Lok Sabha Question No. 2294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-08
Subject: Migrants from Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Midhun Reddy, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2294

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2021

## MIGRANTS FROM ANDHRA PRADESH

2294. SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

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

- (a)the total number of internal migrants in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)the total number of migrants from the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (c)whether the Government intends to take measures for their welfare; and

(d)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b): Migration of workers from one State to another State is a continuous process and the migrant workers keep on moving from one State to other States in search of work.

According  to  the  Economic  Survey  2016-2017  the  size  of the workforce as per Census 2011, was 482 million (48.2 crore) people and  based  on  extrapolation,  this  figure  would  have  exceeded  500 million (50 crore) in 2016. If the share of migrants in the workforce is estimated to be even 20%, the size of the migrant workforce can be estimated to be over 100 million (10 crore) in 2016 in absolute terms.

As per the data received from States/UTs the total number of migrant workers who returned to their home States during Covid 19 lockdown is 1,14,30,968 out of which 32,571 belonged to the State of  Andhra Pradesh. State/UT-wise figures of internal migrant workers is at Annexure.

(c) & (d): 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 Working Conditions (OSH) Code, 2020 and the Code has been notified on 29.09.2020.  The OSH Code provides for decent working conditions, minimum wages, grievances redressal mechanisms, toll free helpline, protection from abuse and exploitation etc. for  all category of workers including migrant workers.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2294  for 08.03.2021 regarding Migrants from Andhra Pradesh.

5,26,900

|   SL No | Name of the State                  | No. of Migrant workers belonging to this State who have 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                                                                                |

* As per the data received from the States/UTs till date.

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