Lok Sabha Question No. 3348 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Labourers/Workers Working in Industrial Organizations
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pragya Singh Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3348 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## LABOURERS/WORKERS WORKING IN INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS

†3348. SADHVI PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR:

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

- (a)the State-wise and the company-wise number of labourers/workers working in various industrial organisations of the country till date;
- (b)whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  schemes  for  the security and welfare of the abovementioned workers;
- (c)if so, the details thereof  along  with  the  number  of  workers benefitted therefrom;
- (d)whether workers are being constantly exploited in organisations of the country, if so, the details thereof; and (e)the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No such information is maintained centrally by this Ministry.

However,  as  per  the  information  received  from  the  State Governments through the Directorate General Factory Advice Service wise  details  of  number  of  workers  employed  in  registered  factories and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), under the Factories Act, 1948, stateduring 2019, which is the latest figure available, is at Annexure.

- (b) & (c): The Ministry of Labour and Employment is implementing the Employees  Provident  Funds  Scheme,  1952,  the  Employees'  Pension Scheme, 1995, the Employees Deposit Link Insurance Scheme, 1976 and  Employees  State  Insurance  Scheme,  1952  for  social  security  of the employees of organized sector.
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Besides,  the  Government  is  also  implementing  several schemes for the welfare of the workers of unorganized sector. Some of the  major  schemes  are:  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Maan  -  Dhan Yojana, implemented by Ministry of Labour and Employment; Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti B  ima  Yojana  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bima Yojana, implemented by Ministry of Finance; Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushalya  Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana -  Gramin  and National  Social  Assistance  Programme  implemented  by  Ministry  of Rural  Development;  Ayushman  Bharat  -  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya Yojana, implemented  by  Ministry of Health  and Family Welfare; Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana,  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission, implemented by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Further,  the  security  and  welfare  of  labourers  are  taken care  of  under  the  provisions  of  various  labour  laws  like  Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965,  Payment  of  Gratuity  Act,  1972,  Maternity  Benefit  Act,  1961, Building & Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions  of  Service)  Act,  1996,  Contract  Labour  (Regulation  and of

Abolition) Act, 1970, Inter-State Migrant Workers (Regulation Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 etc.

Also,  there  are  provisions  related to safety,  health  & welfare  for  the  employees  in  the  "Occupational  Safety,  Health  & Working Conditions (OSH&WC) Code, 2020" enacted by the Parliament and notified in the Gazette of India on 29.09.2020. The OSH&WC Code, 2020 has not yet been implemented.

(d) & (e): Whenever violation of labour laws is noticed either through complaints  or  during  the  course  of  inspections  carried  out  by  the inspecting  authorities  under  the  central  and  state  spheres,  action  is taken under the relevant provisions of the concerned Act.

Under the  Central  Sphere,  the  inspections  are  carried  out by the Officers of Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) and in case of state sphere, they are being done by the labour departments of the concerned state.

During the inspections, irregularities if detected rectified and prosecutions are launched if required.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No.  3348  FOR  09.08.2021.  REGARDING  LABOURERS/WORKERS  WORKING  IN  INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS BY SADHVI PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR.

State/UT-wise details of Employment in registered factories  during 2019

| Sl.   | State/UT                              |   No. of Workers |
|-------|---------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands           |             5435 |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                        |           958024 |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                     |             7517 |
| 4     | Assam                                 |           287563 |
| 5     | Bihar                                 |           201917 |
| 6     | Chandigarh                            |             1089 |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                          |           340273 |
| 8     | Daman and Diu &Dadra and Nagar Haveli |           197480 |
| 9     | Delhi                                 |           434350 |
| 10    | Goa                                   |           100522 |
| 11    | Gujarat                               |          1834792 |
| 12    | Haryana                               |          1113571 |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh                      |           353020 |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir                     |            70290 |
| 15    | Jharkhand                             |           312823 |
| 16    | Karnataka                             |          1578320 |
| 17    | Kerala                                |           619738 |
| 18    | Madhya Pradesh                        |           426297 |
| 19    | Maharashtra                           |          2603179 |
| 20    | Manipur                               |            14527 |
| 21    | Meghalaya                             |            14959 |
| 22    | Mizoram                               |              285 |
| 23    | Nagaland                              |            12854 |
| 24    | Odisha                                |           383982 |
| 25    | Puducherry                            |            81988 |
| 26    | Punjab                                |           746731 |
| 27    | Rajasthan                             |           554652 |
| 28    | Tamil Nadu                            |          2161021 |
| 29    | Telangana                             |           607260 |
| 30    | Tripura                               |            58019 |
| 31    | Uttar Pradesh                         |          1793371 |
| 32    | Uttarakhand                           |           677007 |
| Total | Total                                 |         18552856 |

Data Source :   Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF) of States/UTs through DGFASLI.

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