Lok Sabha Question No. 1992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Housing Facility to Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1992 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## HOUSING FACILITY TO WORKERS

## †1992. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

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

- (a)whether the Government proposes to provide housing facility to the beedi workers  and  miners  working  in  non-coal  mines  on  the  lines  of  national housing scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the Government has proposed to increase subsidy for housing for beedi workers and miners in non-coal mines by four times and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the criteria  set  for  housing  subsidy to  beedi  workers and miners of noncoal mines;
- (d)the amount of subsidy provided at present and the extent by which it is likely to be increased; and
- (e)the number of houses constructed for beedi workers and miners employed at non-coal mines during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  provides  housing  subsidy  under Revised  Integrated  Housing  Scheme  (RIHS),  2016  to  the  registered  Beedi, LSDM, IOMC Mica and Cine worker under Labour welfare Organisation(LWO) who has been engaged for one year or more in the respective industry.
- (b): In the new Revised Integrated Housing Scheme (RIHS), 2016 the slab of  housing  subsidy  has  been  increased  to  Rs.  1,50,000/-  from  Rs.  40,000/under RIHS, 2007.
- (c):
- Placed at Annexure-I.
- (d): As  per  Revised  Integrated  Housing  Scheme,  2016    the  subsidy  of Rs. 1,50,000/- per tenement is provided in three installments.
- (e): Placed at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1992  FOR  30.07.2018  BY  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE  AND  SHRIMATI  BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL REGARDING HOUSING FACILITY FOR WORKERS.

## GENERAL CONDITION

- (a)  Eligibility

(i) Any  registered  Beedi,  LSDM,  IOMC  Mica  and  Cine  worker  under  LWO  who  has  been engaged for one year or more in the respective industry, shall be eligible to construct only one house  during  his/her  life  time.  Eligibility,  however,  shall  not  entitle  the  beneficiary  to  claim housing subsidy as a matter of right.

(ii) The beneficiary should have Aadhaar registration and Jan Dhan/Bank Account number for availing the subsidy.

(iii) The land area of the site should not be less than 30 Square meters (built up area)for all urban areas as well as rural areas.

(iv) There shall be no cap on the upper limit on the cost of the construction. In case, the beneficiary avails bank loan, then the assistance amount can be used as margin/seed money. Beneficiary  will  also  be  free  to  contribute  in  terms  of  money  and  personal/family  manual Labour for construction of the tenement.

(vi) Before or after the application, there should not be any other pucca house either in the name of the applicant or in the name of his/her spouse or any of the dependents.

## ANNEXURE -II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1992 FOR 30.07.2018 BY SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE AND SHRIMATI BHAVANA  PUNDALIK  RAO  GAWALI  PATIL  REGARDING  HOUSING  FACILITY  FOR WORKERS.

| State          | 2015-16       | 2015-16               | 2016-17       | 2016-17               | 2017-18       | 2017-18               | 2018-19       | 2018-19               |
|----------------|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|                | Beedi workers | Non-coal Mine workers | Beedi workers | Non-coal Mine workers | Beedi workers | Non-coal Mine workers | Beedi workers | Non-coal Mine workers |
| 1              | 2             | 3                     | 4             | 5                     | 6             | 7                     | 8             | 9                     |
| Andhra Pradesh | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | 11            | --                    | 233           | --                    |
| Assam          | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | 565           | --                    |
| Bihar          | 1162          | --                    | 36            | --                    | --            | --                    | 208           | --                    |
| Chhattisgarh   | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | 105           | --                    |
| Gujarat        | --            | --                    | 33            | --                    | 925           | --                    | 245           | --                    |
| Jharkhand      | 182           | --                    | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | --            | --                    |
| Karnataka      | 489           | --                    | 06            | --                    | 07            | --                    | 428           | --                    |
| Kerala         | 85            | --                    | 125           | --                    | 70            | --                    | 45            | --                    |
| Madhya Pradesh | --            | --                    | 941           | --                    | 03            | --                    | 1699          | --                    |
| Maharashtra    | 08            | --                    | 03            | --                    | 1133          | --                    | 379           | --                    |
| Odisha         | 3181          | 12                    | 388           | --                    | 1379          | 13                    | 654           | --                    |
| Rajasthan      | 130           | 38                    | 35            | 47                    | 520           | 184                   | 611           | 77                    |
| Tripura        | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | --            | --                    |
| Tamil Nadu     | --            | --                    | --            | --                    | 464           | --                    | 93            | --                    |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 405           | --                    | 423           | --                    | 255           | --                    | --            | --                    |
| West Bengal    | --            | --                    | 1506          | --                    | 6206          | --                    | --            | --                    |

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