Lok Sabha Question No. 3526 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Labour Market
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3526 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## LABOUR MARKET

## 3526. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a)the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  to strengthen  labour  market  institutions  including  reform  in  labour regulations, implementation of statutory minimum wage and provisions  of  social  protection,  especially  universal  healthcare  to all; and
- (b)the details of the national employment strategy and the steps taken by  the  concerned  Ministry  to  boost  labour  intensive  industries, agriculture, manufacturing exports and the total revenue collected during financial year 2014-19 from these sectors?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Reforms in labour laws are an on-going process to update the legislative as well as governance system to address the need of the hour so as to make them more effective, flexible and in sync with emerging  economic  and  industrial  scenario.  The  Ministry  has  taken steps  for  drafting  four  Labour  Codes  i.e.  the  Code  on  Wages;  the Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code  &  the  Code  on  Social  Security  by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalizing the relevant provisions of the existing Central Labour Laws.  The 4 Labour Codes address the issues relating to  reforms  in  labour  market  regulations  including  statutory  minimum wage, social  protection and  healthcare of  workers.  At  present,   the

Code  on  Wages,  2019,  has  been  notified  on  8th August,  2019  in  the Gazette of India.  The rest 3 Codes i.e. the Occupational Safety, Health and  Working  Conditions  Code,  2019,  the  Industrial  Relations  Code, 2019 and the Code on Social Security, 2019 have been introduced in Lok Sabha  on 23rd July, 2019, 28th November,  2019  and  11th December, 2019 respectively and subsequently, referred to the Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on  Labour  for  examination.  The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour has submitted its report on  the  Occupational  Safety,  Health  and  Working  Conditions  Code, 2019.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the Government. Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country like encouraging private sector of economy, fast-tracking various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes such as Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Deendayal  Antodaya  Yojana  National  Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). Promoting entrepreneurship is essential  for  enabling  the  youth  to  productively  contribute  to  the economic development of the country. Accordingly, the Government of India  has  accorded  priority  to  the  entrepreneurship  through  various measures such as Startup India, Mudra Scheme, etc. so as to train and finance  entrepreneurs.  Under  Skill  India  Mission,  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme known as the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 with an objective to provide skilling to one crore people under Short Term  Training  (STT)  and  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  across the country for four years i.e. 2016-2020.

As regards the total revenue collected during financial year 2014-19,  the  information  is  being  collected  and  will  be  laid  on  the Table of the House.

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