Lok Sabha Question No. 1715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Welfare of Workers and Employment Generation in Odisha
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ananta Nayak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1715 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2025

## WELFARE OF WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN ODISHA

†1715. SHRI ANANTA NAYAK:

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

- (a)the details of the schemes implemented by the Government for the welfare of workers and employment generation in Odisha so far, and the number of workers benefited from such schemes;
- (b)the steps taken by the Government to strengthen health, safety and social security for workers in mining areas of Odisha, particularly in Keonjhar, Sundargarh and Angul districts;
- (c)whether  the  Government  is  implementing  any  special  policy  or scheme for the safety and welfare of migrant labourers in Odisha; (d)if so, the salient points thereof; and
- (e)the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government to  increase  employment opportunities in Odisha by promoting MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)  and  the  number  of  persons  likely  to  get  employment directly or indirectly?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of Government and Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes for all  including  in  Odhisha.  The  details  of  programmes  may  be  seen  at https://dge.gov.in/schemes\_programmes.

The  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  Government  of India,  is  implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NSC)  project  to provide  a  variety  of  employment  related  services  like  job  search  & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses etc. through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in]. NSC  is  envisaged  as  a  one-stop  solution  for  career  related  services including jobs from private and government sector, information on online and offline job fairs, skill/ training programmes etc.

Through the amendment in Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) (MMDR) Act, in 2015, Government has made provision for establishment of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in all the districts affected by mining. So far, DMFs have been set up in 645 districts in 23

States in the country including Odisha which have framed DMF rules.

The Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) provides implementation framework for schemes to be undertaken for welfare and development of mining affected areas and people through the  funds  collected  under  DMFs.  PMKKKY  guidelines  2024  stipulates utilization at least 70% of funds in high priority sectors (drinking water supply; environment preservation and pollution control measures; health care; education; welfare of women and children; welfare of aged and disabled people; skill development and livelihood generation; sanitation; housing;  agriculture  and  animal  husbandry)  and  up  to  30  %  for  other and enhancing environmental quality in mining district). No of projects sanctioned in districts  Keonjhar,  Sundargarh  and  Angul  are  3216,  6406  and  5362

priority sectors (physical infrastructure; irrigation; energy watershed development; and any other measures for respectively.

Central Government also runs various schemes to strengthen health, safety, social security and welfare of workers in the country,  including  the  State  of  Odisha.  These  schemes  include  (i) Ayushman  Bharat-  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (PMJAY),  (ii) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti BimaYojana (PMJJBY), (iii) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha  Bima  Yojana  (PMSBY),  (iv)  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi Maandhan  (PM-SYM),  (v)  Labour  Welfare  Scheme  and  health  care facilities for beedi/cine & Non-coal mine workers, (vi) Employees State Insurance Scheme, (vii) Public Distribution System through One Nation One Ration Card Scheme under National Food Security Act, (viii) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal Yojana, (ix) Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana, (x) Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan, (xi) Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana, (xii) Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana, (xiii) PMSVANidhi, (xiv) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana among others.

In order to safeguard the interest of the Migrant workers, the Parliament has enacted the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment  and  Conditions  of  Services)  Act,  1979  which,  inter  alia, provides for registration of certain establishments employing Inter State Migrant Workers, licensing of contractors, etc. Workers employed with such establishments are to be provided payment of minimum wages, residential accommodation, medical facilities and protective clothing etc.  which have  been  subsumed  in  the  Operational  Safety  Health  &  Working journey allowance, displacement allowance, Condition Code, 2020.

Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSME), is oyment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP) for assisting entrepreneurs in setting up of new enterprises in through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), implementing  Prime  Minister's  Empl the non-farm sector.

Since inception, i.e., FY2008-09 to FY2024-25 (up to 04.03.2025), more than 9.99 lakh micro enterprises have been assisted with  Margin  Money  (MM)  subsidy  of  Rs.  26,569.83  Crore  providing employment to an estimated 81.50 lakh persons. Approximately, 80% of the total units were setup in rural areas and 20% of the units were setup in urban areas.In Odisha, 46,162 micro enterprises have been assisted with  Margin  Money  (MM)  subsidy  of  Rs.  1,088.95  crores  providing employment to an estimated 3,57,049 persons.

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