Lok Sabha Question No. 115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Software Application for SAMADHAN
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 115

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR SAMADHAN

## 115. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

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

- (a)whether the Ministry has launched  the Software Application for Monitoring and Disposal, Handling of Industrial Disputes (SAMADHAN) on pilot basis in some States of the country;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether  a  surge  has  been  reported  in  the  complaints/dispute  in  the case of discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or any form of termination of service of labourers in industries in the country;
- (d)if so, the details thereof;
- (e)the other steps being taken by the Government for the improvement of lives of workmen; and
- (f)the  number  of  cases  forwarded  to  Central  Government  Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts during the last three years by the SAMADHAN?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  & (b): Yes,  SAMADHAN  is  a  portal  for  filing  and  handling  industrial disputes for which Government of India is Appropriate Government and is being  run  in  6  states  (viz.  Delhi,  Rajasthan,  Chhattisgarh,  Karnataka, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh) on pilot basis since 06.02.2019.

(c)  & (d):  The number of disputes registered  in  SAMADHAN portal  from February, 2019 to December, 2019 is given below:

| Month           |   No. of Cases received in Portal |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
| February, 2019  |                                 0 |
| March, 2019     |                                 3 |
| April, 2019     |                                 5 |
| May, 2019       |                                30 |
| June, 2019      |                                54 |
| July, 2019      |                               132 |
| August, 2019    |                               346 |
| September, 2019 |                               441 |
| October, 2019   |                                66 |
| November, 2019  |                                81 |
| December, 2019  |                               303 |

(e): Ministry  has  introduced  Code  on  Wage  Act,  2019  notified  on 08.08.2019, Code on Social Security and Occupational Safety, Health and Working  Conditions  Bill,  2019  has  been  introduced  in  Lok  Sabha  on 23.07.2019.  Ministry  has  also  started  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Mandhan  Yojana  on  15.02.2019  for  workers  in  unorganized  sector.  Measure like reduction in the rate of ESI contribution from 6.5% to 4% of wage has also been notified on 13.06.2019.

- (f): No  Industrial  Dispute  has  been  forwarded  to  CGIT  through SAMADHAN portal since its launch.

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