Lok Sabha Question No. 1823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Shram Kalyan Yojana
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Devesh Shakya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1823 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2025

## SHRAM KALYAN YOJANA

†1823. SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:

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

- (a)the details of workers engaged in the tobacco industry provided assitance under the Shram Kalyan Yojana in the last three years; (b)the number of workers benefited under the said scheme in the last three years, State-wise especially in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)the amount of financial assistance provided under the said scheme to the workers engaged in the tobacco industry in Etah, Kasganj
- and Farrukhabad districts of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d)the number of beneficiaries in each of these districts in the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): The Labour Welfare Scheme under Ministry of Labour and Employment  is  implemented  across  the  country  through  Labour Welfare  Organizations,  situated  in  18  Regions  across  the  country, including for welfare of the Beedi Workers and their family members.

This  Scheme  has  three  components,  namely,  Health,

Scholarship & Housing and the details are as under:-

- (i) Health care facilities through 10 Hospitals and 279 dispensaries. Reimbursement of expenditure for specialized treatments i.e. Cancer, Tuberculosis, Heart Diseases, Kidney Transplantation.
- (ii)  Financial  Assistance  for  education  of  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)  for  construction  of pucca  houses,  under  Revised  Integrated  Housing  Scheme  (RIHS) 2016. RIHS has been converged with Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

The total number of Beedi workers are 49.82 lakhs, out of which  4.12  lakhs  are  in  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  expenditure  incurred during  the  last  three  years  under  Labour  Welfare  Scheme  are  as under:

| Year    |   Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) |
|---------|------------------------------|
| 2021-22 |                        64.21 |
| 2022-23 |                        80.79 |
| 2023-24 |                        81.31 |

Central Government runs other various welfare schemes, including for the unorganized workers, such as (i) Ayushman BharatPradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY), (ii) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), (iii) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), (iv) Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan- Dhan (PMSYM), (v) Public Distribution System  through  One-NationOneRation-Card Scheme under National Food Security Act, (vi) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal Yojana, (vii) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, (viii) Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana, (ix) Deen Dayal Antyodaya  Yojana,  (x)  PMSVANidhi,  (xi)  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Vikas Yojana among others.

In addition, State Governments also run schemes for the welfare of the labourers.

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