Lok Sabha Question No. 173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Maternity Benefit Act
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Hemant Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 173 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT

173.  DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

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

- (a)whether the Government has come out with a report on working of the Maternity Benefit Act in 2014;
- (b)if  so,  the  number  of  establishments  covered  by  the  Act  and  the number  of  women  in  such  establishments  who  claimed  maternity entitlements;
- (c)the  number  of  women  who  were  provided  maternity  entitlements including  the  amount  of  entitlement  paid  out  and  the  number  of complaints received for not implementing the Act and action taken thereof;
- (d)if not, whether the Ministry is monitoring implementation of the Act; and
- (e)whether such data has been compiled for years 2015-19, if so, the details thereof and if not, reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Yes, Sir.

(b) to (e): The number of establishments covered by the Act and the number  of  women  in  such  establishments  who  claimed  maternity entitlements is at Annex-I.

The number of complaints received and prosecutions launched (by States) during the year 2014 to 2016 is at Annex-II.

The  Maternity  Benefit  Act,  1961  is  implemented  by  the Central Government as well as the State Governments in their specific spheres. The complaints received for violation of provisions of the Act by respective Governments are dealt with as per the provisions of the Act.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) to (e) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 173  to be answered on 03/02/2020 raised by Dr Shrikant Eknath Shinde & others regarding Maternity Benefit Act.

## WORKING OF THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961 DURING THE YEAR 2014 to 2016.

|   Years |   Number of establish ments covered by the Maternity Benefit Act | Number of establishme nts submitting returns   |   Aggregate No. of women workers employed daily in establishments submitting returns | No. of women who claimed maternity benefit during the year   |   No. of claims accepted and paid either fully or partially | Total amount of maternity benefits paid including bonus (in Rs.).   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 |                                                                2 | 3                                              |                                                                                    4 | 5 6                                                          |                                                           7 |                                                                     |
|  149231 |                                                            27560 |                                                |                                                                                35035 | 32782                                                        |                                                   606332847 | 2014 799142                                                         |
|   88310 |                                                            26558 | 969259                                         |                                                                                41123 | 24260                                                        |                                                   685581169 | 2015                                                                |
|   82361 |                                                            23371 | 924017                                         |                                                                                31568 | 28591                                                        |                                                   251743001 | 2016                                                                |

- Note: 1: Above figure relates to the Factories, Plantations, Mines and Other Establishments during the said year.
- 2: The report is based on the information received from different States and  Union Territories which varies year to year.
- 3:  Prescribed  date  for  submission  of  returns  to  Labour  Bureau  by  the  State Governments for the year 2019 is 30 th April, 2020.

Annex-II Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) to (e) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 173 to be answered on 03/02/2020 raised by Dr Shrikant Eknath Shinde & others regarding Maternity Benefit Act.

Number of complaints received and prosecutions launched (By States) during the year 2014 to 2016

| Years   | No. of complaints received   |   No. of complaints/establshment investigated |   No. of prosecutions launched |   No. of convictions obtained |   Amount of fine levied (Rs.) |
|---------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | 2                            |                                             3 |                              4 |                             5 |                             6 |
| 2014    | 17                           |                                           710 |                              9 |                            16 |                         34700 |
| 2015 6  |                              |                                             3 |                              9 |                             5 |                         20000 |
| 2016    | -                            |                                           636 |                              2 |                             7 |                         25000 |

Note: 1: Above figure relates to the Factories, Plantations, Mines and Other Establishments during the said year. 2: The report is based on the information received from different States and  Union Territories which varies year to year. th

- 3:  Prescribed  date  for  submission  of  returns  to  Labour  Bureau  by  the  State Governments for the year 2019 is 30 April, 2020.

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