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Lok Sabha Question No. 3156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Informal Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Bhagwanth Khuba

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3156 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2021

## INFORMAL WORKERS

## 3156.   SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  more  than  20  per  cent  of informal workers are still jobless;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) on employment and unemployment is conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.  As per the results of PLFS, the unemployment rate for persons of age 15 years and above on usual status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis in the country during 2017-18 & 2018-19 was 6.0% and 5.8% respectively.

(c):  Employment  generation  is  a  priority  of  the  Government.  Government  has  taken various  steps  for  generating  employment  in  the  country  through  schemes  such  as Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Deendayal  Antodaya  Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

The Government is providing fiscal stimulus of more than rupees twenty seven lakh  crore  as  part  of  the  Aatmanirbhar  financial  Package.  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat package comprises of various  long  term  schemes/  programmes/  policies  for  making the  country  self-reliant  and  to  create  employment  opportunities  for  organised  and unorganised sectors.

Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Rozgar  Yojna  (ABRY)  Scheme  has  been  launched  with effect  from  1 st   October  2020  to  incentivize  creation  of  new  employment  along  with social  security  benefits  and  restoration  of  loss  of  employment  during  COVID-19 pandemic.  This  scheme  reduces  the  financial  burden  of  the  employers  of  various sectors/industries including MSMEs and encourages them to hire more workers. Under ABRY, Government of India is providing for a period of two years, both the employees' share (12% of wages) and employer's share (12% of wages) of contribution payable or only the employees' share, depending on employment strength of the EPFO registered establishments.

Government is implementing the National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project  which provides  employment  related  services  and  also  has  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a nation-wide online platform for the job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic manner.All services on NCS are free of cost.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Health Services Under ESIC
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary, Sudarshan Bhagat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## HEALTH SERVICES UNDER ESIC

†3155. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY: SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  extend  health  services provided under Employees' State Insurance Corporation ESIC to all the districts of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  ESIC  hospitals/health centres in the districts which lack such hospitals/health centres;
- (c)the  various  other  patients  apart  from  the  beneficiaries  of  ESIC scheme who are likely to get health services in ESIC hospitals/health centres;
- (d)whether ESIC facilities are not being given to most of the employees working in most of the private companies of the country; and
- (e)if so, the details of the steps taken by the Government in this regard during the last five years; and if not, the State-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The  Employees'  State  Insurance  (ESI)  Corporation  has decided  to  expand  coverage  of  ESI  Scheme  and  thereby  health services under medical benefit to all the districts of the country in a phased manner.  Further, opening new dispensaries and hospitals to provide services to ESI beneficiaries is an on-going process.

- (c): Apart from beneficiaries of ESI schemes, health services of under-utilized ESIC hospitals have been made available to non- Insured Person (IPs).
- (d) & (e): The  ESIC  facilities  are  being  given  to  the  employees working  in  the  factories  and  establishments  covered  under  the  ESI Act,  1948  and  drawing  wage  upto  Rs.21000/-  per  month  (Rs.25,000/per month for persons with disability). The following steps have been taken by the ESIC for bringing maximum  number of employees under ESIC coverage :-
- i. The ESI Scheme has been fully extended to 389 districts where the  scheme was partially available at different centres. Apart from that the scheme has also been extended to 186 districts where it is available in district headquarters areas and prominent industrial centres. As a result, the implementation of ESI Scheme has expanded from 393 districts in 2015-16 to 575 districts at present.
- ii. Survey  drive  is  conducted  from  time  to  time  for  coverage  of factories and establishments not covered under the ESI Act.
- iii. On  receipt  of  any  complaint  from  the  workers,  Trade  Unions etc. regarding non-coverage of factories and establishments or employees, action is taken as per the provisions of the ESI Act, 1948 and the Rules & Regulations framed thereunder.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3152 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Womens Universities or colleges in Bareilly
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3152 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th MARCH, 2021

Women's Universities or colleges in Bareilly

† 3152. SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Universities dedicated exclusively for Girls and Women in Bareilly district;

(b) whether the Government has any plan to open some new women's University or College in Bareilly; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a): There are six women's colleges in Bareilly District. There is no University dedicated exclusively for Girls and Women in Bareilly district. (b) & (c): As per the report received from the State Government, at present there is no such proposal under consideration to open some new women's University or College in Bareilly.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Compensation to Migrant Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Mohammad Jawed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3149

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## COMPENSATION TO MIGRANT WORKERS

3149. DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

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

- (a)whether  any  monetary  compensation  has  been  provided  to  the families of the migrant workers  who  lost their lives due  to lockdown; and
- (b)if so, the details thereof including the compensation, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): As  per  the  information  received  from    the  States/UTs,  no loss of lives of migrant workers are reported from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and  Daman  &  Diu,  Delhi,  Goa,  Kerala,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram, Nagaland,  Puducherry,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Punjab  &  Uttarakhand, except 17 accidental deaths in Maharashtra. The monetary compensation  has  also  been  provided  in  some  States.  However,  on receipt  of  complete  data  from  all  the  remaining  States/UTs,  the information will be laid on the table of the house.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Training for Dairy Industry
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Ajay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 3148 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 . 03 . 2021

## TRAINING FOR DAIRY INDUSTRY

## † 3148 . SHRI AJAY BHATT :

## Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state :

- (a)    whether training for dairy industry is imparted under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship;
- (b) if  so,  the duration of the said training along with the number of people who have been imparted training so far;
- (c) whether the Government is running any programme for entrepreneurship development in the dairy sector; and
- (d) the  percentage  of  people  who  get  employment  opportunities  after  training  for  skill development?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), through the Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  2.0  (2016-2020)  has  imparted  training across 37 sectors including  Agriculture sector  and Food Processing  sector covering dairy farming/processing  related  job  roles.  As  of  19.01.2021,  the  number  of  candidates  trained /oriented in dairy farming/  processing  related job roles  is  61,943,comprising  14,223 candidates  under  Short  Term  Training  (STT)  and  Special  Projects  (SP)  components,  and 47,720  candidates  under  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  component.  Of  the  14,223 candidates trained under STT and SP components, 13,606 candidates (or 95%) have been reported  placed  or  self-employed.  There  is  no  mandate  for  placement  in  respect  of  RPLoriented candidates.The training duration of various job roles are specified in the respective model curriculum of Qualification Packs.

Further, under the fee-based model of the National Skill Development Corporation, 30,291  trainings  and  8,687  placements  have been  done  in  the  job  roles  of  Dairy  Farmer/ Entrepreneur and Dairy Worker during the period 2018 -19 to 2020 -21 (till February, 2021).

In  order  to  inculcate  entrepreneurship  skills  in  the  candidates  for  establishing business, the PMKVY scheme has a mandatory provision for training under 155 hours of an English, Employability & Entrepreneurship (EEE) module, besides the core curriculum of the course. Further, Training Providers provide support to the candidates for entrepreneurship development  by  facilitating  bank  linkages  along  with  providing  guidance  and  mentoring support.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3146 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Permission to FPIs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

QUESTION NO. 3146

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY 15th MARCH, 2021/ PHALGUNA 24, 1942 (SAKA)

## Permission to FPIs

## 3146. SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has received any request from the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for granting permission to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) directly to trade in capital markets;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether the FPIs will be allowed to access equity markets also;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) the estimated amount of foreign investment for direct participation of FPIs in capital as well as equity markets; and

(f) the details of protections to be taken to safeguard the domestic investors?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI. ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) to (e) Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) are permitted to trade in capital markets, including equity markets, in terms of SEBI (Foreign Portfolio  Investors)  Regulations,  2019  and  various  Rules  and  Regulations  made  under  Foreign Exchange  Management  Act,  1999.  SEBI has  not  made  any  representation  to  the  Government  for granting permission to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) directly to trade in capital markets.

(f) SEBI undertakes various investor education and awareness activities to create awareness on relevant issues in securities market and to protect the interests of investors in securities market. Further, in order to  increase  investor  awareness  among  larger  number  of  people,  SEBI  also  carries  out  mass  media campaign  giving  relevant  messages  to  investors  through  popular  media  (TV/  Radio/Print/bulk SMSs/Digital media/cinema). Investor awareness programs/workshops are conducted covering basic aspects of securities market, precautions to be taken while investing in securities market, Rights and obligations of investors, Dos and Don'ts, grievance redressal mechanism in the securities market.  Further, in order to safeguard the market integrity including interests of domestic investors, various requirements for FPIs have been put in place under SEBI (FPI) Regulations, 2019 including registration, Know Your Clients (KYC) requirements in terms of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002,  Code  of  conduct,  investment  conditions  and  restrictions,  monitoring  of  investments,  various reporting requirements.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: GST on Natural Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Pratima Bhoumik

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3145

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  March 2021

## GST on Natural Gas

## 3145. MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

## Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current share of energy mix in India, fuel-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is contemplating to bring natural gas within the Goods and Services Tax(GST) ambit;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the State-wise levies charged on natural gas; and
- (e) the steps taken/being contemplated to make natural gas as people's fuel?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान ) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) As per BP Statistics Review 2020 the current share of energy mix in India fuelwise is as below:-

(in percentage)

|   Oil |   Natural Gas |   Coal |   Nuclear energy |   Hydro electric |   Renewables |   Total |
|-------|---------------|--------|------------------|------------------|--------------|---------|
|  30.1 |           6.3 |   54.7 |              1.2 |              4.2 |          3.5 |     100 |

(b) & (c) As per Article 279A (5) of the Constitution, Goods and Services Tax Council shall  recommend the  date  on  which  goods  and  services  tax  shall  be  levied  on  all excluded products i.e petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit, natural gas and  aviation  turbine  fuel,  Petroleum  products  are  constitutionally  included  under GST, however,  the  date  on  which  GST  shall  be  levied  on  all  excluded  petroleum products, including Natural Gas shall be as per the decision of the GST Council.

(d)  Currently,  VAT  rates  on  Natural  Gas  vary  from  Nil  to  25%  across  States,  with some States levying an additional tax on taxable turnover.

(e) Government is taking steps to increase the share of natural gas in the primary energy  mix  in  the  country  by  developing  infrastructure  in  the  form  of  Natural  Gas Pipelines/LNG  Terminals/CGD  networks,  promoting  Compressed  Bio  gas  (CBG) sector.  A  scheme  of  Sustainable  Alternative  Towards  Affordable  Transportation (SATAT) on 1 st October 2018 to promote Compressed Bio-Gas as an alternative and green transport fuel has also been launched.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Education in Information and Communication Technology
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3144 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## EDUCATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

## 3144.   SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to upgrade workers in the   education sector in Information and Communication Technology;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has any plans to inculcate entrepreneurship in the students at the school level;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (c)  In  the  short-term  skilling  eco-system  of  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship  (MSDE),  the  Sector  Skill  Councils  and  other  Awarding  Bodies  develop Qualification Packs for various job roles. Training in job roles like Office Assistant, Database Administrator, Lab Technician, Multifunctional Administration Executive, etc. helps in preparing certified skilled workforce, some of whom may be absorbed in the education sector as per requirement.  Various aspects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education, such as knowledge of computer applications and use of information technology, forms part of the National Occupational Standards for the above job roles.

For  training  of  trainers  under  the  long-term  skilling  eco-system  of  MSDE,  the Directorate  General  of  Training  is  implementing  the  Crafts  Instructor  Training  Scheme through  the  National  Skill  Training  Institutes.  ICT  is  integrated  in  the  training  of  such manpower. Some of the roles where ICT forms a major component of the learning include computer hardware & networking maintenance, computer software applications and desktop publishing operator.

As far as the school system is concerned, ICT curriculum for teachers and students has been developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training.

(d) to (f) The  New  Education  Policy  2020  envisages  increasing  the  exposure  to vocational  education  and  training  for  school  students,  which  in  the  long  run  would  help inculcate  an  entrepreneurial  spirit  in  them.  Vocational  education  will  be  integrated  in  the education  system  in  a  phased  manner  in  focus  areas  based  on  skills  gap  analysis  and mapping of local opportunities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: New Labour Codes from April, 2021
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3141 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## NEW LABOUR CODES FROM APRIL, 2021

3141. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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

- (a)whether there is any delay in implementing new Labour Codes from 1st April, 2021 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)the  reasons  for  delay  in  clearing  the  air  on  working  hours  in  factories,
- etc.;
- (c)the details of clarification that the Ministry would give under Occupational  Safety,  Health  and  Working  Conditions  Code  wherein  it indicated that the working hours in a day could be modified; and
- (d)whether the working hours could be more than 8 hours and if so, the time by which rules are likely to be notified?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): As  a  step  towards  implementation  of  four  Labour    Codes,  the Government  has  pre-published  the    4  Rules,  namely,  the  Code  on  Wages (Central) Rules, 2020, the Industrial Relation (Central) Rules, 2020, the Code on  Social  Security  (Central)  Rules,  2020  and  the  Occupational  Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2020 for seeking stakeholders  comments  including  general  public.  In  the  meanwhile,  the provisions related to the Central Advisory Board as specified under Section 42  and  67  of  the  Code  on  Wages,  2019  have  come  into  effect  on  18th December, 2020. In addition, the Code on Wages (Central Advisory Board) Rules, 2021 have come into effect on 1st March, 2021.
- (b) to (d): At  present,  the  provisions  relating  to  working  hours  as  in  the Factories  Act,  1948  or  other  applicable  Acts  are  in  force.    Provisions relating to daily or weekly working hours under the Codes, including in  the Occupational  Safety,  Health  and  Working  Conditions  Code,  2020,  will  get implemented after  the  relevant  provisions  or  rules  made  thereunder  have come into force.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Indian Labour Conference
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: K. Subbarayan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## INDIAN LABOUR CONFERENCE

3138. SHRI SUBBARAYAN K.:

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

- (a)whether it is a fact that the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) has not met  since  last  five  years  which  is  in  violation  of  international commitments of tripartism; and
- (b)if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The  46 th   Session  of  the  Indian  Labour  Conference  (ILC) was held in New Delhi from 20-21 July, 2015. The 47 th  Session of the Indian  Labour  Conference  was  scheduled  to  meet  on  26 th   and  27 th February, 2018, but, the same could not be held due to administrative reasons.  The  Government  has  been  holding  tripartite  consultations on important labour policies/issues.

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