Lok Sabha Question No. 2034 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Contractual Labourers at Airports
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2034 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## CONTRACTUAL LABOURERS AT AIRPORTS

†2034. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

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

- (a)whether  contractual  labourers  are  working  at  various  Airports  of  the country,  especially  Chhatrapati  Shivaji  International  Airport  at  Mumbai (Maharashtra);
- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  with  particular  reference  to  Chhatrapati  Shivaji International Airport at Mumbai;
- (c)whether the labour laws of contractual labourers working particularly at Chhatrapati  Shivaji  International  Airport  in  Mumbai  are  being  reportedly violated and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether complaints regarding violation of labour laws relating to contractual labourers have been received during the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (e)if so, the details thereof along with the action taken/ being taken thereon along with the other steps being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c)  The  details  regarding  the  contract  labour  deployed  at  Mumbai Airport is enclosed as Annexure- A.
- (d) & (e) In order to ensure compliance of various labour laws, the Centre and the  States  have  their  own  enforcement  agencies.  In  the  Central  sphere  a well-established  Central  Industrial  Relations  Machinery  (CIRM)  is  in  place. The country-wide network of Dy. Chief Labour Commissioners (Central) and Regional  Labour  Commissioners  (Central)  under  the  control  of  the  Chief Labour  Commissioner  (Central)  is  mandated  to  conduct  inspections  and settle the complaints/claims arising out of labour disputes.

The details of inspections conducted by the CIRM Wing under applicable labour  laws  during  the  last  four  years  in  Central  Sphere  establishments  is enclosed as Annexure - B.

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Details  regarding  the  contract  Labour  deployed  at  Mumbai  Airport  for  the  last three years:

| Year    |   Number of contract labourers |   No. Of Inspections Conducted |   No. Of Irregularities Detected |   No. Of Prosecutions Filed |
|---------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2015-16 |                           6536 |                             13 |                              212 |                           4 |
| 2016-17 |                           6551 |                             45 |                              945 |                          22 |
| 2017-18 |                           6300 |                            102 |                             2256 |                          84 |

## The details of inspections conducted under applicable labour laws during the last four years in the Central Sphere.

## The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |      4744 |     10593 |      8843 |      8490 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |     60184 |    117936 |     89296 |     97779 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |     66228 |     73741 |     68808 |     68716 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |      3140 |      3411 |      3168 |      3538 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |      3012 |      2009 |      2266 |      2583 |

## BOCW (RE&CS) ACT, 1996

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |       694 |      2086 |      1372 |      1473 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |      9546 |     21870 |     15689 |     20315 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |     15777 |     15695 |     16360 |      8808 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |       265 |       309 |       265 |       370 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |       219 |       193 |       297 |       248 |

## Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |      1643 |      2340 |      4117 |      4386 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |      1682 |      1846 |      5253 |      3513 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |      2634 |      1502 |      2607 |      2172 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |       535 |       178 |       301 |       408 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |       762 |       472 |       317 |       516 |

## ISMW (RE&CS) Act, 1979

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |        78 |       173 |       122 |       209 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |      1038 |      2744 |      2214 |      2952 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |      1734 |      2240 |      1848 |      1939 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |        49 |        61 |        52 |        57 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |        35 |        44 |        59 |        47 |

## Payment of Wages (Mines)

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |      1657 |      1353 |      1872 |      1955 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |     17802 |     12441 |     17774 |     15792 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |     23308 |     13734 |     14633 |      9398 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |      1121 |       216 |       515 |       312 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |       709 |       258 |       255 |       610 |

## Payment of Wages (Railway)

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |       619 |       153 |       338 |       918 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |      3484 |      1439 |      2117 |      5872 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |     17872 |      1939 |      2296 |      1921 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |         0 |         0 |        31 |        10 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |         2 |         3 |         2 |         9 |

Payment of Wages (A.T.S)

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |        66 |       122 |       211 |       362 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |       555 |      1489 |      4076 |      3000 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |       629 |       621 |      3572 |      1087 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |         6 |        10 |        20 |       124 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |         9 |        20 |        10 |        23 |

The Minimum wages Act, 1948

|   Serial Number | Particulars                     |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|               1 | No. of Inspections Conducted    |      6582 |      9803 |      9151 |      9187 |
|               2 | No. of Irregularities Detected  |     68747 |     75938 |     61689 |     77399 |
|               3 | No. of Irregularities Rectified |     87809 |     46467 |     53255 |     39620 |
|               4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched    |      3774 |      1549 |      2321 |      1651 |
|               5 | No. of Convictions              |      2782 |      1476 |      1951 |      2205 |

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