Lok Sabha Question No. 4292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Labour Engaged in Stone Crusher Mills
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4292 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## LABOUR ENGAGED IN STONE CRUSHER MILLS

†4292. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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

- (a)the  total  number  and  details  of  labourers  engaged  in  the  Stone Crusher mills in the North-Eastern States, district-wise;
- (b)whether  the  labourers  engaged  in  these  crusher  mills  have  been provided facilities as per the Government norms, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether  the  labourers  engaged  in  these  crusher  mills  do  not  get facilities like PF, ASI and if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) to (c): The  total  number  of  labourers  engaged  in  the  stone crusher mills in Assam is 12,223. District-wise details are enclosed at the Annexure. All the facilities in accordance to the provisions of the  Factories  Act,  1948  and  the  Assam  Factories  Rules  have  been provided  to  all  the  workers  engaged  in  the  stone  crusher  mills  in Assam.  There  is  no  stone  crusher  mill  in  Sikkim.  Information  in respect of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura is being collected/ compiled and will be laid on the Table of the House. The labourers of the eligible crusher mills get facility of PF, ESI etc.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to  in reply to part (a) to (c) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 4292 for 22.03.2021 regarding Labour Engaged in Stone Crusher Mills.

| SI NO.   | Name of the District   |   Number of Stone Crusher Mills |   Number of Labourers engaged |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.       | Baksa                  |                               2 |                            60 |
| 2.       | Bongaigaon             |                               3 |                            82 |
| 3.       | Chirang                |                               4 |                            63 |
| 4.       | Barpeta                |                              18 |                           236 |
| 5.       | Cachar                 |                              97 |                          1033 |
| 6.       | Dhubri                 |                              18 |                           145 |
| 7.       | Sonitpur               |                              47 |                           866 |
| 8.       | Dibrugarh              |                              55 |                           472 |
| 9.       | Tinsukia               |                              77 |                          1088 |
| 10.      | Kamrup                 |                              90 |                          1488 |
| 11.      | Kokrajhar              |                               5 |                            62 |
| 12.      | Karimganj              |                              35 |                           485 |
| 13.      | Lakhimpur              |                              23 |                           336 |
| 14.      | Nagaon                 |                              84 |                          1570 |
| 15.      | Morigaon               |                              30 |                           444 |
| 16.      | Golaghat               |                              42 |                           507 |
| 17.      | Sibsagar               |                             178 |                          2235 |
| 18.      | Jorhat                 |                              18 |                           266 |
| 19.      | Udalguri               |                               5 |                            70 |
| 20.      | Nalbari                |                               5 |                            85 |
| 21.      | Hailakandi             |                               9 |                           111 |
| 22.      | Darrang                |                               8 |                           125 |
| 23.      | Karbi Anglong          |                               2 |                            31 |
| 24.      | Dhemaji                |                               2 |                            30 |
| 25.      | NC Hills               |                               3 |                            60 |
| 26.      | Goalpara               |                              19 |                           273 |
| Total    | Total                  |                             879 |                         12223 |

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