Lok Sabha Question No. 3664 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Organised and Unorganised Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K., SHARAD TRIPATHI, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, PASHUPATI NATH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3664

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH AUGUST, 2016

## ORGANISED AND UNORGANISED WORKERS

## 3664. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH:

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

- (a) the  number  and  proportion  of  labourers  engaged  in  the  organised  and unorganised sectors in the country, State/ UT-wise and sector-wise;
- (b) whether there has been a change in the proportion of workers in the said sectors over the past decade and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the various welfare schemes, social security covers including provision  of  minimum  wages,  health  benefits,  currently  in  place  for  the protection and redressal of employer related grievances for workers of the unorganised sector;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to further strengthen the Unorganised workers' Social Security Act and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the mechanism including legal provisions/norms in place to safeguard the interest/rights of unorganised workers in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  Estimates  of  employment  and  unemployment  are  obtained  through labour  force  surveys  conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. As per the NSSO survey results,  the  estimated  number  of  workers  was  45.91  crore  in  2004-05,  46.55 crore  in  2009-10  and  47.41  crore  in  2011-12.  The  sector  wise  distribution  of these workers is given below:

(in crore)

| Workforce by Major sectors   |   2004-05 |   2009-10 |   2011-12 |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Primary                      |     26.83 |     24.74 |     23.18 |
| Secondary                    |      8.35 |     10    |     11.5  |
| Tertiary                     |     10.73 |     11.81 |     12.73 |
| Total                        |     45.91 |     46.55 |     47.41 |

The State/UT-wise usual status, Workforce Participation Rates (%) in the rural and urban areas in the country during 2011-12 is placed at Annex.

(c)  to  (e):  Government  has  enacted  legislations  for  construction  workers  like The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions  of  Service)  Act,  1996  and  The  Building  and  Other  Construction Workers'  Welfare  Cess  Act,  1996.  Further,  to  provide  social  security to unorganised  workers  the  Government  has  also  enacted  the  'Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008'.

Workers  get  benefits  under  various  legislations  like  Employees  State Insurance Act, 1948, Employees Compensation Act, 1923, Payment of Gratuity Act,  1972,  Payment  of  Bonus  Act,  1965  and  Building  and  Other  Construction Workers  Act,  1996.  The  coverage  of  establishments  under  The  Employees' Provident  Fund  &  Miscellaneous  Provisions  (EPF&MP)  Act  1952  has  been enlarged to include construction workers.

The  Ministry  has  initiated  many  labour  welfare  measures  like  minimum pension of  Rs.  1000/-  per  month  to  the  pensioners  under  Employees'  Pension Scheme  (EPS),  1995,  portability  of  provident  fund  account,  National  Career Service Portal, Employees  State Insurance Corporation 2.0, Revision in eligibility  and  calculation  ceiling  under  the  Payment  of  Bonus  Act,  1965  etc. The various labour legislations have mechanism for safeguarding the interest of workers.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3664 for answer on 08-08-2016.

State/UT-wise  usual  status  (adjusted),  Workforce  Participation  Rates  (%)  in  the  rural  and urban areas in the country during 2011-12.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT             | Workforce Participation Rates (%)   | Workforce Participation Rates (%)   |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT             | Rural                               | Urban                               |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 52.2                                | 36.4                                |
| 2         | Arunchal Pradesh     | 38.3                                | 30.3                                |
| 3         | Assam                | 34.3                                | 32.9                                |
| 4         | Bihar                | 27.5                                | 25.3                                |
| 5         | Chhatisgarh          | 48.6                                | 37.6                                |
| 6         | Delhi                | 34.2                                | 33.7                                |
| 7         | Goa                  | 37.8                                | 33.7                                |
| 8         | Gujarat              | 44.7                                | 38.4                                |
| 9         | Haryana              | 35.6                                | 31.8                                |
| 10        | Himchal Pradesh      | 53.3                                | 41.6                                |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 40.5                                | 33.7                                |
| 12        | Jharkhand            | 37.0                                | 28.4                                |
| 13        | Karnataka            | 45.0                                | 37.6                                |
| 14        | Kerala               | 38.2                                | 36.3                                |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 40.5                                | 32.5                                |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 48.6                                | 36.5                                |
| 17        | Manipur              | 38.9                                | 32.2                                |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | 45.9                                | 34.0                                |
| 19        | Mizoram              | 49.6                                | 36.7                                |
| 20        | Nagaland             | 41.0                                | 28.7                                |
| 21        | Odisha               | 41.7                                | 38.1                                |
| 22        | Punjab               | 40.6                                | 36.8                                |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 42.4                                | 32.6                                |
| 24        | Sikkim               | 53.4                                | 45.2                                |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           | 48.5                                | 39.2                                |
| 26        | Tripura              | 40.2                                | 31.9                                |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          | 38.1                                | 30.5                                |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        | 33.8                                | 31.7                                |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 39.0                                | 40.0                                |
| 30        | A & N Island         | 43.2                                | 39.9                                |
| 31        | Chandigarh           | 34.9                                | 35.4                                |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 32.5                                | 36.7                                |
| 33        | Daman & Diu          | 42.5                                | 35.5                                |
| 34        | Lakshadweep          | 32.2                                | 34.7                                |
| 35        | Puducherry           | 36.3                                | 35.0                                |
|           | All India            | 39.9                                | 35.5                                |

Source: - NSS Report, 2011-12