Lok Sabha Question No. 90 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Labourers engaged in Construction Work
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 90 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## LABOURERS ENGAGED IN CONSTRUCTION WORK

## 90.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a)the  details  of  labourers  engaged  in  construction  work  in  the country, State-wise/region-wise;
- (b)whether  any  data  is  available  regarding  the  number  of  accidents occurred at construction sites during the last three years and the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (c)whether  any  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  injured  or  family members of the deceased by Government, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)whether  any  action  plan  has  been  formulated  by  Government  to prevent accidents at construction sites, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The State-wise details of number of building workers, engaged in  building  or  other  construction  work,  registered  with  the  State Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers'  Welfare  Boards  under Section 12 of the Building and Other Construction Workers' (Regulation  of  Employment  and  Conditions  of  Service)  Act,  1996  is given in Annexure-'I'.
- (b): The state-wise data in this regard in respect of the establishments in the Central Sphere is at Annexure- II. Major causes of  accidents  at  construction  sites  have  been  found  to  be  road accidents, falling from height and electrocution.

(c): It  is  mandatory  for  the  State  Building  and  Other  Construction Workers'  Welfare  Board  of  the  respective  States  to  provide  for financial assistance to a beneficiary in case of accident in terms of Section 22(1) of the BOCW (RECS) Act, 1996.

(d): The  Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers'  (Regulation  of Employment  and  Conditions  of  Service)  Act,  1996  and  the  rules framed thereunder, especially rules 34 to 222, lay down exhaustive safety provisions and use of safety gears for prevention of accidents and  protection  of  Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers.  Under rule  210  of  the  Building  and  Other Construction Workers' (RE & CS) Central  Rules  1998,  it  is  mandatory  for  the  establishments  to  send report of any accident on the construction site to the Regional Labour Commissioner  (Central),  the  Board  with  which  the  BOC  worker involved  in  the  accident  was  registered,  the  Director  General,  the next of kin/relative of the worker, the officer in-charge of the nearest police  station  and  the  District  Magistrate.  In  case  of  occurrence  of any accident at the construction site, a detailed enquiry under rule 211 of the BOCW (RE&CS) Central Rules is conducted and the enquiry report is submitted by the enquiry officer before the Director General (Inspection).  If  it  is  found  by  the  enquiry  officer  during  the  enquiry that  there  was  negligence  /lack  of  safety  measures  as  prescribed under the BOCW (RE&CS) Act, 1996 prosecution is proposed against the defaulter employer.

Offices of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) are regularly conducting inspections under Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment& Conditions of Services) Act, 1996 in the establishments falling under the Central Sphere for ensuring compliance of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation  of  Employment&  Conditions  of  Services)  Act  1996.  The details  of  total  number  of  inspection  conducted  under  Building  and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Services) Act, 1996 for the year 2018 is enclosed as Annexure III. Inspections in the State sphere are conducted by the State enforcement  agencies,  the  data  in  respect  of  which  is  not  centrally maintained.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 90. FOR 03.02.2020 BYSHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA REGARDING LABOURERS ENGAGED IN CONSTRUCTION WORK.

State-wise details of number of building workers registered with the States Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards up to 30.11.2019 (provisional)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | No. of building workers registered with the Board   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 19,67,484                                           |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 30,841                                              |
| 3         | Assam                    | 2,48,871                                            |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 16,28,428                                           |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 20,13,371                                           |
| 6         | Goa                      | 5,117                                               |
| 7         | Gujarat                  | 6,83,000                                            |
| 8         | Haryana                  | 8,56,980                                            |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         | 1,95,645                                            |
| 10        | J&K                      | 4,09,162                                            |
| 11        | Jharkhand                | 9,38,700                                            |
| 12        | Karnataka                | 21,78,200                                           |
| 13        | Kerala                   | 20,00,304                                           |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh           | 30,97,889                                           |
| 15        | Maharashtra              | 20,67,758                                           |
| 16        | Manipur                  | 1,39,192                                            |
| 17        | Meghalaya                | 28,836                                              |
| 18        | Mizoram                  | 52,947                                              |
| 19        | Nagaland                 | 21,960                                              |
| 20        | Odisha                   | 29,00,349                                           |
| 21        | Punjab                   | 8,84,568                                            |
| 22        | Rajasthan                | 25,01,939                                           |
| 23        | Sikkim                   | 38,361                                              |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu               | 30,92,565                                           |
| 25        | Telangana                | 14,29,694                                           |
| 26        | Tripura                  | 99,762                                              |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh            | 56,70,042                                           |
| 28        | Uttarakhand              | 2,92,362                                            |
| 29        | West Bengal              | 31,01,362                                           |
| 30        | Delhi                    | 5,48,769                                            |
| 31        | A &NIsland               | 15,126                                              |
| 32        | Chandigarh               | 23,204                                              |
| 33        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 2,176                                               |
| 34        | Daman and Diu            | 5,149                                               |
| 35        | Lakshadweep              | 176                                                 |
| 36        | Puducherry               | 47,080                                              |
|           | Total                    | 3,92,17,369                                         |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 90. FOR 03.02.2020 BYSHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA REGARDING LABOURERS ENGAGED IN CONSTRUCTION WORK.

Number of accidents reported at construction sites in the Central Sphere during last three years

| S.No   | State          | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |
|--------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1.     | Assam          | --     | --     | 01     |
| 2.     | Bihar          | 01     | --     | --     |
| 3.     | Chhattisgarh   | --     | 03     | 02     |
| 4.     | Delhi          | --     | 01     | --     |
| 5.     | Gujarat        | --     | 04     | 04     |
| 6.     | Kerala         | --     | --     | 01     |
| 7.     | Maharashtra    | 04     | 01     | 01     |
| 8.     | Madhya Pradesh | 01     | 02     | --     |
| 9.     | Odisha         | 01     | --     | 01     |
| 10.    | Rajasthan      | --     | --     | 01     |
| 11.    | Tamilnadu      | --     | --     | 01     |
| 12.    | Uttar Pradesh  | 01     | --     | 05     |
| 13.    | West Bengal    | 02     | 02     | 02     |
| TOTAL  | TOTAL          | 10     | 13     | 19     |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 90. FOR 03.02.2020 BYSHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA REGARDING LABOURERS ENGAGED IN CONSTRUCTION WORK.

|   Year |   No. of Inspections Conducted |   No. of irregularitie s pointed out |   No. of prosecution filed for the violation of safety provisions |   Total no. of prosecution including violation of safety provisions of the BOCW(RE&CS) Act, 1996 |
|--------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2017 |                           1586 |                                19612 |                                                               191 |                                                                                              311 |
|   2018 |                           1413 |                                16139 |                                                               158 |                                                                                              352 |
|   2019 |                           1329 |                                15847 |                                                               145 |                                                                                              411 |

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