Lok Sabha Question No. 1815 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Policy for Health and Pension Facilities to Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1815

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## POLICY FOR HEALTH AND PENSION FACILITIES TO LABOURERS

†1815. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

- (a)whether the Union Government has any policy to provide health and pension facilities to the labourers working in organised or unorganised  sectors  in  the  country  including  Rajasthan,  if  so,  the details of the policy thereof;
- (b)the State-wise details of the beneficiaries in the country including Rajasthan during the last three years and the current year;
- (c)the kind of assistance being extended or proposed to be extended to  the  families  of  the  labourers  who  died  in  accidents  or  due  to incurable diseases along with the details of the existing provisions in this regard;
- (d)whether the Government is aware that the factories or companies resort to irregularities in providing compensation to the dependents of the deceased; and
- (e)if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (e): For organised sector workers, health facilities  and pension are provided by schemes of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation  (ESIC)  and  the  Employees'  Provident  Fund  Organisation (EPFO),    subject  to  meeting  eligibility  criteria  by  the  beneficiaries, including those  in the state of Rajasthan. The  details of ESI beneficiaries,  state-wise, are  placed at Annexure-I.

Contd..2/-

The Government has also introduced a pension scheme for unorganized  workers,  namely Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), to  ensure  old  age  protection  for  unorganised  workers. at

State-wise details of enrollment under PM-SYM are placed Annexure-II.

The Government also provides health care facilities to the Beedi/Cine/MICA/ Limestone & Dolomite Mine (LSDM)/ Manganese Ore &  Chrome  Ore  Mine  (IOMC)  workers  and  their  dependents.    The financial  assistance  is  also  provided  for  treatment  of  some  critical diseases.  The  state  wise  details  of  the  number  of  OPD/  IPD  patients are placed at Annexure-III.

The compensation in case of accidental deaths or incurable the Employees'  Compensation  Act,  1923,  which  is  administered  through diseases are also provided to the eligible workers under the State Governments.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e) OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1815  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13.02.2023  ASKED  BY  DR. MANOJ RAJORIA REGARDING POLICY FORHEALTH AND PENSION FACILITIES TO LABOURERS

## State wise number of beneficiaries under ESI Scheme

(As on 31.03.2022)

| States                                   | Beneficiaries   | Beneficiaries   | Beneficiaries   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                                          | 2019-20         | 2020-21         | 2021-22         |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 5065689         | 4927329         | 4723590         |
| Assam                                    |                 |                 | 1014504         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |                 |                 | 1824            |
| Meghalaya                                |                 |                 | 55756           |
| Nagaland                                 | 1234034         | 1245053         | 13580           |
| Tripura                                  |                 |                 | 62041           |
| Manipur                                  |                 |                 | 10515           |
| Mizoram                                  |                 |                 | 5859            |
| Bihar                                    | 1317376         | 1345053         | 1392842         |
| Chandigarh (Ut)                          | 651258          | 560311          | 505176          |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 1950476         | 2035603         | 1966190         |
| Delhi                                    | 6193839         | 5869431         | 5153882         |
| Goa                                      | 811968          | 838546          | 669882          |
| Gujarat &Dadar &Nagar Haveli &Daman &Diu | 6682485         | 6925179         | 6087332         |
| Haryana                                  | 9335668         | 9741749         | 8999738         |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 1350783         | 1423611         | 1343101         |
| J&K And Ladakh                           | 517747          | 528417          | 477085          |
| Jharkhand                                | 1731489         | 1693892         | 1651406         |
| Karnataka                                |                 |                 | 1149729         |
|                                          | 13525175        | 12782494        | 3               |
| Kerala &Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh       | 4171039 4052427 | 3994964 4134838 | 3667609 3751960 |
| Maharashtra                              |                 |                 | 1548310         |
|                                          | 18230646        | 18148244        | 1               |
| Odisha                                   | 2876593         | 2923968         | 2877253         |
| Puducherry                               | 456637          | 446510          | 405538          |
| Punjab                                   | 4589614         | 4903195         | 4719749         |
| Rajasthan                                | 5528923         | 5571456         | 5185154         |
| Sikkim                                   | 108562          | 109067          | 109959          |
| Tamilmnadu                               |                 |                 | 1381400         |
|                                          | 15402396        | 14847208        | 2               |
| Telangana                                | 7121197         | 6911793         | 6068824         |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 9499481         | 9717033         | 9178373         |
| Uttarakhand                              | 2498953         | 2559403         | 2345693         |
| West Bengal                              | 7574807         | 7421780         | 7121003         |
| Total                                    | 132479262       | 131606127       | 1203598 14      |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1815  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13.02.2023  ASKED  BY  DR.  MANOJ  RAJORIA REGARDING POLICY FORHEALTH AND PENSION FACILITIES TO LABOURERS

The enrolment year-wise for last three years under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana is as under

|   Sl. No. | Names of States/ Union Territories    |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands           |      1033 |       822 |       277 |       167 |    2299 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                        |     37444 |    107248 |      6201 |       843 |  151736 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                     |       810 |      1589 |        77 |        21 |    2497 |
|         4 | Assam                                 |      9634 |      7563 |      3876 |      3781 |   24854 |
|         5 | Bihar                                 |    104887 |     74782 |     16924 |      7000 |  203593 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                            |       974 |      3738 |       361 |        35 |    4276 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                          |     92631 |    111930 |      3857 |      2012 |  210430 |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |       953 |       575 |        37 |         9 |    1574 |
|         9 | Delhi                                 |      4791 |      2711 |       608 |      1312 |    9422 |
|        10 | Goa                                   |       212 |       728 |        35 |        24 |     999 |
|        11 | Gujarat                               |    335279 |     31407 |      2050 |      1666 |  370402 |
|        12 | Haryana                               |    562199 |    314740 |     26049 |      9576 |  820407 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                      |     14355 |     26033 |      1362 |       460 |   42210 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir                        |     36735 |     27056 |      6643 |      1490 |   71924 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                             |     97735 |     29266 |      2326 |      1192 |  130519 |
|        16 | Karnataka                             |     39351 |     51925 |      8769 |     10592 |  110637 |
|        17 | Kerala                                |      7027 |      2398 |      1136 |      1447 |   12008 |
|        18 | Ladakh                                |       889 |       563 |        10 |         6 |    1468 |
|        19 | Lakshwadeep                           |        21 |         0 |         0 |         0 |      21 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                        |     80101 |     39089 |      5139 |      4537 |  128866 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                           |    527226 |     61984 |      9541 |      4531 |  593128 |
|        22 | Manipur                               |      2350 |      1310 |       237 |       283 |    4180 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                             |       916 |      1162 |       811 |       271 |    3160 |

| 24.   | Mizoram       | 436       | 120       | 58       | 45     | 659       |
|-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|----------|--------|-----------|
| 25.   | Nagaland      | 1432      | 2547      | 739      | 86     | 4804      |
| 26.   | Odisha        | 104847    | 50621     | 9107     | 6361   | 170936    |
| 27.   | Puducherry    | 851       | 322       | 82       | 40     | 1295      |
| 28.   | Punjab        | 21915     | 9891      | 1718     | 1328   | 34852     |
| 29.   | Rajasthan     | 61907     | 216675    | 3303     | 1832   | 104412    |
| 30.   | Sikkim        | 61        | 43        | 21       | 16     | 141       |
| 31.   | Tamil Nadu    | 40730     | 14016     | 2381     | 1389   | 58516     |
| 32.   | Telengana     | 19438     | 18455     | 2612     | 1449   | 41954     |
| 33.   | Tripura       | 13680     | 12184     | 3113     | 924    | 29901     |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh | 466310    | 349720    | 38701    | 11423  | 641999    |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   | 18629     | 14622     | 1291     | 390    | 34932     |
| 36.   | West Bengal   | 35920     | 24055     | 12559    | 15692  | 88226     |
| Total | Total         | 27,43,709 | 11,05,287 | 1,72,011 | 92,230 | 41,13,237 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1815  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13.02.2023  ASKED  BY  DR.  MANOJ  RAJORIA REGARDING POLICY FORHEALTH AND PENSION FACILITIES TO LABOURERS.

| No. of OPD/IPD Patients for the last three years   | No. of OPD/IPD Patients for the last three years   | No. of OPD/IPD Patients for the last three years   | No. of OPD/IPD Patients for the last three years   | No. of OPD/IPD Patients for the last three years   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.                                             | Region                                             | Years                                              | Years                                              | Years                                              |
| Sl No.                                             | Region                                             | 2020-21                                            | 2021-2022                                          | 2022-23 (Upto DEC., 2022)                          |
| 1.                                                 | Ajmer                                              | 172242                                             | 199167                                             | 143884                                             |
| 2.                                                 | Chennai                                            | 247655                                             | 267788                                             | 190723                                             |
| 3.                                                 | Guwahati                                           | 4691                                               | 8289                                               | 4873                                               |
| 4.                                                 | Thiruvananthapuram                                 | 18252                                              | 20101                                              | 21696                                              |
| 5.                                                 | Ranchi                                             | 46776                                              | 67107                                              | 46816                                              |
| 6.                                                 | Bangalore                                          | 80508                                              | 209645                                             | 170002                                             |
| 7.                                                 | Bhubaneswar                                        | 216293                                             | 263473                                             | 158342                                             |
| 8.                                                 | Nagpur                                             | 69481                                              | 97593                                              | 83207                                              |
| 9.                                                 | Ahmedabad                                          | 49015                                              | 94251                                              | 70673                                              |
| 10.                                                | Jammu and Kashmir                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 11.                                                | Chandigarh                                         | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 12.                                                | Dehradun                                           | 4970                                               | 5930                                               | 2862                                               |
| 13.                                                | Raipur                                             | 23179                                              | 29141                                              | 26880                                              |
| 14.                                                | Allahabad                                          | 139989                                             | 154090                                             | 111538                                             |
| 15.                                                | Hyderabad                                          | 159806                                             | 186105                                             | 204605                                             |
| 16.                                                | Jabalpur                                           | 116068                                             | 157514                                             | 86246                                              |
| 17.                                                | Kolkata                                            | 171640                                             | 194941                                             | 108393                                             |
| 18.                                                | Patna                                              | 37080                                              | 53960                                              | 34057                                              |
| Total                                              | Total                                              | 1657645                                            | 2009095                                            | 1464617                                            |

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