Lok Sabha Question No. 5848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Contract Labours
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ANIL SHIROLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5848 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.04.2017

## CONTRACT LABOURS

## 5848. SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

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

- (a)the number of contract labours working in the public/private sectors across the country, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra; (b)whether the Government is planning to allow employer or contractor hiring contract labour to file a unified annual return; (c)if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and (d)the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The State-wise number of contract workers working in the Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings in the Central Sphere for the last three years is enclosed as Annexure-A.
- (b) to (d): A proposal to allow employer or contractor hiring contract labour to file  a  unified  annual  return  was  under  consideration  of  the Government. After due deliberation, a draft notification for amending Rule 82 of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Central Rules, 1971  was  issued  to  give  effect  to  the  above  stated  objective  and comments of stakeholders were solicited vide Notification No. G.S.R. 203 (E) dated 07.03.2017 within the prescribed time limit of thirty days from the date of issuance of the said notification.

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## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  question  No.5848  for 10.04.2017.

## State-wise statement showing number of Contract workers

## engaged in Central Sphere

| Sl. No   | State             | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 88059     | 71820     | 58438     |
| 2        | Assam             |           |           |           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |           |           |           |
| 4        | Manipur           |           |           |           |
| 5        | Tripura           | 168670    | 93034     | 19839     |
| 6        | Sikkim            |           |           |           |
| 7        | Meghalaya         |           |           |           |
| 8        | Nagaland          |           |           |           |
| 9        | Bihar             | 26074     | 25816     | 9536      |
| 10       | Chhattisgarh      | 112755    | 127130    | 31748     |
| 11       | Gujarat           | 114093    | 192682    | 185190    |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 38710     | 24263     | 44505     |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 105874    | 138892    | 352700    |
| 14       | Kerala            | 76530     | 135798    | 36626     |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 134098    | 144884    | 144884    |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 251628    | 207554    | 260792    |
| 17       | Delhi             | 55190     | 39145     | 78824     |
| 18       | Odisha            | 123345    | 166308    | 23340     |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | 62689     | 90216     | 92612     |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu        | 126932    | 23507     | 35254     |
| 21       | Uttranchal        | 14742     | 17536     | 32089     |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh     | 99775     | 100584    | 112960    |
| 23       | West Bengal       | 94397     | 80376     | 232896    |
| 24       | Himachal Pardesh  |           |           |           |
| 25       | Jammu &Kashmir    |           |           |           |
| 26       | Punjab            | 56584     | 68440     | 93639     |
| 27       | Haryana           |           |           |           |
|          | All India (Total) | 1750145   | 1747985   | 1845872   |

Note: Bold indicated (combined data received from the regions

i.e. Guwahati and Chandigarh)

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