Lok Sabha Question No. 4583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Labour Working in Industrial Organisations
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4583 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## LABOUR WORKING IN INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS

†4583. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

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

- (a)the  State-wise  and  Company-wise  number  of  workers/labourers working  in  various  industrial  organisations  in  the  country  as  on date;
- (b)whether the Government has prepared any scheme for safety and welfare of the said workers;
- (c)if so, the details thereof along with the number of workers benefited under it;
- (d)whether workers are being continuously exploited in various organisations of the country; and
- (e)if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes Sir. As per the information sent by Directorate General Factory  Advice  Service  &  Labour  Institutes  (DGFASLI)  an  attached office under Ministry of Labour & Employment, the state-wise details of the number of workers working in the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948 during the year 2015, 2016 and 2017 are enclosed at Annexure I.
- (b) & (c): The  Government  of  India  has  enacted  a  comprehensive legislation i.e. the Factories Act, 1948, for taking care of the occupational safety, health & welfare issues of the workers employed

in manufacturing sector. There are elaborate provisions under the Act pertaining to the health, safety, welfare, provisions related to hazardous process, working hours, penal provisions etc. and the state governments are empowered under the Act to frame their respective State Factories Rules and are enforced by the respective States/UTs.

(d) & (e): The Factories Act, 1948, enacted for ensuring the occupational safety, health & welfare of the workers employed in the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948 are enforced by the respective  States/UTs  through  the  Chief  Inspectorates  of  Factories (CIF)/  Directorates  of  Industrial  Safety  and  Health  (DISH).In  case  of violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  Act  and  the  Rules  framed thereunder, provisions  exist  under  the  Act  for  initiating  penal  action against  the  occupier  and  manager  of  such  factories.  The  State/UT governments regularly monitors the safe working conditions by carrying out regular inspection for enforcing the provisions contained under Chapter-III: Health, ChapterIV: Safety and Chapter-IVA: Provisions relating to Hazardous Processes in the registered factories under  the  Factories  Act,  1948  and  the  State  Factories  Rules  framed there under.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4583 FOR 22.07.2019 REGARDING LABOUR WORKING IN INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS

## Details  of  Employment  in  Registered  Factories  under  the  Factories Act, 1948 (2015- 2017)

| Sl.   | State/UT                               | 2015     | 2016     | 2017     |
|-------|----------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 55408    | 4738     | 5396     |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                         | 786989   | 852624   | 873281   |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                      | *        | *        | *        |
| 4     | Assam                                  | 41505    | 243821   | 272444   |
| 5     | Bihar                                  | 212411   | 157200   | 184178   |
| 6     | Chandigarh                             | 5216     | 4283     | 3987     |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                           | 323725   | 342087   | 352796   |
| 8     | Daman and Diu & Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 190640   | 192240   | 190000   |
| 9     | Delhi                                  | 397375   | 406008   | 412708   |
| 10    | Goa                                    | 83676    | 86961    | 89748    |
| 11    | Gujarat                                | 1583888  | 1665065  | 1693584  |
| 12    | Haryana                                | 52726    | 790338   | 935605   |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh                       | 321382   | 323812   | 329492   |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir                      | 66695    | 69336    | 69956    |
| 15    | Jharkhand                              | 265163   | 299011   | 305101   |
| 16    | Karnataka                              | 1564537  | 1681160  | 1692738  |
| 17    | Kerala                                 | 602296   | 617726   | 610098   |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                            | *        | *        | *        |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                         | 355579   | 363634   | NA       |
| 20    | Maharashtra                            | 2424044  | 2341390  | 2364784  |
| 21    | Manipur                                | 13939    | 13649    | NA       |
| 22    | Meghalaya                              | 9692     | 10019    | 7930     |
| 23    | Mizoram                                | 86       | 98       | 139      |
| 24    | Nagaland                               | 5673     | 12261    | 12496    |
| 25    | Odisha                                 | 335202   | 342440   | 356693   |
| 26    | Puducherry                             | 85263    | 85642    | 85956    |
| 27    | Punjab                                 | 652595   | 664766   | 679807   |
| 28    | Rajasthan                              | 469249   | 484159   | 511572   |
| 29    | Sikkim                                 | *        | *        | *        |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                             | 1985686  | 1766889  | 1660603  |
| 31    | Telangana                              | 709937   | 744018   | 653457   |
| 32    | Tripura                                | 59130    | 54147    | 56119    |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh                          | 1196776  | 1212062  | 1224289  |
| 34    | Uttarakhand                            | 392689   | 396759   | 376569   |
| 35    | West Bengal                            | 1125374  | 1148511  | NA       |
| Total | Total                                  | 16374546 | 17376854 | 16011526 |

# Data for the year 2018 is not available as the same has not been received from respective CIFs/DISH of all the States/UTs.

- 1) Source : Data collected by DGFASLI through correspondence with the Chief Inspector of Factories of States/UTs
- 2) * : There are no registered factories in this state/UT
- 3) NA :  Data not submitted by the Chief Inspector of Factories of States/UTs to DGFASLI

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