,651,200               | 49,721                | 0                        | 574,113               | 0                        |
| Uttar Pradesh           | 25,129                | 0                        | 173,875               | 1,323,666,300            | 86,092                | 0                        | 59,377                | 0                        |
| Uttarakhand             | 66,696                | 0                        | 21,000                | 0                        | 45,000                | 0                        | 73,000                | 0                        |
| West Bengal             | 308,460               | 0                        | 66,534                | 271,510,400              | 6,168                 | 1,899,799,470            | 4,683                 | 1,818,000,000            |
| Puducherry              | 262                   | 2,920,000                | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        |
| Telangana               | 33,152                | 0                        | 106,160               | 0                        | 750                   | 0                        | 0                     | 0                        |
| Total                   | 2,998,117             | 1,708,900,831            | 2,359,879             | 3,616,374,086            | 811,022               | 3,517,283,723            | 1,173,154             | 5,510,114,295            |

## SOURCE: LABOUR BUREAU

Note:

(i)  0= Not available

- (ii) P= Provisional and based on the returns/clarifications received in the Bureau till 14-12-2017.
- (iii)  Information of other States not specified may be treated as either Nil or not reported.

## ANNEXURE I

## ALL LOCKOUTS DURING THE YEARS 2014-2017

| State/Uni on Territory   | 2014                  | 2014                      | 2015(P)               | 2015(P)                  | 2016(P)               | 2016(P)                   | 2017(Jan-Oct)(P)      | 2017(Jan-Oct)(P)          |
|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|                          | No. of Man- days Lost | Productio n Loss (in Rs.) | No. of Man- days Lost | Production Loss (in Rs.) | No. of Man- days Lost | Productio n Loss (in Rs.) | No. of Man- days Lost | Producti on Loss (in Rs.) |
| 1                        | 2                     | 3                         | 4                     | 5                        | 6                     | 7                         | 8                     | 9                         |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 501,304               | 299,197,600               | 283,800               | 98,466,840               | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Assam                    | 22,764                | 134,800,000               | 19,051                | 145,333,008              | 4,654                 | 185,400,000               | 0                     | 0                         |
| Bihar                    | 70,597                | 0                         | 70,824                | 0                        | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Gujarat                  | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                        | 11,476                | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Haryana                  | 37,689                | 0                         | 68,120                | 0                        | 78,098                | 0                         | 34,345                | 0                         |
| Kerala                   | 210,654               | 0                         | 211,507               | 0                        | 294,018               | 0                         | 153,890               | 0                         |
| Odisha                   | 125,386               | 0                         | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Punjab                   | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                        | 17,400                | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Rajasthan                | 52,132                | 56,315,000                | 25,872                | 28,000,000               | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Tamil Nadu               | 18,540                | 0                         | 24,077                | 0                        | 920                   | 0                         | 13,744                | 0                         |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                        | 747,500               | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| West Bengal              | 7,058,187             | 0                         | 0                     | 0                        | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Telangana                | 0                     | 0                         | 0                     | 0                        | 70,650                | 0                         | 0                     | 0                         |
| Total                    | 8,097,253             | 490,312,600               | 703,251               | 271,799,848              | 1,224,716             | 185,400,000               | 201,979               | 0                         |

SOURCE: LABOUR BUREAU

Note:

(i)  0= Not available

(ii) P= Provisional and based on the returns/clarifications received in the Bureau till 14-12-2017.

(iii)  Information of other States not specified may  be treated as either Nil or not reported.

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## ANNEXURE II