Lok Sabha Question No. 2082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Labour Welfare Schemes
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2082 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2018

## LABOUR WELFARE SCHEMES

## 2082. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

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

- (a)the details and the total number of labourers belonging to unorganised  sectors  who  are  covered  under  the  social  welfare schemes  for  labourers  of  unorganized  sectors  in  the  country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)whether  the  number  of  unorganized  workers  covered  under  social
- welfare scheme is quite low;
- (c)if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d)the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure
- that the benefit of the schemes reach to all the workers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): The  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment,  through  its  Labour Welfare Organizations across the country, implements welfare schemes relating to housing, education and health for beedi workers, mica  mine  workers,  limestone  &  dolomite  mine  workers,  iron  ore manganese,  chrome  ore  mine  workers  and  cine  workers.  These schemes  were  earlier  administered  through  5  Welfare  Cess  and Welfare  Funds  under  various  Cess  Acts  of  Parliament.  Now,  these cesses have been abolished/subsumed in GST  and  the welfare schemes have been retained with funding from the Consolidated Fund of India. Salient features of these welfare schemes are as follows:

- (i) Revised Integrated Housing Scheme-2016: Subsidy of Rs.  1,50,000  for  construction  of  a  new  house  is  provided  to  the workers in three installments in the ratio of 25:60:15.
- (ii) Education Scheme: Financial Assistance varying from Rs. 250 to Rs. 15,000 per year is provided to the wards of the workers studying in classes I to XII or pursuing non-professional and professional degree/graduate/post graduate courses.
- (iii) Health Scheme: Heath care facilities are provided to the workers and their dependents through 12 hospitals and 286 dispensaries under Labour Welfare Organizations all over the country. In addition, reimbursement  of  expenditure  for  specialized  treatment  taken  in Government recognized hospitals is also provided.

In  addition  to  the  above  welfare  schemes,  the  Central Government  has  recently  converged  the  social  security  schemes  of Aam  Aadmi  Bima  Yojana  (AABY)  with  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti Bima  Yojana  (PMJJBY)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bima  Yojana (PMSBY)  to  provide  life  and  disability  coverage  to  the  unorganised workers  depending  upon  their  eligibility.  PMJJBY  gives  coverage  of Rs. 2 lakhs on death at premium of Rs. 330/- per annum for an age span from  18  to  50  years.    PMSBY  gives  coverage  of  Rs.  2  lakhs  on accidental  death  and  disability  at  premium  of  Rs.  12  per  annum covering  an  age  span  from  18  years  to  70  years.  These  converged schemes  are  being  implemented  by  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of India.  The  annual  premium  is  shared  on  50:50  basis  by  the  Central

Government and the State Governments.

Further, the schemes of National Social Assistance Programme including Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme and  National  Family  Benefit  Scheme,  Janani  Suraksha  Yojana  and Rashtriya  Swasthya  Bima  Yojana  under  the  Unorganised  Workers' Social  Security  Act,  2008  are  being  implemented  to  provide  social security benefits to unorganised workers.

The details are listed in Annexure - I.

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Annexure I

|   S. No. | Name of the Scheme                                                                                                                                 | Number of Beneficiaries   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | National Social Assistance Programme including Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme and National Family Benefit Scheme (as on 28.02.2017) | 3,27,81,329               |
|        2 | Janani Suraksha Yojana (as on 31.03.2017)                                                                                                          | 1,04,59,547               |
|        3 | Aam Admi Bima Yojana (as on 31.03.2017)                                                                                                            | 4,37,00,000               |
|        4 | Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (as on 31.03.2017)                                                                                                  | 3,63,32,626               |

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