Lok Sabha Question No. 2543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Wages, Health and Safety Measures for Workers in Rajasthan
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Murari Lal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2543 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## WAGES, HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES FOR WORKERS IN RAJASTHAN

†2543. SHRI MURARI LAL MEENA:

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

- (a)whether the Government proposes to strengthen health and safety measures  for  workers  in  the  country,  especially  those  from extreme temperatures and other extreme weather events, if so, the details
- Rajasthan, so that they can be protected from therefor;
- (b)whether  the  climate  adaptation  policies  has  been  implemented effectively in Rajasthan so that the working conditions of workers can be improved and their livelihood is secured, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereto;
- (c)whether the Government has started awareness programmes at the local level so that workers can understand and adopt ways to protect themselves from the effects of climate change if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether  special  schemes  has  been  devised  for  employment generation in the areas affected by extreme heat/climate change, especially  in  Rajasthan,  so  that  workers  can  have  alternative means of livelihood, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)whether the Government proposes to give higher remuneration to the  workers  of  Rajasthan  in  the  centrally  run  schemes  of  the Government, so that they can make a good living if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (e): The Government of India has enacted the Factories Act, 1948, which provides for safety, health and welfare of workers working in the factories registered under the Act. There are elaborate provisions pertaining to ventilation and temperature, Artificial humidification at their work workrooms.

The government has issued advisories to States and Union Territories,  including  Rajasthan,  requesting  them  to  ensure  that employers and industries in their jurisdiction take effective steps to mitigate  the  adverse  effects  of  extreme  hot  weather  on  workers. These steps include rescheduling working hours, ensuring adequate drinking  water  facilities,  conducting  regular  health  checkups  for workers,  and  providing  emergency  ice  packs  and  heat  illness prevention materials to construction workers etc.

The  subordinate/attach  offices  under  the  Ministry  of training  programs/awareness sessions  focused  on  ways  to  deal  with  the  heatwave  for  outdoor workers  and  laborers  who  are  most  exposed  to  extreme  heat

Labour and Employment  organize conditions on regular basis.

Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes in the country including the State of Rajasthan which include Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Stand-UP India Scheme, Startup India, etc.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee of households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every  household  whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled

Scheme  (MGNREGS)  aims  at  enhancing  livelihood security manual work as well as proactively ensuring social inclusion.

Further, Ministry of Labour and Employment is running the National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Portal  for  providing  career  related services like job matching, career counseling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, internships etc.

Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the appropriate government,  fix,  review  and  revise  the  minimum  wages  of  the employees  employed  in  the  scheduled  employments  under  their

Central Government and State Government, as respective jurisdictions.

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