Lok Sabha Question No. 9 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Regulation of Placement Agencies
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 9

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2015

## REGULATION OF PLACEMENT AGENCIES

9.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
- a) whether  the  Government  has  record  of  the  total  number  of  unorganized workers  such  as  drivers  employed  privately  in  the  country  particularly  in the  metro cities;
- b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise ;
- c) whether the Government has any plan/programme to regulate the placements  agencies  and  stem  exploitation  of  drivers  by  such  private placement agencies engaged in metro cities;
5. d)
6. if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- e) the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  curb  exploitation  of private drivers by employers and provide social security benefits to them?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Estimates of employment and unemployment by various categories of workers are obtained through labour force surveys conducted by National Programme Implementation. According to the last three survey's the sector-wise details of

Sample Survey(NSS) Office, Ministry of Statistics & workforce are as under:

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(in crore persons)

| Workforce Major Sector   |   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  proportion  of  workforce  that  are  unorganized  (including  driver)  during

2011-12 is 83%.

State-wise information on total no. of unorganized workers such as drivers is not maintained centrally.

(c)  to  (e):  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  has  issued  guidelines  on 30.10.2003 to the State Governments and Union Territory (UT) Administrations to  consider  regulation  of  the  functioning  of  Private  Placement  Agencies. Subsequently,  the  Ministry  requested  State  and  UTs  in  October  2010,  to register placement agencies.  The state governments were also requested to ensure compliance of these guidelines.

In order to ensure social security to the workers in the unorganized sector, the Government has enacted the Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008. A  National  Social  Security  Board  is  constituted  at  the  central  level  to recommend social security schemes viz. life and disability cover, health and maternity  benefits,  old  age  protection  and  any  other  benefit  as  may  be determined by the Government for unorganized workers including drivers. The Government has also decided to issue an Unorganised Workers Identification Number  (UWIN)  Card  to  unorganised  worker  which  will  facilitate  social security benefits to be given.