Lok Sabha Question No. 3554 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: National Wage Rules
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Chandan Singh, Navneet Ravi Rana, Locket Chatterjee, Dileshwar Kamait, Chhedi Paswan, Rama Devi

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3554

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## NATIONAL WAGE RULES

## †3554. SHRI CHANDAN SINGH:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI CHHEDI PASWAN:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  some  companies  in  the country are not complying with the National Wage Rules, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether  the  Government  has  maintained  a  database  of  such violations, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the number  of complaints regarding violation of  Wage  Rules registered during the last three years and the current year;
- (d)the number of complaints out of these acted upon and the number of complaints still pending, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)whether any compensation has been given to the people who felt aggrieved  due  to  non-compliance  of  the  rules,  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The  Central  Government  and  the  State  Governments  are appropriate Governments to enforce the provisions of the Payment of Wages  Act,  1936,  and  the Minimum  Wages  Act,  1948,  in  their respective jurisdictions. In the Central sphere the enforcement is done through  the  Inspecting  Officers  of  the  Chief  Labour  Commissioner (Central)   commonly   designated  as   Central   Industrial     Relations Contd..2/-

Machinery (CIRM) and the compliance in the State Sphere is ensured through the State enforcement machinery. The designated inspecting officers conduct regular inspections and in the event of detection of any case of non-payment or underpayment of wages/minimum wages, they direct the employers to make payment of the shortfall of wages. In case of non-compliance, penal provisions prescribed under sections 17A and 20 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and section 22 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 are taken recourse to. The details in regard to enforcement of the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, and the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, in the Central Sphere are annexed. Details of enforcement in respect of the State sphere are not centrally maintained.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 3554 FOR 08.08.2022 REGARDING NATIONAL WAGE RULES.

## Details of Inspections, Prosecutions and Convictions done under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948

| Particulars                |   No. of Inspections Conducted |   No. of Irregularities detected |   No. Irregularities Rectified |   No. of Prosecutions Launched |   No. of Convictions |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1                          |                              2 |                                3 |                              4 |                              5 |                    6 |
| 2019-20                    |                           7690 |                            59950 |                          23397 |                           1609 |                  412 |
| 2020-21                    |                           2114 |                            13949 |                           7566 |                            501 |                  174 |
| 2021-22                    |                           5022 |                            35983 |                           8726 |                            492 |                  167 |
| 2022-23 (up to June, 2022) |                           2095 |                            14823 |                           3087 |                            170 |                   48 |

## Claim cases under Minimum Wages Act, 1948

| Year                       | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|                            | FILED                                        | DECIDED                                      | AWARDED                                      | No. of WORKERS BENEFITED                     |
| 1                          | 2                                            | 3                                            | 4                                            | 5                                            |
| 2019-20                    | 3470                                         | 754                                          | Rs. 217981002/-                              | 5297                                         |
| 2020-21                    | 3763                                         | 1334                                         | Rs. 270202177/-                              | 7631                                         |
| 2021-22                    | 5297                                         | 2102                                         | Rs. 177722490/-                              | 7487                                         |
| 2022-23 (up to June, 2022) | 3457                                         | 447                                          | Rs. 109749197/-                              | 1733                                         |

Details of Inspections, Prosecutions and Convictions done under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936

| Particulars                |   No. of Inspections Conducted |   No. of Irregularities detected |   No. Irregularities Rectified |   No. of Prosecutions Launched |   No. of Convictions |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1                          |                              2 |                                3 |                              4 |                              5 |                    6 |
| 2019-20                    |                           2629 |                            16004 |                           9622 |                            317 |                   57 |
| 2020-21                    |                            928 |                             5003 |                           4209 |                            145 |                   34 |
| 2021-22                    |                           2140 |                            12325 |                           3857 |                            423 |                   39 |
| 2022-23 (up to June, 2022) |                            506 |                             3273 |                           1347 |                             53 |                   13 |

Claim cases under Payment of Wages Act, 1936

| Year                       | CLAIMS FILED UNDER Payment of WAGES ACT, 1936   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER Payment of WAGES ACT, 1936   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER Payment of WAGES ACT, 1936   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER Payment of WAGES ACT, 1936   |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|                            | FILED                                           | DECIDED                                         | AWARDED                                         | No. of WORKERS BENEFITED                        |
| 1                          | 2                                               | 3                                               | 4                                               | 5                                               |
| 2019-20                    | 319                                             | 187                                             | Rs. 12192780/-                                  | 278                                             |
| 2020-21                    | 336                                             | 204                                             | Rs. 166136127/-                                 | 2778                                            |
| 2021-22                    | 811                                             | 400                                             | Rs. 298027109/-                                 | 5277                                            |
| 2022-23 (up to June, 2022) | 508                                             | 95                                              | Rs. 20160631/-                                  | 556                                             |

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