Lok Sabha Question No. 1785 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Beedi Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Janardan Mishra, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1785 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## BEEDI WORKERS

†1785. SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA: SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  any  assessment  of number of women and children involved in beedi rolling work and the impact of the work on their health, if so, the State-wise, yearwise details since 2010;
- (b)if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)whether the Government runs any scheme to provide any safe and healthy career for the rehabilitation of women engaged in beedi industry;
- (d)if so, the State-wise and year-wise details of the women benefitted from such scheme during the last five years, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e)whether  the  Government  runs  any  scheme  for  rehabilitation  of children engaged in beedi industry so as to ensure their access to education and avoid their engagement in harmful and dangerous labour; 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) & (b): The Labour Welfare Scheme is implemented across the country through Labour Welfare Organizations situated in 18 Regions for welfare of the Beedi Workers and their family members. As per the data available, there are 49.82 lakh registered Beedi workers in the country out of which 36.25 lakh are women and no Child has been reported to be engaged in the Beedi Making industry. The number of women Beedi workers, region wise is attached at Annexure-I.

- (c) & (d): Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E) in collaboration with Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship had been providing Skill Development training to the Beedi Workers  and  their dependents  to engage  them  in alternative jobs from April, 2017 to March, 2020.   However, due to Covid-19  and  the  instruction  of  the  Ministry  of  Finance  regarding merger/drooping of scheme with overlapping objectives for the same target  beneficiaries,  the  Skill  Development  training  could  not  be continued.  Further,  the  MoL&E  has  requested  to  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to impart the training to the Beedi Workers and their dependents to get alternative livelihood under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). The details of the beneficiaries under the Scheme from April, 2017 to March, 2020 are attached at Annexure -II.
- (e) & (f): No  children  has  been  reported  to  be  engaged  in  Beedi Industry, however, the welfare of children of beedi workers is taken care  of  by  the  Labour  Welfare  Scheme.  This  Scheme  has  three components namely Health, Scholarship & Housing and the details are as under:-
- (i)  Health  care  facilities  through  10  (Ten)  Hospitals  and  285 dispensaries.  Reimbursement  of  expenditure  for  specialized treatments (i.e. Cancer, Tuberculosis, Heart Diseases, Kidney Transplantation).
- (ii) Financial Assistance for education to the children of beedi workers  from  class-I  to  college/University  ranging  from  Rs. 1000/- to Rs. 25,000/- per student per annum, depending upon class/course.
- (iii)  Subsidy  of  Rs.1,50,000/-  (per  beneficiary)  in  three  (03) installments  at  25:60:15  ratio  i.e.  Rs.37,500,  Rs.90,000  and Rs.22,500 receptively for construction of pucca houses, under Revised  Integrated  Housing  Scheme  (RIHS)  2016.  However, RIHS  has  now  been  converged  with  Pradhan  Mantri  Awash Yojana.

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| Sl. No.   | Region         | Total number of beedi workers   | Total number of women employed in beedi making   | Total number of children employed in beedi making   |
|-----------|----------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Allahabad      | 412757                          | 320514 149844 102810                             | No children has been engaged in Beedi Making        |
| 2         | Ahmedabad      | 39011                           | 6074                                             |                                                     |
| 3         | Ajmer          | 38791                           | 36793                                            |                                                     |
| 4         | Bangalore      | 295511                          | 214165                                           |                                                     |
| 5         | Bhubaneswar    | 208212 180000                   | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 6         | Chandigarh     | 0                               | 0                                                |                                                     |
| 7         | Dehradun       | 0 0                             | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 8         | Hyderabad      | 458040 452336                   | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 9         | Jabalpur       | 440556                          | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 10        | Nagpur         | 155089                          | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 11        | Ranchi         | 136519 97972                    | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 12        | Patna          | 296972 206510                   | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 13        | Raipur         | 3893 3235                       | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 14        | Kolkata        | 189203 1738313                  | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 15        | Guwahati       | 24398 18519                     | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 16        | Tirunelveli    | 603076 61253                    | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 17        | Kannur         | 40276 36707                     | 320514 149844 102810                             |                                                     |
| 18        | Jammu &Kashmir | 0                               | 0                                                |                                                     |
| Total     | Total          | 49,82,294                       | 36,25,045                                        |                                                     |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1785 to be answered on 31.07.2023.

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|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Region                                                    | Training Completed                                        | Training Completed                                        | Training Completed                                        | Training Completed                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Placement Provided                                        | Total M+F                                                 |
|                                                           | (No. of Trainees)                                         | (No. of Trainees)                                         | (No. of Trainees)                                         | (No. of Trainees)                                         | 2017-18                                                   | 2017-18                                                   | 2018-19                                                   | 2018-19                                                   | 2019-20                                                   | 2019-20                                                   | Total                                                     | Total                                                     | Total M+F                                                 |
|                                                           |                                                           | 2018                                                      |                                                           | Total                                                     | M                                                         | F                                                         | M                                                         | F                                                         | M                                                         | F                                                         | M                                                         | F                                                         | (Placem ent)                                              |
|                                                           | 2017 -18                                                  | -19                                                       | 2019 -20                                                  |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |
| Ahmedabad                                                 | 785                                                       | 100                                                       | 164                                                       | 1049                                                      | 513                                                       | 220                                                       | 2                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 8                                                         | 515                                                       | 228                                                       | 743                                                       |
| Ajmer                                                     | 0                                                         | 30                                                        | 35                                                        | 65                                                        | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 5                                                         | 30                                                        | 5                                                         | 30                                                        | 35                                                        |
| Allahabad                                                 | 2                                                         | 46                                                        | 35                                                        | 83                                                        | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 4                                                         | 14                                                        | 1                                                         | 14                                                        | 5                                                         | 19                                                        |
| Bengaluru                                                 | 0                                                         | 260                                                       | 267                                                       | 527                                                       | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 19                                                        | 50                                                        | 9                                                         | 62                                                        | 28                                                        | 112                                                       | 140                                                       |
| Bhubaneswar                                               | 298                                                       | 870                                                       | 1162                                                      | 2330                                                      | 10                                                        | 64                                                        | 72                                                        | 330                                                       | 517                                                       | 343                                                       | 599                                                       | 737                                                       | 1336                                                      |
| Guwahati                                                  | 36                                                        | 56                                                        | 0                                                         | 92                                                        | 0                                                         | 1                                                         | 1                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 1                                                         | 1                                                         | 2                                                         |
| Hyderabad                                                 | 0                                                         | 217                                                       | 202                                                       | 419                                                       | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 1                                                         | 4                                                         | 6                                                         | 18                                                        | 7                                                         | 22                                                        | 29                                                        |
| Jabalpur                                                  | 2                                                         | 577                                                       | 221                                                       | 800                                                       | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 19                                                        | 65                                                        | 21                                                        | 21                                                        | 40                                                        | 87                                                        | 127                                                       |
| Kannur                                                    | 10                                                        | 0                                                         | 5                                                         | 15                                                        | 3                                                         | 3                                                         | 3                                                         | 3                                                         | 0                                                         | 1                                                         | 6                                                         | 7                                                         | 13                                                        |
| Kolkata                                                   | 182                                                       | 136                                                       | 65                                                        | 383                                                       | 0                                                         | 12                                                        | 29                                                        | 36                                                        | 8                                                         | 9                                                         | 37                                                        | 57                                                        | 94                                                        |
| Nagpur                                                    | 0                                                         | 296                                                       | 130                                                       | 426                                                       | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 18                                                        | 10                                                        | 18                                                        | 10                                                        | 28                                                        |
| Patna                                                     | 3                                                         | 177                                                       | 50                                                        | 230                                                       | 2                                                         | 1                                                         | 19                                                        | 5                                                         | 3                                                         | 2                                                         | 24                                                        | 8                                                         | 32                                                        |
| Raipur                                                    | 175                                                       | 175                                                       | 20                                                        | 370                                                       | 34                                                        | 0                                                         | 43                                                        | 51                                                        | 0                                                         | 20                                                        | 77                                                        | 71                                                        | 148                                                       |
| Ranchi                                                    | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 473                                                       | 473                                                       | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         |
| Tirunelveli                                               | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         |
| Total (1)                                                 | 1493                                                      | 2940                                                      | 2829                                                      | 7262                                                      | 562                                                       | 301                                                       | 208                                                       | 548                                                       | 601                                                       | 525                                                       | 1371                                                      | 1375                                                      | 2746                                                      |
| Total (2)                                                 | -                                                         | -                                                         | -                                                         | -                                                         | 863                                                       | 756                                                       | 756                                                       | 1126                                                      | 1126                                                      | 2746                                                      | 2746                                                      | -                                                         | -                                                         |

Overall Result - Total Trained: 1493+2940+2829 =7262; Total Placement: 2746; Placement Ratio -37.81 %

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