Lok Sabha Question No. 3536 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: People Working inUnorganized Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Meenakashi Lekhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3536 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## PEOPLE WORKING IN UNORGANIZED SECTOR

## 3536. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a)the number of people working in the unorganized sector in India, including the source of such information;
- (b)whether  the  Ministry  is  aware  of  the  exploitation  of  contract  workers,
- especially in the garment industry;
- (c)whether it is true that big retail companies outsource work in India and the workers are not paid adequately and are exploited and harassed, if so, the
- details thereof; and
- (d)the steps taken to address this issue seriously and safeguard the rights of
- contract workers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): According to the survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) during 2011-2012, the total employments in the unorganised sector in the country were 39 crores.
- (b) to (d): The institutional  mechanism of Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) under the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central){CLC(C)} is in place  for  the  purpose  of  implementation  of  the  provisions  of  the  various labour  laws,  including  the  Contract  Labour  (Regulation  and  Abolition)  Act, 1970 in the Central Sphere. The labour laws and the rules there-under provide for varying penal provisions depending upon the nature of contraventions/violation and the same  are imposed  in the process of enforcement. State Governments  are  the  appropriate  Government  with institutional  mechanism of State Labour Department for enforcement in the state sphere. The inspections conducted, irregularities detected & rectified, the prosecutions launched and the convictions obtained against Contractors and  Principal  Employers  by  the  CIRM  in  the  Central  Sphere  under  Contract Labour  (Regulation  and  Abolition)  Act,  1970  during  the  last  three  years  is enclosed herewith as Annexure .

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3536  FOR  16.03.2020  REGARDING  PEOPLE  WORKING  IN  UNORGANIZED SECTOR BY SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI.

Details of Inspections conducted under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 during the last three years in Central Sphere's Establishments.

|   S.No. | Particulars                    |   2017-2018 |   2018-2019 |   2019-2020 (upto December 2019) |
|---------|--------------------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------------------|
|       1 | No. of Inspections Conducted   |        8490 |        8577 |                             8843 |
|       2 | No. of Irregularities detected |       97779 |       87928 |                            89296 |
|       3 | No. Irregularities Rectified   |       68716 |       45121 |                            68808 |
|       4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched   |        3538 |        3227 |                             3168 |
|       5 | No. of Convictions             |        2583 |        1372 |                             2266 |

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