Lok Sabha Question No. 2839 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Budgetary Allocation and Utilisation for Migrant Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2839 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION AND UTILISATION FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

2839. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

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

- (a)the details of the monitoring centres set up to track the movement of  migrant  workers  and  other  job-related  grievances  related  to Covid-19,  including  the  location  of  such  centres  and  their  status including start date of functioning centres;
- (b)whether  the  Government  intends  to  set  up  additional  monitoring centres in other locations across the country;
- (c)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)the details of budgetary allocation, approvals and utilization of the existing monitoring centres for the financial year 2021-22 at present
- therein;
- (e)whether  the data collected by monitoring centres is publicly accessible; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of monitoring centers set up during the pandemic are enclosed as Annexure.
- (b) & (c): There  is  no  proposal  to  set  up  any  additional  monitoring centre as the existing monitoring centres are found adequate.

- (d): No separate Budget is required for monitoring centres.
- (e): The  complaint  data  pertains  to  individuals  and  hence  not publicly accessible.
- (f): The complaints/grievances related to pending wages, termination  of  jobs  or  other  service  matters  during  the  period  of pandemic were received at the monitoring centres for re-dressal. The complaints  pertaining  to  the  State  sphere  were  forwarded  to  the respective State Governments.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2839  for 21.03.2022 regarding Budgetary Allocation and Utilisation for Migrant Workers.

## List of Monitoring Centres 2022

| Sl No.   | Name of Monitoring Centre   | Area of Jurisdiction                                                                                                        |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Ahmedabad                   | Gujarat &UTof Dadara, Nagar Haveli, Da man &Diu                                                                             |
| 2        | Ajmer                       | Rajasthan                                                                                                                   |
| 3        | Asansol                     | Asansol area of WB(Burdwan, Birbhu m, Bankura& Purulia Districts)                                                           |
| 4        | Bangalore                   | Karnataka                                                                                                                   |
| 5        | Bhubaneswar                 | Odisha                                                                                                                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  | HP, Haryana, Punjab ,UT of Chandigarh, Laddakh &J&K                                                                         |
| 7        | Chennai                     | Tamil Nadu and UT of Puducherry                                                                                             |
| 8        | Cochin                      | Kerla &UTof Lakshdweep                                                                                                      |
| 9        | Dehradun                    | Uttrakhand &Western UP                                                                                                      |
| 10       | Delhi                       | Delhi                                                                                                                       |
| 11       | Dhanbad                     | Jharkhand                                                                                                                   |
|          | Guwahati                    | Assam, Mijoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh                                                    |
| 13       | Hyderabad                   | Telangana,& Andhra Pradesh &Yanam of UT of Puducherry                                                                       |
| 14       | Jabalpur                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                              |
| 15       | Kanpur                      | UP except Western UP                                                                                                        |
| 16       | Kolkata                     | WBexcept Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura &Purulia Districts, UT of A&N, &Sikkim                                                   |
| 17       | Mumbai                      | Maharashtra except the Jurisdiction of Nagpur region& Goa                                                                   |
| 18       | Nagpur                      | Nagpur Area of Maharashtra (Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon , Chanderpur, Nanded , Latur, Beed, Yeotmal) |
| 19       | Patna                       | Bihar                                                                                                                       |
| 20       | Raipur                      | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                |
| 21       | CLC(C)- HQ, New Delhi       | Whole of India                                                                                                              |

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