Lok Sabha Question No. 2211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Migrants Workers from Rajasthan
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Narendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## MIGRANTS WORKERS FROM RAJASTHAN

†2211. SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a)the  State/UT-wise  total  number  of  Inter-State  migrants  in  the country;
- (b)the total number of migrants migrated from the State of Rajasthan;
- (c)whether the Government intends to take measures for their welfare;
- and
- (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) & (b): The Ministry is developing a National Database for Unorganized Workers (NDUW) Portal seeded with Aadhaar for registration of  unorganized  workers  which  shall  include  migrant workers too.  The  registration  under  the  portal  shall  commence  from August, 2021. The portal once populated will give an idea of number of Migrant workers across states. The Ministry has also initiated the first ever survey of Migrant labour across the country.

Contd..2/-

(C) & (d): Government had enacted the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation  of  Employment  and  Conditions  of  Service)  Act,  1979  to safeguard  the  interests  of  the  inter-state  migrant  workers.  This  Act has  now  been  subsumed  in  the  Occupational  Safety,  Health  and Working Conditions  (OSH) Code, 2020.   The Code provides for decent working conditions, minimum wages, grievance redressal mechanism and    other    benefits  to  all  category  of  workers  including  migrant workers.  Special  provisions  such  as  widening  the  definition  of  Interstate  migrant  workers,  toll  free  helpline,  journey  allowance,  etc  for such workers have also been incorporated in the OSH Code, 2020.

The  Unorganized  Workers'  Social  Security  Act,  2008,  now subsumed  in  the  Code  on  Social  Security,  2020,  provides  for  social security  to  all  unorganized  workers  including  migrant    workers. Government has launched Central Sector Schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti  Beema  Yojana  (PMJJBY)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha Beema  Yojana  (PMSBY)  in  2015  for  life  and  disability  cover  and Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Man  Dhan  Pension  Yojana  (PM-SYM)  in 2019  for pension  to the unorganised  workers  including migrant workers. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY),  started  in  2018  provides  secondary  and  tertiary  health benefits to all unorganized workers including migrant workers who are covered as eligible beneficiaries as per Socio Economic Caste Census Data, 2011. The Government has also started nation-wide portability of the  food-security  through  One  Nation  One  Ration Card  (ONORC)  Plan which  provides  an  option  to  all  National  Food  Security  Act  (NFSA) beneficiaries,  particularly  migrant  workers  beneficiaries,  to  access their  food-security  entitlements  from  any  fair  price  shop  of  their choice,  anywhere  in  the  country  by  using  their  same/existing  NFSA Ration Card issued in the home State/UT.

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