Lok Sabha Question No. 493 (STARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Loss of Jobs due to Closure of Industries
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 493

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## LOSS OF JOBS DUE TO CLOSURE OF INDUSTRIES

†*493. SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA:

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

- (a)whether a large number of workers/ labourers in the country have got affected or become jobless due to closure of industries/factories;
- (b)if so, the details thereof along with the number of industries/factories closed and the workers affected thereby during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c)whether  the  Government  provides/  proposes  to  provide  short-term skill development training to such workers to make them capable of starting selfemployment activities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)the  other  remedial  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide employment  to  the  workers  who  have  become  jobless  due  to closure of industrial units in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *493 FOR 02.04.2018 BY SHRI RAM CHARAN  BOHRA  REGARDING  LOSS  OF  JOBS  DUE  TO  CLOSURE  OF INDUSTRIES.

- (a) & (b): Labour Bureau receives information in respect of only those temporary  work-stoppages  by  way  of  strikes,  lockouts  and  gheraos followed  by  lockouts  and  involving  10  or  more  workers,  whether directly and/or indirectly. The State-wise information of Closure for the years 2015 to 2017 based on the returns / clarifications received in the Labour Bureau till 21st March, 2018 is at Annexure.
- (c)  &  (d):  The  Government  is  implementing  Counseling,  Retraining  & Redeployment  (CRR)  Scheme  to  provide  opportunities  of  self  /  wage employment to the employees (or dependents) of Central Public Sector Enterprises  (CPSEs)  separated  under  VRS/VSS  or  retrenched  due  to closure / restructuring of CPSEs. The scheme aims at providing short duration skill development training programme to equip the beneficiaries for self/wage employment. CRR scheme is being implemented in collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

| ANNEXURE                                                                                    | ANNEXURE                                                                                    | ANNEXURE                                                                                    | ANNEXURE                                                                                    | ANNEXURE                                                                                    |
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| State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers STATE / UNION TERRITORY                    | Number of Units                                                                             | affected thereby during Number of Workers Affected                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Assam                                                                                       | 1                                                                                           | 109                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Haryana                                                                                     | 1                                                                                           | 145                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Madhaya Pradesh                                                                             | -                                                                                           | -                                                                                           |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
|                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           | 547                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Odisha                                                                                      | -                                                                                           | -                                                                                           |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
|                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           | 429                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Tripura                                                                                     | 5                                                                                           | 29                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                               | 4                                                                                           | 234                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| TOTAL :                                                                                     |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| State Sphere                                                                                | 11                                                                                          | 517                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Central Sphere                                                                              | 2                                                                                           | 976                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                                                 | 13                                                                                          | 1493                                                                                        |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2016 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2016 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2016 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2016 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2016 (Provisional) |
| STATE / UNION TERRITORY                                                                     | Number of Units                                                                             | Number of Workers Affected                                                                  |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 2                                                                                           | 67                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Tripura                                                                                     | 14                                                                                          | 566                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                               | 6                                                                                           | 345                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| TOTAL :                                                                                     |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| State Sphere                                                                                | 22                                                                                          | 978                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Central Sphere                                                                              | (-)                                                                                         | (-)                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                                                 | 22                                                                                          | 978                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2015 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2015 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2015 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2015 (Provisional) | State-wise number of Permanent Closures &Workers affected thereby during 2015 (Provisional) |
| STATE / UNION TERRITORY                                                                     | Number of Units                                                                             | Number of Workers Affected                                                                  |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                              | 1                                                                                           | 260                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                | -                                                                                           | -                                                                                           |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
|                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           | 153                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Goa                                                                                         | 2                                                                                           | 44                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 1                                                                                           | 90                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Karnataka                                                                                   | 1                                                                                           | 96                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Maharashtra                                                                                 | -                                                                                           | -                                                                                           |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
|                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           | 12                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Odisha                                                                                      | 1                                                                                           | 36                                                                                          |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Tripura                                                                                     | 9                                                                                           | 687                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                               | 4                                                                                           | 118                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| TOTAL :                                                                                     |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| State Sphere                                                                                | 19                                                                                          | 1331                                                                                        |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| Central Sphere                                                                              | 2                                                                                           | 165                                                                                         |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                                                 | 21                                                                                          | 1496                                                                                        |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |

Note: 1. This statement is based on the returns/information received in the Bureau till 21-03-2018.

2. The information in respect of remaining States/Union Territories is either 'NIL' or 'Not reported'.
3. The information within brackets relates to Central Sphere.

'-' = Nil

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Source: Labour Bureau, Shimla.