Lok Sabha Question No. 2722 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Status of Third Party Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Rajesh Ranjan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2722

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## STATUS OF THIRD PARTY WORKERS

†2722. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

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

- (a)whether the condition of third party labourers is very pathetic as several companies pay them half of their basic pay admissible to them;
- (b)if so, whether the Government has received such complaints;
- (c)if so, the details thereof and actions taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the said labourers are not getting social security benefits such as health, insurance and permanent employment, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)whether the present number of 7.7 million of labourers is likely to be  increased  to  23.5  million  by  the  year  2029-30  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The Government implements various welfare schemes for workers, including for third party labour, such as  Ayushman BharatPradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (AB-PMJAY)  for  healthcare, Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima  Yojana  (PMJJBY)  and  Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)  for life and accident insurance, and Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PMSYM) for pension benefits. Additionally, workers benefit from the One-NationOne-Ration-Card  Scheme  for  food  security,  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas Yojana (PMAY) for housing, and skill development initiatives such as Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. The Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is an employment Scheme.

Ministry of Labour & Employment launched eShram portal on  26th  August,  2021  for  creation  of  a  comprehensive  National Database  of  Unorganised  Workers  (NDUW),  seeded  with  Aadhaar. Registration on eShram  is undertaken on self-declaration basis. As on 10.03.2025, over 30.70 Crore unorganized workers are registered on eShram portal.

As  per  Budget  Announcement,  the  eShram -'One -StopSolution' was launched on 21st October 2024. that entails integration/mapping of different Social Security/ Welfare schemes at single portal i.e., eShram.  This enables unorganised  workers, including migrant workers registered on eShram, to access 13 social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through eShram;-  including  PMSBY,  PMJJBY,  Ayushman  Bharat  -  Pradhan Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (AB-  PMJAY),  Prime  Minister  Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM-SVANidhi), PMAY (Urban & Rural), NSAP -National  Family  Benefit  Scheme  (NFBS),  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Programme  (MGNREGA), Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana  (PMMSY)  and  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme (PM Kisan).

Labour  is  a  subject  under  the  Concurrent  List  of  the Constitution of India, where both the Central & State Governments are competent to enact legislation and enforce Labour Laws as per their respective jurisdictions.

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