Lok Sabha Question No. 2444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Social Security for Domestic and International Migrant Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2444

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## SOCIAL SECURITY FOR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT WORKERS

2444. SHRI RITESH PANDEY:

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

(a)whether  the  Government  plans  to  introduce  a  migrant  governance framework  that  includes  access  to  a  social  safety  net  for  both  domestic and  international  migrant  workers  and  if  so,  the  details  and  timelines thereof and if not, the reasons therefore;

(b)the State-wise estimated number of migrant workers who have returned to their home States;

(c)whether  the  Ministry  plans  to  extend  central  relief  packages  to  more districts and States;

(d)if so, the details thereof; and (e)if not, the reasons therefore?

## ANSWER

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

(a): In order to safeguard the interest of the migrant workers, the Central Government had enacted the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979. This Act has now been subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and the Code has  been  notified  on  29.09.2020.   The  OSH  Code  provides  for  decent working  conditions,  minimum  wages,  grievances  redressal  mechanisms, protection  from  abuse  and  exploitation,  enhancement  of  skills  and  social security  to  all  categories  of  workers  including  migrant workers.  Further, the labour bureau under the Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched an All India Survey of Migrant Workers with effect from 1 st  April 2021.

The Ministry has also launched e-Sharam portal on 26.08.2021  for  registration  of  unorganised  workers  including  migrant workers. Till 09 th December, 2021 11.08 crore workers have been registered. One of the main objectives of the portal is to ensure portability of benefits of welfare schemes to the migrant workers.

As regards international migrant workers, the Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana (PBBY), a mandatory insurance scheme for workers going to Emigrants Check required (ECR) countries, has been revised w.e.f. August 1, 2017, to make settlement of claims simpler for the benefit of our workers.  About  12.20  lakh  policies  have  been  issued  from  2017-18  till January 2021.

During  the  pandemic,  the  Government  launched  an  initiative SWADES  (Skilled  Workers  Arrival  Database  for  Employment  Support)  to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the returning workers under the Vande of SWADES  have  been  integrated  with  Skill  India's  ASEEM  (Aatmanirbhar

Bharat Mission. For facilitating employment  opportunities, details Skilled Employee Employer Mapping) portal.

The number of migrant workers who returned to their home

(b): State during Covid - 19 is given at Annexure - I.

The  top  20  States  which  received  migrant  workers  from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission is at Annexure - II

(c) to (e): Migrant  workers  are  engaged  in  various  occupations.  There exist  several  social  security  and  welfare  schemes  for  workers  including migrant workers engaged in such occupations. However, during Covid - 19 pandemic period since March, 2020, Union Government has taken several additional measures for the benefits of workers, such as; creation of 39.51 lakh  new  job  opportunities  by  crediting  Rs.2583  crores  in  EPF  accounts under  Atmanirbhar  Bharat  Rozgar  Yojana  (ABRY),  benefits  of  Rs.2567 crores  to  retain  38.91  lakh  low  wage  employees  under  Pradhan  Mantri Garib  Kalyan  Yojana  (PMGKY),    financial  assistance  of  Rs.7413  crore  to Building  &  other  Construction  Workers  (BOCW),  unemployment  benefit under  Atal  Beemit  Vyakti  Kalyan  Yojana  (ABVKY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib Kalyan  Rojgar  Abhiyan  (PMGKRA)  generating  50.78  crore  mandays  with Rs.39,293  crores,  working  capital  loan  to  street  vendors  under  PM-SVA Nidhi Scheme, free food grain of 5 kg per person per month to all Targeted Public Distribution System  (TPDS)  beneficiaries and special training programme under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme as a part of  Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) in the districts having high concentration of returnee migrants.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2444 for 13.12.2021 regarding Social Security for Domestic and International Migrant Workers.

5,26,900

| Migrant workers S l No   | Name of the State                  | No. of Inter-State Migrant workers who returned to their home State *   |
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 32,571                                                                  |
| 2                        | Andaman and Nicobar                | 4,960                                                                   |
| 3                        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2,871                                                                   |
| 4                        | Assam                              | 4,26,441                                                                |
| 5                        | Bihar                              | 15,00,612                                                               |
| 6                        | Chandigarh                         | 39,230                                                                  |
| 7                        | Chhattisgarh                       | 5,26,900                                                                |
| 8                        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 43,747                                                                  |
| 9                        | Delhi                              | 2,047                                                                   |
| 10                       | Goa                                | 85,620                                                                  |
| 11                       | Gujarat                            | 0                                                                       |
| 12                       | Haryana                            | 1,289                                                                   |
| 13                       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 18,652                                                                  |
| 14                       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 48,780                                                                  |
| 15                       | Jharkhand                          | 5,30,047                                                                |
| 16                       | Karnataka                          | 1,34,438                                                                |
| 17                       | Kerala                             | 3,11,124                                                                |
| 18                       | Ladakh                             | 50                                                                      |
| 19                       | Lakshadweep                        | 456                                                                     |
| 20                       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 7,53,581                                                                |
| 21                       | Maharashtra                        | 1,82,990                                                                |
| 22                       | Manipur                            | 12,338                                                                  |
| 23                       | Meghalaya                          | 4,266                                                                   |
| 24                       | Mizoram                            | 8,446                                                                   |
| 25                       | Nagaland                           | 11,750                                                                  |
| 26                       | Odisha                             | 8,53,777                                                                |
| 27                       | Puducherry                         | 1,694                                                                   |
| 28                       | Punjab                             | 5,15,642                                                                |
| 29                       | Rajasthan                          | 13,08,130                                                               |
| 30                       | Sikkim                             | 33,015                                                                  |
| 31                       | Tamil Nadu                         | 72,145                                                                  |
| 32                       | Telangana                          | 37,050                                                                  |
| 33                       | Tripura                            | 34,247                                                                  |
| 34                       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 32,49,638                                                               |
| 35                       | Uttarakhand                        | 1,97,128                                                                |
| 36                       | West Bengal                        | 13,84,693                                                               |
|                          | Total                              | 1,14,30,968                                                             |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2444 for 13.12.2021 regarding Social Security for Domestic and International Migrant Workers.

The top 20 States which received migrant workers from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission are as follows:

| Top 20 States which received Migrant workers from Overseas   | Top 20 States which received Migrant workers from Overseas   | Top 20 States which received Migrant workers from Overseas   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                       | State Name                                                   | No. of Workers                                               |
| 1.                                                           | Kerala                                                       | 236636                                                       |
| 2.                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                | 122757                                                       |
| 3.                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                   | 116835                                                       |
| 4.                                                           | Bihar                                                        | 44345                                                        |
| 5.                                                           | Punjab                                                       | 34271                                                        |
| 6.                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                               | 32945                                                        |
| 7.                                                           | West Bengal                                                  | 31202                                                        |
| 8.                                                           | Rajasthan                                                    | 30131                                                        |
| 9.                                                           | Telangana                                                    | 29147                                                        |
| 10.                                                          | Delhi                                                        | 26045                                                        |
| 11.                                                          | Maharashtra                                                  | 24675                                                        |
| 12.                                                          | Gujarat                                                      | 19751                                                        |
| 13.                                                          | Karnataka                                                    | 19289                                                        |
| 14.                                                          | Assam                                                        | 10926                                                        |
| 15.                                                          | Odisha                                                       | 8683                                                         |
| 16.                                                          | Jharkhand                                                    | 5246                                                         |
| 17.                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                  | 4881                                                         |
| 18.                                                          | Jammu and Kashmir                                            | 4301                                                         |
| 19.                                                          | Haryana                                                      | 4161                                                         |
| 20.                                                          | Goa                                                          | 2872                                                         |

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