Lok Sabha Question No. 427 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Safety and Welfare of Workers in the Unorganized Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 427

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2026

## SAFETY AND WELFARE OF WORKERS IN THE UNORGANIZED

## SECTOR

427.  DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

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

- (a)the details of the number of industrial accidents and fire incidents reported in the Chakan and Ranjangaon industrial belt of the Shirur Lok Sabha constituency during the last five years and the current year;
- (b)the details of the safety audits conducted in the said industrial areas and the measures being taken by the Government to ensure the safety and well-being of the industrial workers;
- (c)the  details  of  the  policy  of  Government  on  providing  timely compensation  and  rehabilitation to the victims of the said accidents; and
- (d)the details of the steps being taken by the Government to enforce labour laws and to ensure fair wages and working conditions for the workers in the unorganized sector?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): The Factories Act, 1948 provided the occupational safety, health  and  welfare  of  the  workers  employed  in  the  factories registered under the Act.  There were elaborate provisions to ensure the occupational health, safety, working conditions and welfare of workers  under  the  Act  and  the  rules  framed  thereunder.    The Factories Act, 1948 and the rules framed thereunder were enforced by States / Union Territories.

Further, the Factories Act, 1948 has been subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (OSH&WC), 2020.  The OSH & WC Code 2020 has come into force with effect  from  21.11.2025.  The  OSH&WC  Code,  2020  provides  for  the occupational safety, health and working conditions of an 'employee' employed in an 'establishment' as defined under the OSH&WC Code, 2020.

The  OSH&WC  Code,  envisages  'Third  Party  Audit  and Certification' and provides for a "scheme" to empanel experts by the appropriate Government. Such experts shall be assigned Third Party Audit and certification in a randomized manner through a web-based scheme  to  carry  out  safety  audit  and  certification  along  with submitting the report to the concerned employer and Inspector-cum Facilitator.  The  details  of  fatal  and  non-fatal  injuries  occurred  in Maharashtra including Chakan and Ranjangaon industrial belt of the

Shirur constituency during calendar year 2020-2024 is annexed.

The Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 provides, interalia, for payment of compensation to employees and their dependents in  case  of  injury  and  accident  arising  out  of  and  in  the  course  of employment  and  resulting  in  disablement  or  death.  The  Act  is implemented by the State / UTs. Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 has been subsumed in Code on Social Security, 2020 which has come into  force  with  effect  from  21.11.2025.  The  Social  Security  Code, 2020 now regulates the provision of compensation to employees and their dependents in cases of injury or accident arising out of and in the course of employment.

The provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 have been rationalized and subsumed under the Code on Wages, 2019, which has come into force from 21.11.2025, with an aim to universalize the applicability  of  Minimum  Wages  across  employments  and  ensure timely payment of wages to all employees.  The Code on Wages 2019, Appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum rate of wages for the establishments coming under their respective purview. Further, the Code on Wages, 2019, mandates the Central Government to fix a empowers Central and State Governments as Floor Wage, below which no state can fix its minimum wages.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 427 for 02.02.2026.

## Details of fatal and non-fatal injuries occurred during the last five years in Maharashtra including Chakan and Ranjangaon Industrial belt.

|   Year |   Fatal Injuries |   Non-Fatal Injuries |   Fatal injuries caused by Fire |   Non-Fatal injuries caused by Fire |
|--------|------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|    154 |              778 |                    6 |                              26 |                                2020 |
|    180 |              793 |                   39 |                              33 |                                2021 |
|    178 |              819 |                   18 |                              45 |                                2022 |
|    190 |              818 |                    2 |                              18 |                                2023 |
|    157 |              881 |                    6 |                              40 |                                2024 |

Data Source : Data collected by DGFASLI through correspondence with Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF) / Director of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH) of States/UTs.

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