Lok Sabha Question No. 4685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Organised and Unorganised Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pallab Lochan Das, Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4685 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## ORGANISED AND UNORGANISED SECTOR

4685. SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

- (a)the  estimated  number  and  percentage  of  people  in  the  organised  and unorganised  sector  who  fall  under  the  categories  of  contract,  bonded, casual  and  child  labourers  in  the  country  in  urban  and  rural  areas  as  on date, State/UT-wise;
- (b)whether  there  is  any  specific  healthcare  scheme  exclusively  for  the unorganised labour force, especially for those below the poverty line, if so, the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  as  on  date, State/UT-wise, if not, the reasons therefor along with the action plan of the Government for introducing any such schemes;
- (c)the  steps  being  taken  to  rehabilitate  child  labourers  that  have  been identified by the Government; and
- (d)the  labour  reforms  proposed  to  be  introduced  under  the  'Make  in  India'
- banner?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Based  on  the  survey  carried out by  the  National  Sample  Survey Organization in the year 2011-12, the total employment in both organized and unorganised sector in the country was of the order of 47 crores. Out of this, about 8 crore were in the organized sector and the balance of 39 crore in the unorganized  sector.  The  workers  in  the  unorganized  sector  constitute  more than 90 percent of the total employment in the country. Information in respect of  casual  and  bonded  labourers  is  not  maintained  centrally  by  Ministry  of Labour & Employment.  However, till date 313687 bonded labourers have been rescued by different States Governments.  Data in respect of contract labourers and child labourers is at Annexure-I & II.

(b): Rashtriya  Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was   implemented to provide health insurance cover of Rs. 30,000/- per family   per year to BPL and 11 other categories of unorganised  workers i.e. Building and other construction workers   registered with the Welfare Boards, Licensed Railway Porters, Street Vendors, MNREGA workers who have worked for more than 15 days during the preceding financial year,  Beedi  Workers,  Domestic  Workers,  Sanitation Workers, Mine Workers, Rickshaw  pullers, Rag pickers and Auto/Taxi Driver.  RSBY is one of the schemes listed in the Schedule I of the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008.

The total beneficiary of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) till the launch of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) (i.e. 23.09.2018), was 2.75 crore families. With the launch of PMJAY on 23.09.2018,

RSBY has been subsumed in it.

- (c): The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  the  National  Child  Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme since 1988 for rehabilitation of child labour. Under the NCLP Scheme, children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued/withdrawn from work and enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres, where they are provided  with  bridge  education,  vocational  training,  mid  day  meal,  stipend, health  care,  etc.  before  being  mainstreamed  into  formal  education  system. Children  in  the  age  group  of  5-8  years  are  directly  linked  to  the  formal education  system  through  a  close  coordination  with  the  Sarva  Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). To ensure effective enforcement of the provisions of the Child Labour Act and smooth implementation of the National Child Labour Project (NCLP)  Scheme  a  separate  online  portal  PENCIL  (Platform  for  Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) has been developed.  One of the components of PENCIL portal is the Child Tracking System which functions to monitor and track  the  rehabilitation  of  rescued  children  so  that  they  do  not  fall  in  this vicious cycle of child labour. The Government of India has amended the Child Labour  (Prohibition &  Regulation) Act, 1986  and  enacted  Child  Labour (Prohibition  &  Regulation)  Amendment  Act,  2016  which  inter-alia  covers complete prohibition on employment or work of children below 14 years of age in  all  occupations  and  processes;  linking  the  age  of  the  prohibition  of employment with  the  age  for  free  and  compulsory  education  under  Right  to Education Act, 2009; prohibition on employment of adolescents (14 to 18 years of age) in hazardous occupations or processes and making stricter punishment for  the  employers  contravening  the  provisions  of  the  Act.  The  amendment provides for stricter punishment for employers for violation of the Act and the employment of children  or  adolescents  in  contravention  of  the  provisions  of the Act has now been made a cognizable offence. As per Census 2011, there are 43.53 lakh main workers in the age group of 5-14 years in the country.
- (d): The major labour reforms are amalgamation simplification and rationalization of existing Central Labour Acts into 4 labour codes.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4685 FOR 22.07.2019.

State wise details of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years as per Census 2011:

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT         |   No. of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Island |                                                  999 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh **        |                                               404851 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                                 5766 |
| 4.        | Assam                    |                                                99512 |
| 5.        | Bihar                    |                                               451590 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh U.T.          |                                                 3135 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh             |                                                63884 |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar H.         |                                                 1054 |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu U.T.         |                                                  774 |
| 10.       | Delhi U.T.               |                                                26473 |
| 11.       | Goa                      |                                                 6920 |
| 12.       | Gujarat                  |                                               250318 |
| 13.       | Haryana                  |                                                53492 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh         |                                                15001 |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir          |                                                25528 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                |                                                90996 |
| 17.       | Karnataka                |                                               249432 |
| 18.       | Kerala                   |                                                21757 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep UT           |                                                   28 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                               286310 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra              |                                               496916 |
| 22.       | Manipur                  |                                                11805 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                |                                                18839 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                  |                                                 2793 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                 |                                                11062 |
| 26.       | Odisha                   |                                                92087 |
| 27.       | Puducherry U.T.          |                                                 1421 |
| 28.       | Punjab                   |                                                90353 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                |                                               252338 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                   |                                                 2704 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu               |                                               151437 |
| 32.       | Tripura                  |                                                 4998 |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh            |                                               896301 |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand              |                                                28098 |
| 35.       | West Bengal              |                                               234275 |
|           | Total                    |                                              4353247 |

Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO. 4685 FOR 22.07.2019.

Details of the number of Contract Labourers covered under Contract Labour

(Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 in Central Sphere

| Sr. No.   | State/UTs   |   Total |
|-----------|-------------|---------|
| 1         | Ahmedabad   |   48807 |
| 2         | Ajmer       |   44629 |
| 3         | Asansol     |   33932 |
| 4         | Bangalore   |   47055 |
| 5         | Bhubaneswar |   53945 |
| 6         | Chandigarh  |   51518 |
| 7         | Chennai     |   72795 |
| 8         | Cochin      |   19555 |
| 9         | Delhi       |   40110 |
| 10        | Dhanbad     |   31961 |
| 11        | Dheradun    |   17567 |
| 12        | Guwahati    |   23486 |
| 13        | Hyderabad   |   73909 |
| 14        | Jabalpur    |   34011 |
| 15        | Kanpur      |   46587 |
| 16        | Kolkata     |   36696 |
| 17        | Mumbai      |   47731 |
| 18        | Nagpur      |   21035 |
| 19        | Patna       |   28238 |
| 20        | Raipur      |   46805 |
|           | Total       |  820372 |

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