Lok Sabha Question No. 2514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Labour Welfare Officer
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2514 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## LABOUR WELFARE OFFICER

†2514. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

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

- (a)whether  it  is  mandatory  for  the  establishment/companies  both  in public and private sector to appoint labour welfare officer;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the Government has fixed certain qualification or preference  is  given  to  persons  having  Masters  degree  in  social welfare for the post of labour welfare officer and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)the  number  of  such  private  and  public  sector  establishments/ companies at present which have not appointed the labour welfare officer  as  per  the  rules  laid  down  procedure  along  with  the  steps taken by the Government in this regard, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Under  section  49  of  the  Factory  Act,  1948  it  has  been provided that every factory wherein five hundred or more workers are ordinarily employed, the occupier shall employ welfare officers in the factory.  The  state  governments  under  the  enabling  provisions  of  the Act,  have  framed  their  respective  state  factories  rules  under  this section  for  prescribing  the  number  of  such  officers  required,  their duties,  qualifications  and  conditions  of  service.  The  Factories  Act, 1948 and the State Factories Rules framed thereunder are enforced by the respective State/UTs.

(c): As  per  the  Recruitment  Rules  of  Central  Labour  Service (Group  'A'),  the  educational  qualification  of  Direct  Recruitment  of Junior  Time  Scale  (JTS)[Assistant  Labour  Commissioner(Central)  or Assistant Welfare Commissioner(Central) or Assistant Labour Welfare Commissioner (Central) or Assistant Director(IR)] are as under:

## Essential:

- (i) Degree of a recognised University
- (ii) Diploma in Social Work or Labour Welfare or Industrial Relations or  Personnel  Management  or  Labour  Laws  from  a  recognised University or Institution.

## Desirable:

Degree in Law from a recognised university.

Note: Qualification(s) are relaxable at the discretion of Commission in   case of candidates otherwise well qualified.

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- (d): As  per  the  information  collected  through  correspondence with  the  CIFs  of  the  states/UTs,  the  number  of  factories  registered under  the  Act  requiring  welfare  officers  and  the  number  of  such officers in position for the year 2014 is  at Annexure-I.

Further, the Act contains provisions for imposing penalties for any contravention of the provisions of the Act or the rules framed thereunder  and  as  per  the  information  collected  from  the  Chief of Prosecutions & Convictions under Section 92 & 96A of the Factories Act, 1948, for the violations of the provisions contained under the Act

Inspector of Factories, the State-wise details in respect and the rules framed thereunder for the year 2014 is at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2514 FOR 09/05/2016 RAISED BY SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI REGARDING LABOUR WELFARE OFFICER.

## State-wise Welfare Officers for the year 2014 (P)

| Sl. No.   | State/ Union Territory             | Factories Requiring   | Officers Appointed   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 2                     | 1                    |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 118                   | 111                  |
| 3.        | Assam                              | 28                    | 30                   |
| 4.        | Bihar                              | 3                     | 3                    |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                         | ..                    | ..                   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                       | 111                   | 125                  |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 44                    | 74                   |
| 8.        | Delhi                              | 29                    | 29                   |
| 9.        | Goa                                | 14                    | 23                   |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            | 319                   | 349                  |
| 11.       | Haryana                            | 169                   | 160                  |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 82                    | 82                   |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | ..                    | ..                   |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                          | 67                    | 99                   |
| 15.       | Karnataka                          | 444                   | 492                  |
| 16.       | Kerala                             | 60                    | 56                   |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh                     | ..                    | ..                   |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                        | 627                   | 615                  |
| 19.       | Manipur                            | ..                    | ..                   |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                          | 1                     | 1                    |
| 21.       | Nagaland                           | 0                     | 0                    |
| 22.       | Odisha                             | 90                    | 120                  |
| 23.       | Puducherry                         | 10                    | 7                    |
| 24.       | Punjab                             | 82                    | 66                   |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                          | 173                   | 161                  |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                         | 372                   | 311                  |
| 27.       | Telangana                          | 0                     | 84                   |
| 28.       | Tripura                            | 1                     | 1                    |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 276                   | 250                  |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand                        | 81                    | 72                   |
| 31.       | West Bengal                        | 272                   | 215                  |
| Total     | Total                              | 3475                  | 3537                 |

Note: (i) There are no registered factories in Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Mizoram and Sikkim.

(ii) P   : Provisional

(iii) ..

:  Not Available

Source: Data collected by DGFASLI through correspondence with Chief Inspector of Factories of States/ UTs.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2514 FOR 09/05/2016 RAISED BY SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI REGARDING LABOUR WELFARE OFFICER.

## Prosecution and Convictions under Section 92 & Section 96A for the year 2014

| Sl. N0.   | State/ Union Territory              | Pending from Previous year   | Launched during the year   | Decided during the year   | Convictions   | Imprison -ment (Person)   | Total fine Imposed (Rs.)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands            | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                      | 2068                         | 546                        | 431                       | 303           | 0                         | 4276500                    |
| 3.        | Assam                               | 17                           | 10                         | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 4.        | Bihar                               | 114                          | 34                         | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                          | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                        | ..                         |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                        | 1234                         | 674                        | 272                       | 82            | 6                         | 17186000                   |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Hawelli | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 8.        | Delhi                               | 89                           | 88                         | 53                        | 53            | 0                         | 582000                     |
| 9.        | Goa                                 | 25                           | 15                         | 15                        | 10            | 0                         | 175900                     |
| 10.       | Gujarat                             | 28989                        | 2430                       | 633                       | 223           | 0                         | 4174450                    |
| 11.       | Haryana                             | 8795                         | 10242                      | 7498                      | 5905          | 0                         | 14923450                   |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                    | 247                          | 195                        | 73                        | 73            | 0                         | 511500                     |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                      | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                        | ..                         |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                           | 356                          | 34                         | 1                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 15.       | Karnataka                           | 598                          | 310                        | 112                       | 98            | 0                         | 2239000                    |
| 16.       | Kerala                              | 129                          | 57                         | 42                        | 37            | 0                         | 855000                     |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh                      | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                        | ..                         |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                         | 1238                         | 745                        | 473                       | 473           | 0                         | 8847500                    |
| 19.       | Manipur                             | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                        | ..                         |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                           | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 21.       | Nagaland                            | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 22.       | Odisha                              | 1920                         | 172                        | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 23.       | Puducherry                          | 2                            | 10                         | 9                         | 9             | 0                         | 520000                     |
| 24.       | Punjab                              | 1057                         | 109                        | 80                        | 50            | 0                         | 877300                     |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                           | 950                          | 44                         | 61                        | 58            | 0                         | 529000                     |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                          | 9420                         | 4003                       | 2374                      | 3276          | 7                         | 26051050                   |
| 27.       | Telangana                           | 1814                         | 793                        | 886                       | 385           | 0                         | 3454700                    |
| 28.       | Tripura                             | 8                            | 5                          | 10                        | 10            | 0                         | 64000                      |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh                       | 1995                         | 53                         | 292                       | 35            | 0                         | 1024500                    |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand                         | 44                           | 28                         | 7                         | 3             | 0                         | 710000                     |
| 31.       | West Bengal                         | 355                          | 101                        | 68                        | 68            | 0                         | 2161500                    |
| Total     | Total                               | 61464                        | 20698                      | 13390                     | 11151         | 13                        | 89163350                   |

Note:

(i) There are no registered factories in Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Mizoram and Sikkim.

(ii) .. :  Not Available

Source: Data collected by DGFASLI through correspondence with Chief Inspector of Factories of States/ UTs.

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