Lok Sabha Question No. 209 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Improvement in Life and Welfare of Farm Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta, D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023

## IMPROVEMENT IN LIFE AND WELFARE OF FARM LABOURERS

*209. SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA: SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

- (a)the details of the steps taken by the Government for improvement in the life and welfare of farm labourers;
- (b)the details of the farm labourers benefitted from the said schemes in Kandhamal Parliamentary Constituency of Odisha including the other plans of the Government for their upliftment;
- (c)the details of the welfare schemes  run by the Government, particularly for rural and farm labourers;
- (d)the  funds  allocated  under  the  said  schemes  during  the  last  three years and the current year, State and district-wise, particularly in
- Odisha and Karnataka; and
- (e)the steps being taken by the Government to meet the needs of farm labourers in connection with proper education, living conditions and daily needs, etc.?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

(SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 FOR 18.12.2023 REGARDING IMPROVEMENT IN LIFE AND WELFARE OF FARM LABOURERS.

(a) to (e): As  per  the  provisions  of  the  Unorganised  Workers ' Social Security  Act  (UWSS),  2008,  the  Government  is  committed  to  provide Social Security to all the workers of the unorganised sector including farm labourers by formulating suitable welfare schemes on the matters relating to: (i) life and disability cover; (ii) health and maternity benefits; (iii) old age protection; and (iv) any other benefit as may be determined by the Central Government.

Life and Disability cover is provided through Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). Risk coverage under PMJJBY scheme is for Rs. 2.00 Lakh in case of death of insured, due to any reason, at annual premium of Rs. 436/-. The PMSBY is also available to the people in the age group of  18  to  70  years  with  a  bank/post  office  account.  The  risk  coverage under the scheme is for Rs. 2.00 Lakh in case of accidental death or total permanent disability and Rs. 1.00 lakh for partial permanent disability due to accident at a premium of Rs. 20/- per annum. As on 29.11.2023, the  cumulative  registration  under  PMJJBY  and  PMSBY  for  Odisha  is 63,90,697  and  1,66,66,162  and  for  Karnataka  state  is  85,52,713  and 1,86,95,519 respectively. The  district wise detail of  Odisha  and Karnataka is attached at Annexure- 1.

The  health  and  maternity  benefits  are  insured  through Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) under deprivation and  occupation  criteria. It provides health  insurance coverage upto Rs. 5.00 lakhs per family for secondary and tertiary care related hospitalization.

In  order  to  provide  old  age  social  security  cover,  the Government of India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Maandhan (PM-SYM) pension scheme in 2019. It provides monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- after attaining the age of 60 years. The workers in the age group of 18-40 years whose monthly income is Rs.15000/- or less and who are not  a  member  of  EPFO/ESIC/NPS  (Govt.  funded)  can  join  the  PM-SYM Scheme. Under this scheme 50% monthly contribution is payable by the beneficiary  and  equal  matching  contribution  is  paid  by  the  Central Government.  Under  the  scheme,  the  funds  towards  Government ' s contribution  are  provided  to  LIC  being  the  fund  manager.  Under  the scheme, the constituency wise data is not maintained, however, a total of  2,606  unorganised  workers  including  farm  labourers  have  been enrolled in Kandhamal district of Odisha. The details of enrollment done in Odisha and Karnataka in respect of PM-SYM is attached at AnnexureII.

Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment scheme which provides for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households  in  rural  areas  by  providing  at  least  one  hundred  days  of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Apart from above, other schemes such as Public Distribution System through One Nation One Ration Card scheme under National Food Security Act, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan, Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana, PMSVANidhi, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, PM Vishwakarma etc.  are  also  available  for  the  unorganised  workers  including  farm labourers depending upon their eligibility criteria. These schemes are demand driven and accordingly the budget is allocated.

Further,  the  Government  has  launched  e-Shram  portal  in August, 2021  with an objective to create National Database  of Unorganised  Workers  and  to  facilitate  delivery  of  Social  Security Schemes/Welfare Schemes to the unorganised workers. As on 12.12.2023,  more  than  29.21  crore  unorganised  workers  have  been registered on eShram portal. The total count of unorganised workers including  farm  labourers  registered  on  e-Shram  portal  is  1,37,450  in Kandhamal District of Odisha till 11.12.2023.

Fund allocated under PM-SYM scheme during the last three years and the current year is mentioned below:

| Financial Year   |   Budget Allocation (Rs.in Crore) |
|------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                               500 |
| 2021-22          |                               400 |
| 2022-23          |                               350 |
| 2023-24          |                               350 |

The fund is utilized for payment to the implementing agency and  payment  of  equal  government  contribution  and  admin  expenses done by LIC from time to time.

The Right of Children to free and compulsory Education (RTE) Act,  2009  mandates  the  appropriate  Government  to  provide  free  and compulsory elementary education to every child of the age of 6-14 years in a neighborhood school.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 209 For 18.12.2023 Regarding Improvement In Life And Welfare Of Farm Labourers raised by Shri Achyutananda Samanta and Shri D. K. Suresh.

|   Sl No | State     | District         |   PMJJBY enrollments |   PMSBY enrollments |
|---------|-----------|------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Odisha    | Anugul           |               248166 |              563539 |
|       2 | Odisha    | Balangir         |               249768 |              678199 |
|       3 | Odisha    | Baleshwar        |               316957 |              896024 |
|       4 | Odisha    | Bargarh          |               252110 |              684197 |
|       5 | Odisha    | Bhadrak          |               178866 |              568140 |
|       6 | Odisha    | Boudh            |                71722 |              186667 |
|       7 | Odisha    | Cuttack          |               353919 |              985289 |
|       8 | Odisha    | Deogarh          |                52157 |              131733 |
|       9 | Odisha    | Dhenkanal        |               241808 |              574799 |
|      10 | Odisha    | Gajapati         |                87086 |              217811 |
|      11 | Odisha    | Ganjam           |               543874 |             1395633 |
|      12 | Odisha    | Jagatsinghapur   |               155758 |              427697 |
|      13 | Odisha    | Jajapur          |               236023 |              726593 |
|      14 | Odisha    | Jharsuguda       |               105824 |              247933 |
|      15 | Odisha    | Kalahandi        |               179142 |              488242 |
|      16 | Odisha    | Kandhamal        |               113187 |              295295 |
|      17 | Odisha    | Kendrapara       |               151709 |              515008 |
|      18 | Odisha    | Kendujhar        |               261771 |              692102 |
|      19 | Odisha    | Khordha          |               374241 |             1075620 |
|      20 | Odisha    | Koraput          |               192091 |              420885 |
|      21 | Odisha    | Malkangiri       |               103581 |              193080 |
|      22 | Odisha    | Mayurbhanj       |               427859 |             1025824 |
|      23 | Odisha    | Nabarangpur      |               148986 |              322329 |
|      24 | Odisha    | Nayagarh         |               139537 |              355179 |
|      25 | Odisha    | Nuapada          |               117413 |              270710 |
|      26 | Odisha    | Puri             |               228205 |              675141 |
|      27 | Odisha    | Rayagada         |               149930 |              319696 |
|      28 | Odisha    | Sambalpur        |               206129 |              520491 |
|      29 | Odisha    | Sonepur          |                96617 |              285371 |
|      30 | Odisha    | Sundargarh       |               406261 |              926935 |
|      31 | Karnataka | Bagalkote        |               291891 |              616355 |
|      32 | Karnataka | Bengaluru Urban  |              1271138 |             2863983 |
|      33 | Karnataka | Bengaluru Rural  |               189545 |              436587 |
|      34 | Karnataka | Belagavi         |               684638 |             1388154 |
|      35 | Karnataka | Ballari          |               223908 |              397795 |
|      36 | Karnataka | Bidar            |               186772 |              449560 |
|      37 | Karnataka | Vijayapura       |               284474 |              656383 |
|      38 | Karnataka | Chamarajanagara  |               144523 |              333766 |
|      39 | Karnataka | Chikkamagaluru   |               195593 |              420438 |
|      40 | Karnataka | Chitradurga      |               207224 |              434319 |
|      41 | Karnataka | Dakshina Kannada |               313294 |              881895 |
|      42 | Karnataka | Davangere        |               255717 |              498300 |

|   43 | Karnataka   | Dharwad         |   287763 |   632225 |
|------|-------------|-----------------|----------|----------|
|   44 | Karnataka   | Gadag           |   182219 |   392677 |
|   45 | Karnataka   | Kalaburagi      |   252558 |   589178 |
|   46 | Karnataka   | Hassan          |   273177 |   571140 |
|   47 | Karnataka   | Haveri          |   255648 |   555504 |
|   48 | Karnataka   | Kodagu          |   103499 |   248838 |
|   49 | Karnataka   | Kolar           |   177731 |   407309 |
|   50 | Karnataka   | Koppal          |   167352 |   323669 |
|   51 | Karnataka   | Mandya          |   283122 |   537624 |
|   52 | Karnataka   | Mysuru          |   416718 |   902131 |
|   53 | Karnataka   | Raichur         |   267266 |   508641 |
|   54 | Karnataka   | Shivamogga      |   269199 |   573706 |
|   55 | Karnataka   | Tumakuru        |   341922 |   706339 |
|   56 | Karnataka   | Udupi           |   214157 |   527008 |
|   57 | Karnataka   | Uttara Kannada  |   260177 |   608617 |
|   58 | Karnataka   | Chikkaballapura |   137080 |   332138 |
|   59 | Karnataka   | Ramanagara      |   143072 |   344707 |
|   60 | Karnataka   | Yadgir          |   138219 |   285401 |
|   61 | Karnataka   | Vijayanagar     |   133117 |   271132 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 209 For 18.12.2023 Regarding Improvement In Life And Welfare Of Farm Labourers raised by Shri Achyutananda Samanta and Shri D. K. Suresh.

|   Sl. No. | State     | District         |   Registration under PM-SYM |
|-----------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | ODISHA    | Baleshwar        |                       19099 |
|         2 | ODISHA    | Ganjam           |                       11782 |
|         3 | ODISHA    | Cuttack          |                       11428 |
|         4 | ODISHA    | Kendujhar        |                        9693 |
|         5 | ODISHA    | Jajapur          |                        9644 |
|         6 | ODISHA    | Anugul           |                        8646 |
|         7 | ODISHA    | Sundargarh       |                        8121 |
|         8 | ODISHA    | Mayurbhanj       |                        7926 |
|         9 | ODISHA    | Koraput          |                        7608 |
|        10 | ODISHA    | Puri             |                        7448 |
|        11 | ODISHA    | Bhadrak          |                        7032 |
|        12 | ODISHA    | Kendrapara       |                        6250 |
|        13 | ODISHA    | Balangir         |                        6058 |
|        14 | ODISHA    | Khordha          |                        6042 |
|        15 | ODISHA    | Dhenkanal        |                        5896 |
|        16 | ODISHA    | Jagatsinghapur   |                        5858 |
|        17 | ODISHA    | Bargarh          |                        5358 |
|        18 | ODISHA    | Nayagarh         |                        5097 |
|        19 | ODISHA    | Nabarangpur      |                        4908 |
|        20 | ODISHA    | Kalahandi        |                        4899 |
|        21 | ODISHA    | Sambalpur        |                        4143 |
|        22 | ODISHA    | Sonepur          |                        3634 |
|        23 | ODISHA    | Gajapati         |                        3043 |
|        24 | ODISHA    | Kandhamal        |                        2606 |
|        25 | ODISHA    | Nuapada          |                        2553 |
|        26 | ODISHA    | Deogarh          |                        2409 |
|        27 | ODISHA    | Boudh            |                        2366 |
|        28 | ODISHA    | Jharsuguda       |                        2287 |
|        29 | ODISHA    | Malkangiri       |                        1977 |
|        30 | ODISHA    | Rayagada         |                        1802 |
|        31 | KARNATAKA | Belagavi         |                       13057 |
|        32 | KARNATAKA | Dakshina Kannada |                       12108 |
|        33 | KARNATAKA | Bengaluru Urban  |                        6804 |
|        34 | KARNATAKA | Uttara Kannada   |                        6465 |
|        35 | KARNATAKA | Udupi            |                        6406 |
|        36 | KARNATAKA | Mysuru           |                        6085 |
|        37 | KARNATAKA | Shivamogga       |                        5600 |
|        38 | KARNATAKA | Tumakuru         |                        5170 |
|        39 | KARNATAKA | Chitradurga      |                        4318 |
|        40 | KARNATAKA | Vijayapura       |                        4212 |
|        41 | KARNATAKA | Ballari          |                        4198 |

|   42 | KARNATAKA   | Mandya          |   4192 |
|------|-------------|-----------------|--------|
|   43 | KARNATAKA   | Hassan          |   4176 |
|   44 | KARNATAKA   | Kalaburagi      |   4167 |
|   45 | KARNATAKA   | Davangere       |   4035 |
|   46 | KARNATAKA   | Bagalkote       |   3855 |
|   47 | KARNATAKA   | Raichur         |   3721 |
|   48 | KARNATAKA   | Ramanagara      |   3602 |
|   49 | KARNATAKA   | Bidar           |   3599 |
|   50 | KARNATAKA   | Haveri          |   3393 |
|   51 | KARNATAKA   | Gadag           |   3323 |
|   52 | KARNATAKA   | Dharwad         |   3171 |
|   53 | KARNATAKA   | Koppal          |   3011 |
|   54 | KARNATAKA   | Chikkaballapura |   3006 |
|   55 | KARNATAKA   | Yadgir          |   2953 |
|   56 | KARNATAKA   | Bengaluru Rural |   2845 |
|   57 | KARNATAKA   | Kolar           |   2689 |
|   58 | KARNATAKA   | Chamarajanagara |   2096 |
|   59 | KARNATAKA   | Chikkamagaluru  |   1832 |
|   60 | KARNATAKA   | Kodagu          |   1189 |

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