Lok Sabha Question No. 200 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Workers/Labourers Rendered Unemployed
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 200

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## WORKERS/LABOURERS RENDERED UNEMPLOYED

*200. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  a  number  of  workers/labourers  have become  unemployed  on  account  of  closure  or  becoming  sick  of industries/factories/establishments,  retrenchment  or  permanent disability  across  the  country  during  each  of  the  last  three  years and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has provided unemployment allowance or any sort of relief to such workers/labourers during the said period, if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government to provide employment to such workers/labourers or revive  the  closed/  sick  industries/factories/establishments  across the  country  along  with  the  number  of  such  workers/labourers benefited therein during the said period; and
- (d) the other steps taken by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. ***                                                   *******

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  200  FOR  ANSWER  ON  24.12.2018 REGARDING  WORKERS/LABOURERS  RENDERED  UNEMPLOYED  BY SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE AND SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB.

- (a):  Labour  Bureau  collects  &  compiles  statistics  on  Closure  and Retrenchment  by  Industrial  Establishments  based  on  the  voluntary returns  received  every  month  from  the  Labour  Departments  of  the States  and  the  Regional  Labour  Commissioner  (Central)  under  the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The State/UT-wise information of Closure    and  Retrenchment  or  the  years  2015  to  2018  based  on  the returns/clarifications received in the Labour Bureau till 30th November, 2018 is at Annexure-I &II.
- (b) to (d): The Government is implementing Counselling, Retraining & Redeployment  (CRR)  Scheme  as  a  social  safety  net  to    provide opportunities of self / wage  employment  to  the employees  (or dependents)  of  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs)  separated under VRS/VSS or retrenched due to closure/ restructuring of CPSEs. CRR  aims  to  reorient  VRS/VSS  optees/  dependents  through  short duration skill development training to enable them to adjust in the new environment and adopt new avocations after their separation from the CPSEs.  CRR  scheme  is  being  implemented  in  collaboration  with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

## current year till 30.11.2018 (Provisional)

| For the Year 2018       | For the Year 2018   | For the Year 2018          | For the Year 2018   | For the Year 2018          |
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
| STATE / UNION TERRITORY | Central Sphere      | Central Sphere             | State Sphere        | State Sphere               |
|                         | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected |
| Rajasthan               | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 118                        |
| Telangana               | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 184                        |
| Uttarakhand             | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 8                          |
| TOTAL :                 | Nil                 | Nil                        | 3                   | 310                        |

## For the Year 2017

## (Source: Labour Bureau)

| STATE / UNION TERRITORY   | Central Sphere   | Central Sphere             | State Sphere    | State Sphere               |
|---------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|                           | Number of Units  | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units | Number of Workers Affected |
| Assam                     | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 109                        |
| Haryana                   | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 145                        |
| Kerala                    | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 5                          |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 1                | 547                        | Nil             | Nil                        |
| Odisha                    | 1                | 429                        | Nil             | Nil                        |
| Telangana                 | Nil              | Nil                        | 4               | 1003                       |
| Tripura                   | Nil              | Nil                        | 5               | 29                         |
| Uttar Pradesh             | Nil              | Nil                        | 4               | 234                        |
| Uttarakhand               | Nil              | Nil                        | 2               | 188                        |
| TOTAL :                   | 2                | 976                        | 18              | 1713                       |

## For the Year 2016

| STATE / UNION TERRITORY   | Central Sphere   | Central Sphere             | State Sphere    | State Sphere               |
|---------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|                           | Number of Units  | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units | Number of Workers Affected |
| Himachal Pradesh          | Nil              | Nil                        | 3               | 204                        |
| Odisha                    | Nil              | Nil                        | 2               | 943                        |
| Tripura                   | Nil              | Nil                        | 14              | 566                        |
| Uttar Pradesh             | Nil              | Nil                        | 6               | 345                        |
| Uttarakhand               | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 21                         |
| TOTAL :                   | Nil              | Nil                        | 26              | 2079                       |

## For the Year 2015

| STATE / UNION TERRITORY   | Central Sphere   | Central Sphere             | State Sphere    | State Sphere               |
|---------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|                           | Number of Units  | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units | Number of Workers Affected |
| Andhra Pradesh            | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 260                        |
| Chhattisgarh              | 1                | 153                        | Nil             | Nil                        |
| Goa                       | Nil              | Nil                        | 2               | 44                         |
| Himachal Pradesh          | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 90                         |
| Karnataka                 | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 96                         |
| Maharashtra               | 1                | 12                         | Nil             | Nil                        |
| Odisha                    | Nil              | Nil                        | 1               | 36                         |
| Tripura                   | Nil              | Nil                        | 9               | 687                        |
| Uttar Pradesh             | Nil              | Nil                        | 4               | 118                        |
| TOTAL :                   | 2                | 165                        | 19              | 1331                       |

## ANNEXURE-II

## State/UT-wise number of Retrenchments & Workers affected during the last 3 years and the current year till 30.11.2018 (Provisional)

(Source: Labour Bureau)

| For the Year 2018       | For the Year 2018   | For the Year 2018          | For the Year 2018   | For the Year 2018          |
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
| STATE / UNION TERRITORY | Central Sphere      | Central Sphere             | State Sphere        | State Sphere               |
|                         | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected |
| Karnataka               | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 9                          |
| TOTAL :                 | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 9                          |
| For the Year 2017       | For the Year 2017   | For the Year 2017          | For the Year 2017   | For the Year 2017          |
| STATE / UNION TERRITORY | Central Sphere      | Central Sphere             | State Sphere        | State Sphere               |
|                         | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected |
| Himachal Pradesh        | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 36                         |
| Uttar Pradesh           | Nil                 | Nil                        | 2                   | 50                         |
| TOTAL :                 | Nil                 | Nil                        | 3                   | 86                         |
| For the Year 2016       | For the Year 2016   | For the Year 2016          | For the Year 2016   | For the Year 2016          |
| STATE / UNION TERRITORY | Central Sphere      | Central Sphere             | State Sphere        | State Sphere               |
|                         | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected |
| Himachal Pradesh        | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 5                          |
| Maharashtra             | 2                   | 66                         | Nil                 | Nil                        |
| Odisha                  | 1                   | 3559                       | Nil                 | Nil                        |
| Telangana               | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 15                         |
| TOTAL :                 | 3                   | 3625                       | 2                   | 20                         |
|                         | For the Year 2015   | For the Year 2015          |                     |                            |
| STATE / UNION TERRITORY | Central Sphere      | Central Sphere             | State Sphere        | State Sphere               |
|                         | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected | Number of Units     | Number of Workers Affected |
| Kerala                  | Nil                 | Nil                        | 1                   | 24                         |
| Odisha                  | 10                  | 422                        | Nil                 | Nil                        |
| Rajasthan               | 1                   | 87                         | Nil                 | Nil                        |
| TOTAL :                 | 11                  | 509                        | 1                   | 24                         |

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