Lok Sabha Question No. 2471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: U-WIN Cards to Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: MAUSAM NOOR

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2471 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2016

## U-WIN CARDS TO WORKERS

## 2471. SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR:

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

- (a)whether the Government has issued Unorganised Workers' Identification Number (UWIN) cards to workers of all sectors in the country;
- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  benefits  available  for  the workers of unorganised sector by the provisioning of such cards;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  workers  eligible  for receipt of such cards by ascertaining various vocations and professions  in  the  unorganised  sector  and  this  identification  of sectors  was  undertaken  by  considering  various  vocations  and  by scientifically assessing their societal and economical significance;
- (d)if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  parameters  employed  in
- assessing such vocations; and
- (e)whether  benefits  to  workers  in  unorganised  sector  are  reportedly denied  if  they  travel  from  one  State  to  another  in  search  of  work and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  is  implementing  the Unorganised  Workers'  Social  Security  Act,  2008,  which  provides legislative  framework  for  identification  of  unorganized  workers  and designing  social  security  schemes  covering  death  and  disability, health and maternity and old-age protection to unorganized workers. The  Government  had  proposed  for  creation  of  a  smart  card  (UWIN) based platform for delivery of various social security services for the Unorganised Workers through a unified Social Security Platform.

Recently,  the  Ministry  has  withheld  the  work  related  to issuance of U-WIN Smart cards, as the Union Government is exploring to prepare a Aadhaar linked I.T. platform for delivery of various public services without the issuance of U-WIN Smart Card.  The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) have been asked to develop a new policy for delivery of various Social Security Schemes using  Aadhaar,  Jan  Dhan  Policy  account  and  using  the  existing platforms.

(e): The Inter State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment  and  Condition of Service) Act, 1979 regulates the condition of service of Inter State Migrant Workers. Officers of CIRM are regularly conducting inspections under this act and whenever the benefits  are  denied  to  these  workers  cases  are  filed  against  the defaulter in the court of law. The details of inspections conducted and prosecution  launched  during  the  last  three  years  is  enclosed  as Annexure 'A'.

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ISMW (RE&ES) Act, 1979

|   Sl. No. | Particulars                    |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | No. of Inspections Conducted   |       286 |        78 |       173 |
|         2 | No. of Irregularities detected |      1807 |      1038 |      2744 |
|         3 | Irregularities Rectified       |      3074 |      1734 |      2240 |
|         4 | No. of Prosecutions Launched   |       109 |        49 |        61 |
|         5 | No. of Convictions             |        50 |        35 |        44 |

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