Lok Sabha Question No. 2110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-08
Subject: Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: K. Subbarayan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2021

## INTER-STATE MIGRANT WORKMEN ACT

2110. SHRI SUBBARAYAN K.:

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

- (a)whether it is a fact that the Inter -State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 which requires all establishments who hired inter-state migrants to be registered as well as contractors who recruited these workers to be  licenced,  was  not  being  implemented  properly,  as  has  been evident  from  the  fact  that  the  information  about  the  number  of migrants and their whereabouts were not available with the centre
- as well as State Governments during the lockdown period;
- (b)if so, the measures being taken for the proper implementation of the said Act;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  a  plan  to  build  a  new  database  of migrant workers as well as those in the informal economy; and (d)if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The number of migrant workers who returned to their home State during lockdown  is at Annexure. Ministry of Labour and Employment issued comprehensive Advisory Guidelines on 27th July, 2020 to all the States/UTs for Covid safety and welfare of the migrant workers  returning  to  their  workplaces  in  the  destination  states. States/UTs were requested to take adequate steps to stream line the migration of the workers and to implement the advisory guidelines by quickly    gearing up their   labour Law   enforcement    machinery  and

ensuring  statutory  compliance  by  all  the  stake  holders  which  would provide  Migrant  Workers  much  needed  help  to  mitigate  the  financial crisis and empower them to deal with the pandemic.  Government has taken several steps to ensure that the country is well prepared to face the challenges and threats posed by Covid-19.  In order to resolve the grievances  of  migrant  workers  during  lockdown,  Ministry  of  Labour and Employment set up 20 Control Rooms all over the country. During lockdown, more than 15000 complaints of the workers were resolved through these Control Rooms and due to the intervention of Ministry more than two lakh workers were paid their due wages amounting to about Rs. 295 crores.

(c) & (d): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  is  in  the  process  of developing of a comprehensive National Data base of the Unorganised Workers (NDUW)  to collect relevant information of unorganised workers and  inter-alia help in delivery of various social security and welfare schemes being implemented for them.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2110 for 08.03.2021 regarding Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act.

5,26,900

| SL No   | Name of the State                  | No. of Migrant workers belonging to this State who have returned to their home State *   |
|---------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 32,571                                                                                   |
| 2       | Andaman and Nicobar                | 4,960                                                                                    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2,871                                                                                    |
| 4       | Assam                              | 4,26,441                                                                                 |
| 5       | Bihar                              | 15,00,612                                                                                |
| 6       | Chandigarh                         | 39,230                                                                                   |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                       | 5,26,900                                                                                 |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 43,747                                                                                   |
| 9       | Delhi                              | 2,047                                                                                    |
| 10      | Goa                                | 85,620                                                                                   |
| 11      | Gujarat                            | 0                                                                                        |
| 12      | Haryana                            | 1,289                                                                                    |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                   | 18,652                                                                                   |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 48,780                                                                                   |
| 15      | Jharkhand                          | 5,30,047                                                                                 |
| 16      | Karnataka                          | 1,34,438                                                                                 |
| 17      | Kerala                             | 3,11,124                                                                                 |
| 18      | Ladakh                             | 50                                                                                       |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                        | 456                                                                                      |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 7,53,581                                                                                 |
| 21      | Maharashtra                        | 1,82,990                                                                                 |
| 22      | Manipur                            | 12,338                                                                                   |
| 23      | Meghalaya                          | 4,266                                                                                    |
| 24      | Mizoram                            | 8,446                                                                                    |
| 25      | Nagaland                           | 11,750                                                                                   |
| 26      | Odisha                             | 8,53,777                                                                                 |
| 27      | Puducherry                         | 1,694                                                                                    |
| 28      | Punjab                             | 5,15,642                                                                                 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                          | 13,08,130                                                                                |
| 30      | Sikkim                             | 33,015                                                                                   |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                         | 72,145                                                                                   |
| 32      | Telangana                          | 37,050                                                                                   |
| 33      | Tripura                            | 34,247                                                                                   |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                      | 32,49,638                                                                                |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                        | 1,97,128                                                                                 |
| 36      | West Bengal                        | 13,84,693                                                                                |
|         | Total                              | 1,14,30,968                                                                              |