Lok Sabha Question No. 4357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Bidi Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## BIDI WORKERS

†4357. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a)the  State-wise  number  of  the  bidi  workers  working  in  the  bidi industries and the number of women and children therein;
- (b)whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  step  to  ensure  minimum wages,  education  for  children  and  benefits  of  health  schemes  to improve the condition of workers working in this hazardous industry; and
- (c)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Details of the  State-wise  number  of  the  bidi  workers working in the bidi industries and the number of women therein is at annexure - I. No Children have been engaged in Bidi making

- (b) to (c): The Bidi making does not come under Scheduled Employments in Central Sphere and fall under the jurisdiction of State Sphere.

Healthcare  facilities  are  provided  to  the  bidi  workers  and their dependents through 10 Hospitals and 286 Dispensaries.

Financial Assistance for Education is provided to the wards of  the  bidi  workers  ranging  from  Rs.250/-  to  Rs.15,000/-  depending upon their class/courses.

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Annexure Annexure referred to in reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  UnStarred  Question  No.  4357  to  be  answered  on 22.03.2021.

| Sl. No.   | Region      |   Total Number of Bidi workers working in the bidi industries | Total number of women employed in bidi making   |   Total number of women employed in bidi making |
|-----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Allahabad   |                                                        412757 |                                                 |                                          320514 |
| 2         | Ahmadabad   |                                                         39011 |                                                 |                                            6074 |
| 3         | Ajmer       |                                                         38791 |                                                 |                                            3574 |
| 4         | Bangalore   |                                                        295501 |                                                 |                                          213165 |
| 5         | Bhubaneswar |                                                        208212 |                                                 |                                          179400 |
| 6         | Chandigarh  |                                                             0 |                                                 |                                               0 |
| 7         | Dehradun    |                                                             0 |                                                 |                                               0 |
| 8         | Hyderabad   |                                                        458040 |                                                 |                                          408755 |
| 9         | Jabalpur    |                                                        440556 |                                                 |                                          149949 |
| 10        | Nagpur      |                                                        155089 |                                                 |                                          102810 |
| 11        | Ranchi      |                                                        136519 |                                                 |                                           97972 |
| 12        | Patna       |                                                        296972 |                                                 |                                          206510 |
| 13        | Raipur      |                                                          3893 |                                                 |                                            3188 |
| 14        | Kolkata     |                                                       1829203 |                                                 |                                         1441173 |
| 15        | Guwahati    |                                                         24398 |                                                 |                                           18519 |
| 16        | Tirunelveli |                                                        603076 |                                                 |                                          449849 |
| 17        | Cannanore   |                                                         40276 |                                                 |                                           24210 |
|           | Total       |                                                       4982294 |                                                 |                                         3625662 |

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