Lok Sabha Question No. 140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Employed Persons
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, C.S. PUTTARAJU, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 140 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2015

## EMPLOYED PERSONS

## 140.  SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

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

- (a) whether employment has increased and if so, the total number of employed persons  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, year-wise;
- (b) the  category-wise  number  of  persons  employed  in  Government  service, public sector enterprises and the private sector;
- (c) the  number  of  persons  employed  on  regular  and  temporary/contract  basis out of the above employed, separately;
- (d) whether minimum wages have been fixed and implemented for all the said categories; and
- (e) the  percentage  of  persons  receiving  minimum  wages  and  the  percentage deprived of the same along with the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a)  to  (c):  Reliable  estimates  of  employment  and  unemployment  trends  are obtained  through  labour  force  surveys  conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey (NSS) Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. According to the  last  3  surveys,  the  workforce  grew  from  45.91  crore  in  2004-05  to  46.55 crore  persons  in  2009-10  and  to  47.41  crore  persons  in  2011-12.  Sector-wise employment is given below:

## (In crore persons)

| Workforce by Major Sector   |   2004-05 |   2009-10 |   2011-12 |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Agriculture & Allied        |     26.83 |     24.74 |     23.18 |
| Industry                    |      8.35 |     10    |     11.5  |
| Services                    |     10.73 |     11.81 |     12.73 |
| Total Workforce             |     45.91 |     46.55 |     47.41 |

As per the Annual Employment Review, 2011 brought out by Ministry of Labour & Employment, the number of persons employed in Government Service, Public Sector Enterprises and the Private Sector is as follows:

|         |                       |   Employment (in lakh) as on 31st March, 2011 |
|---------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Public  | Central Govt.         |                                         24.63 |
|         | State Govt.           |                                         72.18 |
|         | Quasi-Govt. (Central) |                                         34.54 |
|         | Quasi-Govt. (State)   |                                         23.6  |
|         | Local Bodies          |                                         20.53 |
| Private | Private               |                                        114.52 |
| Total   | Total                 |                                        289.99 |

Information on persons employed on regular/ contract basis is not maintained centrally.

(d) & (e): Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 both the State and  Central  Government  are  the  appropriate  government  to  fix  the  minimum wages under their respective jurisdiction. The Minimum Wages fixed by Central Government are applicable to the scheduled employments in the establishments under the authority of Central Government, railway administrations, mines, oil-fields, major port or any corporation established by a Central Act and rest of the firms come under State Government. A copy of the revised  minimum  wages  w.e.f.  1.10.2015  by  the  Central  Government  for  the scheduled employment under its jurisdiction is at Annex-I.

Further,  it  is  also  stated  that  the  data  regarding  percentage  of  persons receiving  minimum  wages  and  the  percentage  deprived  of  the  same  is  not maintained centrally.

Moreover, the enforcement of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is secured at two levels.  While  in  the  Central  Sphere,  the  enforcement  is  secured  through  the officers of the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM), the compliance in the  State  Sphere  is  ensured  through  the  State  enforcement  machinery.  The officers of these machineries are appointed as Inspectors under the provisions of the Act. They conduct regular inspections and in the event of detection of any  case  of  non-payment  of  minimum  wages,  they  advise  the  employers  to make payment of the shortfall of wages. In case of non-compliance of advices of  inspectors, there are the provisions of prosecutions in the Act against the defaulting employers.

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## Annex referred to in reply to part (d)& (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 140 for answer on 30.11.2015

## Area wise Rates of Minimum Wages for Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere As on 01.10.2015

| Name of Schedulded Employment                                           | Category of Worker                                                                                                                                                     | Rates of wages including V.D.A                                                                                                                                         | Rates of wages including V.D.A                                                                                                                                         | (in Rs.)                                                                                                                                                               |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of Schedulded Employment                                           |                                                                                                                                                                        | Area A                                                                                                                                                                 | Area B                                                                                                                                                                 | Area C                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 226.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 206.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 204.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 247.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 228.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 209.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 269.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 247.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 227.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 298.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 276.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 247.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:                                                                                             | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:                                                                                             | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:                                                                                             | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:                                                                                             |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (a) Soft Soil                                                                                                                                                          | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                                                                                                                | 357.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 357.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 357.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Rock                                                                                                                                                               | 473.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 473.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 473.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | 2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift                                                                                          | 190.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 190.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 190.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                                                                                                                    | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                                                                                                                    | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                                                                                                                    | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                                                                                                                    |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches                                                                                                                                             | 1465.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1465.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1465.00                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches                                                                                                                                     | 1253.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1253.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1253.00                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches                                                                                                                                       | 733.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 733.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 733.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                                                                                                                   | 602.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 602.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 602.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3. Sweeping and Cleaning                                                | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 353.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 294.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | Without Arms                                                                                                                                                           | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 333.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 276.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | With Arms                                                                                                                                                              | 430.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 333.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 5. Loading and Unloading                                                | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 353.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 294.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 353.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 294.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 333.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 276.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 430.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 333.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 467.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 430.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                        | Above Ground                                                                                                                                                           | Below Ground                                                                                                                                                           | Below Ground                                                                                                                                                           |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 294.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 294.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 294.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 353.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 353.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 353.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 411.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 411.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 411.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 467.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 467.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Name of Schedulded Employment                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone          | 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone                                                                                                         | engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing                                                                                                           | engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing                                                                                                           | engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing                                                                                                           |
| Crushing 3. Sweeping and Cleaning                                       | Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 | Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 | Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 | Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 |

| 4. Watch and Ward        | Employment of Watch and Ward                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5. Loading and Unloading | Employment in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii) Other Goodssheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 6. Construction          | Construction or maintenance of Roads or Runways or in Building Operations including laying down Underground Electric, Wireless, Radio, Television, Telephone, Telegraph and Overseas Communication Cables and similar other Underground Cabling Work, Electric Lines, Water Supply Lines and Sewerage Pipe Lines                                                                                                                                                  |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines        | Employees engaged in the employment of Gypsum, Barytes, Bauxite, Manganese, China Clay, Kyanite, Copper,Clay, Magnesite, White Clay, Stone, Steatite (including the mines producing Soap Stones and Talc), Orchre, Asbestos, Fire Clay, Chromite, Quartzite, Quartz, Silica, Graphite, Felspar, Laterite, Dolomite, Red Oxide, Wolfram, Iron Ore, Granite, Rock Phosphate, Hematite, Marble and Calcite, Uranium, Mica, Lignite, Grave, Slate and Magnetite Mines |

## CLASSIFICATION  OF  AREA

| AREA - 'A'     | AREA - 'A'   | AREA - 'A'        | AREA - 'A'   | AREA - 'A'        | AREA - 'A'   |
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
| Ahmedabad      | (UA)         | Hyderabad         | (UA)         | Faridabad complex |              |
| Bangaluru      | (UA)         | Kanpur            | (UA)         | Ghaziabad         |              |
| Kolkata        | (UA)         | Lucknow           | (UA)         | Gurgaon           |              |
| Delhi          | (UA)         | Chennai           | (UA)         | Noida             |              |
| Greater Mumbai | (UA)         | Nagpur            | (UA)         | Secunderabad      |              |
| Navi Mumbai    |              |                   |              |                   |              |
| AREA - 'B'     | AREA - 'B'   | AREA - 'B'        | AREA - 'B'   | AREA - 'B'        | AREA - 'B'   |
| Agra           | (UA)         | Jodhpur           |              | Jabalpur          | (UA)         |
| Ajmer          |              | Kochi             | (UA)         | Jaipur            | (UA)         |
| Aligarh        |              | Kolhapur          | (UA)         | Jalandhar         | (UA)         |
| Allahabad      | (UA)         | Kozhikode         | (UA)         | Jamshedpur        | (UA)         |
| Amravati       |              | Kota              |              | Puducherry        | (UA)         |
| Aurangabad     | (UA)         | Ludhiana          |              | Jalandhar-cantt.  |              |
| Bareilly       | (UA)         | Madurai           | (UA)         | Dhanbad           | (UA)         |
| Bhavnagar      |              | Meerut            | (UA)         | Dehradun          | (UA)         |
| Bikaner        |              | Moradabad         | (UA)         | Durg-Bhilai Nagar | (UA)         |
| Bhopal         |              | Mysore            | (UA)         | Jammu             | (UA)         |
| Bhubaneshwar   |              | Nasik             | (UA)         | Jamnagar          | (UA)         |
| Amritsar       | (UA)         | Pune              | (UA)         | Vijayawada        | (UA)         |
| Chandigarh     | (UA)         | Patna             | (UA)         | Vishakhapatnam    | (UA)         |
| Coimbatore     | (UA)         | Raipur            | (UA)         | Warangal          |              |
| Cuttack        | (UA)         | Rajkot            |              | Mangalore         | (UA)         |
| Durgapur       |              | Ranchi            | (UA)         | Salem             | (UA)         |
| Gorakhpur      |              | Sholapur          |              | Tiruppur          | (UA)         |
| Guwahati City  |              | Srinagar          | (UA)         | Tiruchirappalli   | (UA)         |
| Guntur         |              | Surat             | (UA)         | Asansol           | (UA)         |
| Gwalior        | (UA)         | Thiruvanantapuram | (UA)         | Belgaum           | (UA)         |
| Indore         | (UA)         | Vadodara          | (UA)         | Bhiwandi          | (UA)         |
| Hubli-Dharwad  |              | Varanasi          | (UA)         |                   |              |

Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list.

NB : U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.