Lok Sabha Question No. 3591 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Changes in the Contract Labour Policy
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3591 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## CHANGES IN THE CONTRACT LABOUR POLICY

†3591. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  make  changes  in  the contract labour policy;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the  State-wise  details  of  number  of  contract  labourers  in  the country including Bundelkhand; and
- (d)the details of steps taken by the Government for welfare of contract
- labourers since last five years in Bundelkhand?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Improvement and consequent Amendment in the provisions of  various  labour  laws  including  the  Contract  labour  (Regulation  & Abolition)  Act,  1970  is  continuous  process.  Recently  filing  of  Unified Annual  Return  under  the  Contract  Labour  (Regulation  and  Abolition) Act, 1970, the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and  Conditions  of  Service)  Act,  1979,  and  the  Building  and  Other Construction  Workers  (Regulation  of  Employment  and  Conditions  of Service)  Act,  1996  has  been  made  mandatorily  online  on  the  Shram Suvidha Portal vide notification dated 29 th  December, 2017. The filing of  application(s)  for  registration  of  establishments  and  granting  of certificate  of  registration  under  the  Building  and  Other  Construction

Workers  (Regulation  of  Employment  and  Conditions  of  Service)  Act, 1996 have been made mandatorily online on the Shram Suvidha Portal vide  notification  dated  04 th  September,  2018.  Further,  the  filing  of applications  and  granting  of  certificate  of  registration/license  under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 and the InterState Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 have been made mandatorily online on the Shram

Suvidha Portal vide notification dated 15 th  November, 2018. (c): The  details  showing  the  number  of  Contract  Labours  in various  regions/territorial  jurisdictions  in  central  sphere  is  enclosed herewith as Annexure 'A'. (d): Contract  Workers  engaged  in  the  establishments  covered under  the  Contract  Labour  (Regulation  &  Abolition)  Act,  1970  avail social security and other benefits under various labour laws including Employees' State Insurance Act 1948, and Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Regular inspections are carried out by Chief Labour Commissioner (C) to ensure the compliance of the welfare  measures  provided  under  Contract  Labour  (Regulation  & Abolition) Act, 1970 in the Central Sphere. The details of Inspections carried out under Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 in last five years is enclosed herewith as Annexure 'B'.

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Annexure -A

Annexure  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 3591 for 15.07.2019

Details of the number of Contract Labours covered under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 in Central Sphere.

|       |             | No. of workers   | No. of workers   | Total   |
|-------|-------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
| S.No  | Regions     | Male             | Female           |         |
| 1     | Ahmedabad   | 45614            | 3193             | 48807   |
| 2     | Ajmer       | 43823            | 806              | 44629   |
| 3     | Asansol     | 32571            | 1361             | 33932   |
| 4     | Bangalore   | 39257            | 7798             | 47055   |
| 5     | Bhubaneswar | 50338            | 3607             | 53945   |
| 6     | Chandigarh  | 48227            | 3291             | 51518   |
| 7     | Chennai     | 64274            | 8521             | 72795   |
| 8     | Cochin      | 16657            | 2898             | 19555   |
| 9     | Delhi       | 36775            | 3335             | 40110   |
| 10    | Dhanbad     | 29997            | 1964             | 31961   |
| 11    | Dheradun    | 15775            | 1792             | 17567   |
| 12    | Guwahati    | 22306            | 1180             | 23486   |
| 13    | Hyderabad   | 66843            | 7066             | 73909   |
| 14    | Jablapur    | 32882            | 1129             | 34011   |
| 15    | Kanpur      | 45281            | 1306             | 46587   |
| 16    | Kolkata     | 35178            | 1518             | 36696   |
| 17    | Mumbai      | 42949            | 4782             | 47731   |
| 18    | Nagpur      | 20128            | 907              | 21035   |
| 19    | Patna       | 27958            | 280              | 28238   |
| 20    | Raipur      | 44692            | 2113             | 46805   |
| Total | Total       | 761525           | 58847            | 820372  |

Annexure-B Annexure  in  reply  to  part  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 3591 for 15.07.2019

Details of Inspections conducted under the Contract Labour (Regulation  and  Abolition)  Act,  1970  during  the  last  five  years  in central sphere's establishments.

|   S.No. | Particulars                    |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 March,2019 |
|---------|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
|       1 | No. of Inspections Conducted   |      4744 |     10593 |      8843 |      8490 |                 8577 |
|       2 | No. of Irregularities detected |     60184 |    117936 |     89296 |     97779 |                87928 |
|       3 | No. Irregularities Rectified   |     66228 |     73741 |     68808 |     68716 |                45121 |
|       4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched   |      3140 |      3411 |      3168 |      3538 |                 3227 |
|       5 | No. of Convictions             |      3012 |      2009 |      2266 |      2583 |                 1372 |

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