Lok Sabha Question No. 4192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Norms for Employment of Contract Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4192

## To be answered on 07.01.2019

## NORMS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF CONTRACT LABOUR

## 4192. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

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

- (a)the  details  of  the  legal  provisions/norms  governing  employment  of contract  labour  in  Central  Government  Departments/Public  Sector Undertakings (PSUs);
- (b)whether the cases of poor working condition and non-compliance of labour laws/norms for contract workers in various Central Government  Departments/PSUs  have  come  to  the  notice  of  the Government in the recent past and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)whether  the  Government  proposes  amendments  to  the  Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act/Rules to bring parity between the  contractual  and  permanent  labours  based  on  the  premise  of equal benefits for similar jobs; and
- (e)if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  other  remedial  measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Employment and working conditions of contract labour in the  Central  Government  Departments/  Public  Sector  Undertakings (PSUs)  are  governed  by  the  provisions  contained  in  the  Contract Labour  (Regulation  &  Abolition)  Act,  1970  and    the  Contract  Labour (Regulation  &  Abolition)  Central  Rules,  1971.  A  well  established Central  Industrial  Relations  Machinery  (CIRM)  is  in  place  to  enforce the provisions of the said Act in the Central Sphere.  The country-wide network of Deputy Chief  Labour Commissioners (Central) and Regional

Labour Commissioners (Central) under the control of the Chief Labour Commissioner  (Central)  ensures  strict  compliance  of  the  Contract Labour  (Regulation  &  Abolition)  Act,  1970  and  the  rules  framed thereunder.  The  details  regarding  the  enforcement  of  the  Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 in the Central Sphere during the last 4 years is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Particulars                     |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Upto Oct, 2018) |
|-----------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
|         1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |     10593 |      8843 |      8490 |                       5452 |
|         2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |    117936 |     89296 |     97779 |                      56342 |
|         3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |     73741 |     68808 |     68716 |                      24520 |
|         4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |      3411 |      3168 |      3538 |                       1501 |
|         5 | No. of Convictions              |      2009 |      2266 |      2583 |                        797 |

(d) & (e): Rule  25(2)(v)(a)  of  the  Contract  Labour  (Regulation  & Abolition)  Central  Rules,  1971  provides  for  parity  in  wage  rates  and other conditions of service between contract workmen and workmen directly engaged by the establishment as mentioned below:

'in  cases  where  the  workmen  employed  by  the  contractor  perform the same or similar kind of work as the workmen directly employed by  the  principal  employer  of  the  establishment,  the  wage  rates, holidays,  hours  of  work  and  other  conditions  of  service  of  the workmen of the  contractor  shall  be  the  same  as  applicable  to  the workmen  directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment on the same or similar kind of work…..'

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