Lok Sabha Question No. 411 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Facilities to Cement Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 411 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## FACILITIES TO CEMENT WORKERS

†*411. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

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

- (a)the criteria/norms set by the Government pertaining to salary and facilities for the employees of cement companies;
- (b)whether the Government is aware of the problem relating to exploitation of the employees by the cement factories;
- (c)if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (d)the  details  of  the  contractual  workers  and  employees  working  on  regular basis in the cement factories located in the State of Rajasthan; and
- (e)whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  disparities  in  wages  and  health facilities of the workers engaged in Ajmer and Pali districts, if so, the details thereof and the efforts being made by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  RERERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *411 FOR 22.07.2019 BY MS. DIYA KUMARI REGARDING  FACILITIES TO CEMENT WORKERS

(a) to (c): The wages and allowances of the employees of cement companies are determined as per the Memorandum of Settlement dated 20.02.2019 signed between  the  Management  of  Cement  Manufacturing  Association  and  Cement Workmen represented by INCWF (INTUC), ABCMS (BMS), AICWF(AITUC), AICEF(HMS), NCC of CEMENT UNIONS (ICITU), CWPUF (LPF) in the presence of Conciliation  Officer  and  the  Chief  Labour  Commissioner  (Central).    In  order  to ensure that the employees, including that of cement factories, avail benefits as available under the various labour laws, the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) under the Chief Labour Commissioner  (Central){CLC(C)} conducts regular inspections in the Central Sphere. The details of the inspections conducted by CIRM in the establishments, including that of cement companies, under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970, during the last three years and in 2019-20 is furnished below:-

|   S.No | Particulars                    |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (Upto June,2019 |
|--------|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
|      1 | No. of Inspections Conducted   |      8843 |      8490 |      8577 |                      1474 |
|      2 | No. of Irregularities detected |     89296 |     97779 |     87928 |                     16843 |
|      3 | No. Irregularities Rectified   |     68808 |     68716 |     45121 |                     11558 |
|      4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched   |      3168 |      3538 |      3227 |                       778 |
|      5 | No. of Convictions             |      2266 |      2583 |      1372 |                       177 |

(d): The number of regular and contract workers in the State of Rajasthan are as under:-

Contract Workers

: 27487

Employees working on regular basis

:

9724

(e): The  regular  workers  of  the  Cement  Companies  in  Ajmer  and  Pali districts  are  being  paid  wages  as  per  the  Tripartite  Memorandum  of  Settlement and  the  other  workers  are  being  paid  minimum  wages  fixed  by  the  State Government. The workers of the cement companies covered under the provision of Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, avail medical & cash benefits.

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