Lok Sabha Question No. 1227 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Enforcement of Labour Laws
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1227

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

ENFORCEMENT OF LABOUR LAWS

1227. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiatives  for  bringing transparency and accountability in the enforcement of labour laws; (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the Government has taken any steps for codification of the
- existing Central Labour Laws into four codes;
- (d)if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)the  details  of  major  amendments  proposed  in  'The  Plantation Labour Act, 1951'?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): 'Shram  Suvidha  Portal,  launched  by  the  Government  on 16.10.2014, brings transparency and accountability in enforcement of Labour Laws. It caters to four major Organisations under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, namely Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central),  Directorate  General  of  Mines  Safety,  Employees'  Provident Fund  Organization  and  Employees'  State  Insurance  Corporation.  The main features of the Portal are as follows:-

-  Allotment of Unique Identity i.e. Labour Identification Number (LIN) for facilitating online inspection and compliance.
-  Online  Inspection  System  and  Filing  of  Online  Inspection Report.
-  Common  online  Registration  for  Employees  Provident  Fund Organization (EPFO) and Employees State Insurance Corporation  (ESIC),  online  registration  under  3  Central  Acts and  licensing under 2 Central Acts.
-  Online Filing  of  Self-Certified  single  Annual  Return  in  Central sphere  for  8  Central  Labour  Laws  and  3  regulations  under Mines Act, 1952.

(c) to (e): The Ministry has taken steps for drafting four Labour Codes i.e. the Code on Wages, the Code on Industrial Relations, the Code on Occupational  Safety,  Health  &  Working  Conditions  and  the  Code  on Social  Security  by  simplifying,  amalgamating  and  rationalizing  the relevant provisions of the existing Central Labour Laws.  Out of these 4  Labour  Codes, the  Code  on  Wages,  2019  has  been  notified  on 8 th  August,  2019  in  the  Gazette  of  India.   The  Occupational  Safety, Health  and  Working  Conditions  Code,  2019  was  introduced  in  Lok Sabha on 23 rd July, 2019 and subsequently, referred to the Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on  Labour  for  examination.    The Industrial  Relations  Code  has  been  approved  by  the  Cabinet  &  the Social Security Code is at pre-legislative stage.

The  Occupational  Safety,  Health  and  Working  Conditions (OSH)  Code,  2019  was  prepared  by  simplifying,  amalgamating  and rationalizing  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  13  Central  Labour  Laws including  the  Plantations  Labour  Act,  1951.  It  addresses  the  issues related to safety, health and working conditions of workers employed in plantations, among others.

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