Lok Sabha Question No. 4222 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Social Security and Facilties for Industrial Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4222 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## SOCIAL SECURITY AND FACILTIES FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

## 4222. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

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

- (a)the  total  number  of  labourers  working  in  different  industrial  units  in  the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)the details of  number  of skilled and semi-skilled  labourers  out  of the  above
- and the kind of trade they are working in;
- (c)whether  the  provision  for  housing,  education  of  children,  medical  facility, drinking water and toilets are made by industries for the above labourers; and (d)if so, the details of the industries which have provided the above facilities and the number of labourers benefitted there from, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) & (b): As per results of labour force survey on employment and unemployment  conducted  during  2011-12  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office, Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation,  of  the  47.41  crore  total workforce on usual status basis, the share of self-employed, regular wage/salaried  employees  and  casual  labour  were  52.2%,  17.9%  &  29.9% respectively  in  the  country.  The  State-wise  details  are  given  at  Annexure. Further,  according  to  the  Annual  Survey  of  Industries  2013-14  released  by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, around 1.04 crore workers were employed in around 1.86 lakh factories that were in operation.
- (c) & (d): Workers  get  benefits  under  various  legislations  like  Employees State  Insurance  Act,  1948,  Employees  Compensation  Act,  1923,  Payment  of Gratuity  Act,  1972,  Payment  of  Bonus  Act,  1965  and  Building  and  Other Construction  Workers  Act,  1996.  The  coverage  of  establishments  under  The Employees' Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF&MP) Act 1952 has been enlarged to include construction workers. The Ministry has initiated many labour welfare measures which includes that the services of a woman worker cannot be terminated during the period of her absence on account of pregnancy. As per amendment of Section 5 of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, maximum period for which a woman can get paid maternity  benefit is twenty-six weeks  upto  two  surviving  children,  12  weeks  of  paid  maternity  leave  is  also available.  A  medical  bonus  of  Rs  3,500/-  is  being  provided  under  the  Act.  The crèche  facility  has  also  been  provided  by  the  Maternity  Benefit  (Amendment) Act,  2017  after  insertion  of  Section  11A,  which  ensures  every  establishment having  fifty or  more  employees  shall  have  the  facility  of  crèche  in  the establishment.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 4222 due for reply on 07-01-2019.

State-wise details of self-employed, regular wage/salaried employees and casual labour in rural and urban areas on usual status basis during 2011-12.

## (in percent)

| Sl. No.   |                     | Rural          | Rural                           | Rural         | Urban          | Urban                           | Urban         |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs          | Self- employed | Regular Wage/Salaried Employees | Casual Labour | Self- Employed | Regular Wage/Salaried Employees | Casual Labour |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 46.7           | 8.0                             | 45.2          | 37.6           | 46.7                            | 15.9          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 82.0           | 12.0                            | 6.0           | 35.6           | 53.1                            | 11.2          |
| 3         | Assam               | 70.0           | 11.7                            | 18.4          | 53.8           | 36.5                            | 9.7           |
| 4         | Bihar               | 52.0           | 4.0                             | 44.0          | 60.5           | 22.1                            | 17.4          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 58.2           | 4.1                             | 37.9          | 35.1           | 36.2                            | 28.7          |
| 6         | Delhi               | 19.3           | 79.8                            | 0.9           | 34.7           | 61.4                            | 3.6           |
| 7         | Goa                 | 28.3           | 55.6                            | 16.1          | 27.9           | 65.3                            | 6.8           |
| 8         | Gujarat             | 57.0           | 10.3                            | 32.7          | 41.7           | 49.5                            | 8.9           |
| 9         | Haryana             | 61.8           | 14.0                            | 24.4          | 40.6           | 49.4                            | 10.1          |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh    | 71.1           | 14.1                            | 14.6          | 30.3           | 60.6                            | 9.1           |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 63.0           | 15.3                            | 21.7          | 48.7           | 40.9                            | 10.4          |
| 12        | Jharkhand           | 68.6           | 4.3                             | 27.3          | 43.7           | 38.0                            | 18.3          |
| 13        | Karnataka           | 52.0           | 11.8                            | 36.2          | 39.4           | 44.9                            | 16.0          |
| 14        | Kerala              | 38.2           | 17.8                            | 44.0          | 36.4           | 35.8                            | 27.8          |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh      | 60.0           | 4.9                             | 35.1          | 48.3           | 34.8                            | 16.9          |
| 16        | Maharashtra         | 53.7           | 8.8                             | 37.4          | 36.2           | 54.5                            | 9.3           |
| 17        | Manipur             | 65.8           | 12.1                            | 22.4          | 73.0           | 22.0                            | 5.0           |
| 18        | Meghalaya           | 71.0           | 10.2                            | 18.7          | 35.9           | 50.0                            | 14.1          |
| 19        | Mizoram             | 82.5           | 9.3                             | 8.3           | 52.3           | 39.8                            | 7.6           |
| 20        | Nagaland            | 85.6           | 12.9                            | 1.5           | 42.9           | 54.0                            | 2.8           |
| 21        | Odisha              | 62.4           | 6.7                             | 30.9          | 51.2           | 34.6                            | 14.2          |
| 22        | Punjab              | 54.9           | 17.0                            | 28.3          | 44.6           | 47.8                            | 7.6           |
| 23        | Rajasthan           | 67.5           | 6.8                             | 25.5          | 45.4           | 38.7                            | 15.6          |
| 24        | Sikkim              | 79.6           | 15.5                            | 4.9           | 38.3           | 58.2                            | 3.8           |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu          | 29.9           | 14.0                            | 55.9          | 34.4           | 43.4                            | 22.4          |
| 26        | Tripura             | 41.3           | 8.0                             | 50.7          | 39.2           | 44.5                            | 16.3          |
| 27        | Uttarakhand         | 74.0           | 11.3                            | 14.7          | 51.5           | 40.0                            | 8.9           |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh       | 66.9           | 5.9                             | 26.9          | 54.6           | 28.7                            | 17.0          |
| 29        | West Bengal         | 46.4           | 8.7                             | 44.6          | 45.0           | 38.0                            | 16.8          |
| 30        | A &NIslands         | 45.8           | 39.4                            | 14.8          | 18.5           | 58.1                            | 23.3          |
| 31        | Chandigarh          | 20.3           | 59.3                            | 20.3          | 37.3           | 55.9                            | 7.1           |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 39.1           | 48.0                            | 12.9          | 16.3           | 81.5                            | 2.2           |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          | 9.6            | 88.9                            | 1.4           | 35.5           | 53.8                            | 10.7          |
| 34        | Lakshadweep         | 17.1           | 41.9                            | 40.7          | 35.4           | 42.4                            | 22.2          |
| 35        | Puducherry          | 27.0           | 30.0                            | 42.7          | 23.7           | 54.9                            | 21.1          |
|           | Total               | 55.9           | 8.8                             | 35.3          | 42.0           | 43.4                            | 14.6          |

Source: NSSO Survey 2011-12.

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