Lok Sabha Question No. 947 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Non-payment of Mininum Wages in Public and Private Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ram Shiromani Verma

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 947 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

NON-PAYMENT OF MININUM WAGES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR

†947. SHRI RAM SHIROMANI VERMA:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding  nonpayment  of  Minimum  Wages  on  time  to  the  labourers  in  several companies of Public and Private sector during the last three years and the current year;
- (b)if so, the details thereof, State-wise and year-wise; and
- (c)the  details  of  action  taken  by  the  Government  against  the  said
- companies?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a) & (b): The  details  regarding  number  of  claim  cases  filed  and decided  in  the  Central  sphere  under  the  Minimum  Wages  Act,  1948 during the last three years and the current year are annexed.
- (c): Both the Central and the State Governments are appropriate Governments to enforce the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, including  the  provisions  relating  to  non-payment  of  wages/minimum wages,  in  their  respective  jurisdictions.  In  the  Central  sphere  the enforcement is done through the Inspecting Officers of the Chief Labour Commissioner  (Central)  commonly  designated  as  Central  Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) and the compliance in the State Sphere is ensured  through  the  State  Enforcement  Machinery.  The  designated inspecting  officers  conduct  regular  inspections  and  in  the  event  of detection of any case of non-payment or underpayment of wages/minimum wages, they direct the employers to make payment of the  shortfall  of  wages.  In  case  of  non-compliance,  penal  provisions prescribed under sections 17A and 20 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and section 22 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, are taken recourse to.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha un-starred question no. 947 for 29.07.2024 regarding Non-payment of Minimum Wages in Public and Private Sector.

## Claim cases under Minimum Wages Act, 1948

| YEAR                     | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUMWAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUMWAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUMWAGES ACT, 1948   | CLAIMS FILED UNDER MINIMUMWAGES ACT, 1948   |
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|                          | FILED                                       | DECIDED                                     | AWARDED (Rs.)                               | NO. OF WORKERS BENEFITTED                   |
| (1)                      | (2)                                         | (3)                                         | (4)                                         | (5)                                         |
| 2021-22                  | 5297                                        | 2102                                        | 17,77,22,490/-                              | 7487                                        |
| 2022-23                  | 3044                                        | 2981                                        | 32,80,07,597/-                              | 14757                                       |
| 2023-24                  | 3852                                        | 2159                                        | 1,09,38,73,447/-                            | 11005                                       |
| 2024-25 (upto May, 2024) | 1912                                        | 244                                         | 4,51,51,221/-                               | 2066                                        |

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