Lok Sabha Question No. 3099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Medical Assistance and Support to Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena, Kaushal Kishore, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3099 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021

## MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO WORKERS

3099. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a)whether the Ministry has some scheme to provide medical assistance  and  support  for  occupational  diseases  induced  by workers working in sandstone, limestone calcareous mines, etc.;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the number of people affected by the disease who have benefited from the scheme in the last five years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)the number of cases of mine-related incidents which have come to notice from Rajasthan Udaipur, Pali, Uttar Pradesh including Mohan Lalganj?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  provides  welfare  to  the Beedi/Cine/Iron Ore/Manganese Ore/Chrome Ore/Limestone and Dolomite  Mine  Workers  through  Labour  Welfare  Scheme.  Under  this scheme, healthcare facilities are provided to the beneficiaries through 10  Hospitals  and  286  Dispensaries.  Besides  healthcare  facilities, reimbursement  of  expenditure  for  specialized  treatment  taken  under Government  recognized  Hospitals  in  case  of  the  following  critical disease are made:-

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| Cancer                                                                     | Reimbursement of actual expenses on treatment, medicines and diet charges incurred by workers, or their dependents.                                                                      |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tuberculosis                                                               | Reservation of beds in T.B. Hospitals and domiciliary treatment for workers. Subsistence allowance of Rs.750/- to Rs.1000/- p.m. is granted as per the advice of the treating physician. |
| Heart Diseases                                                             | Reimbursement of expenditure up to Rs.1,30,000/- to workers.                                                                                                                             |
| Kidney Transplantation                                                     | Reimbursement of expenditure up to Rs.2,00,000/- to workers.                                                                                                                             |
| Hernia, Appendectomy, Ulcer Gynaecological diseases and Prostrate diseases | Reimbursement of expenditure up to Rs.30,000/- to workers and their dependents.                                                                                                          |

- (c): Details of number of persons who have benefitted from the scheme are not maintained centrally.
- (d): The  number  of  mine  related  diseases  i.e.  Silicosis  which have  come  to  notice  from  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh  during calendar year 2016 to 2020 is given below:

| State         | District               |   No. of Silicosis Cases |
|---------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| Rajasthan     | Udaipur                |                        1 |
|               | Bundi                  |                        7 |
|               | Dausa                  |                        2 |
|               | Sikar                  |                        4 |
|               | Jhunjhunu              |                        3 |
|               | Bhilwara               |                        9 |
|               | Chittorgarh            |                       32 |
|               | Sirohi                 |                        6 |
|               | Jalore                 |                       18 |
|               | Banswara               |                       11 |
|               | Pratapgarh             |                        6 |
|               | Rajsamand              |                        1 |
|               | Jaipur                 |                        1 |
|               | Ajmer                  |                        1 |
|               | Dholpur                |                       42 |
|               | Jodhpur                |                       41 |
|               | Nagaur                 |                       15 |
|               | Bharatpur              |                       16 |
|               | Total in Rajasthan     |                      216 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lalitpur               |                        7 |
|               | Total in Uttar Pradesh |                        7 |

No Silicosis case has come to notice from Pali of Rajasthan and Mohan Lalganj of Uttar Pradesh.

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