Lok Sabha Question No. 4356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Complaints regarding Non-Payment of Minimum Wages
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: UDIT RAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4356 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## COMPLAINTS REGARDING NON-PAYMENT OF MINIMUM WAGES

†4356. DR. UDIT RAJ:

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

- (a)the  number  of  complaints  regarding  non-payment  of  minimum wages  received  by  the  Government  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (b)the details and the number of cases in which action has been taken against  the  guilty  contractors,  company  owners  and  institutions during the said period, State/UT-wise?

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

- (a) & (b): Under  the  Minimum  Wages  Act,  1948,  the  enforcement  is secured at two levels. While in the Central Sphere the enforcement is secured through the Inspecting Officers of the Chief Labour Commissioner  (Central)  commonly  designated  as  Central  Industrial Relations  Machinery  (CIRM),  the  compliance  in  the  State  Sphere  is ensured  through  the  State  Enforcement  Machinery.  The  designated inspecting  officers'  conduct  regular  inspections  and  in  the  event  of detection  of  any  case  of  non-payment  or  underpayment  of  minimum wages, they direct the employers to make payment of the shortfall of wages. In case of non-compliance, penal provisions prescribed under Section 22 of the said Act are taken recourse to.

The  details  of  the  claim  cases  filed,  decided,  the  amount awarded to the workers during the last three years for Central Sphere under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is as per Annexure-'A'.

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Annexure- 'A' Annexure  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred

| YEAR                       | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|                            | B/F                                          | FILED                                        | DECIDED                                      | AMOUNT AWARDED IN Rs.                        |
| (1)                        | (2)                                          | (3)                                          | (4)                                          | (5)                                          |
| 2015-16                    | 3,672                                        | 743                                          | 1,796                                        | 66,654,417                                   |
| 2016-17                    | 2,610                                        | 1,198                                        | 1,138                                        | 96,684,922                                   |
| 2017-18                    | 2,617                                        | 1,464                                        | 1,230                                        | 161,901,419                                  |
| 2018-19 Upto October, 2018 | 2,790                                        | 1,222                                        | 646                                          | 143,209,555                                  |

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