Lok Sabha Question No. 146 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Welfare of Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Smt. Malvika Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *146 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2025

## WELFARE OF WORKERS

*146.   SMT MALVIKA DEVI :

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

- (a) the details of steps being taken by the Government to ensure that  the  people  get  employment  in  their  hometowns  so  that they don't have to go to far off places to work;
- (b) the manner in which the Government ensures that in case of a mishap, the body of workers is returned to the hometown as soon as possible and the family doesn't have to suffer; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to ensure  that  pensions  are  given  without  much  effort  and running  around  to  the  families  of  those  who  lost  their  sole earning members?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (c) :  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *146 DUE FOR REPLY ON 10.03.2025 BY SMT. MALVIKA DEVI, M.P. REGARDING 'WELFARE OF WORKERS'

(a) to (c): Employment generation coupled with improving employability of the  youth  is  a  priority  of  the  Government.  Accordingly,  Government  is implementing  various  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes. These interalia include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), 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), etc.  The  details  of  various  employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is running the National Career Service (NCS) Portal which is a one-stop solution for providing career related services including jobs from private and government  sectors,  information  on  online  &  offline  local  job  fairs,  job search & matching (on the basis of residence, educational qualification, etc), career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development  courses,  skill/training  programmes  etc.  through  a  digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in]. As on 28.02.2025, more than 4.7 crore vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

As per Section 16 (g) of Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of  Services) Act,  1979;  '  16.  It  shall  be  the duty  of  every  contractor  employing  inter-State  migrant  workmen  in connection with the work of an establishment to which this Act applies,(g) in case of fatal accident or serious bodily injury to any such workman, to report to the specified authorities of both the States and also the next of kin of the workman'.

Further,  in  the  Occupational  Safety  Health  &  Working  Condition Code,  2020,  provisions  for  inter-state  migrant  workers  include  suitable condition  of  work,  in  case  of  fatal  accident  or  serious  bodily  injury, employer/ contractor has to report to the specified authorities of both the States and also to the next of kin of the worker, journey allowance once in a year, a toll free helpline number.

Significant  improvement  has  been  made  by  Employees'  Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) in the  system  to  ensure  timely  settlement  of  all  pension  cases  including cases where  the retired members  shift to a different location. A Centralized  Pension  Payment  System  (CPPS)  has  also  been  approved  by EPFO, MoLE  which provides for crediting the pension directly to the bank account of the pensioner regardless of the jurisdiction under which he / she retires.

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