Lok Sabha Question No. 1278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Workers in Industrial Units
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1278

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2016

## WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL UNITS

## 1278.  SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the total number of skilled and semi-skilled labourers working in different industrial units in urban and rural areas of the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)
- whether the basic facilities are being provided to such labourers; and
- (c) if  so, the details thereof along with the other steps taken/being taken for their welfare?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per results of recent labour force surveys  on  employment  and unemployment  conducted  during  2011-12  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, of the 47.41 crore total workforce on usual status basis, the share of self-employed, regular wage/salaried  employees  and  casual  labour  were  52.2%,  17.9%  and  29.9%, respectively in the country. The state-wise details are given at Annex. Further, according  to  the  Annual  Survey  of  Industries  2013-14  released  by  Ministry  of Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation,  around  1.04  crore  workers  were employed in around 1.86 lakh factories that were in operation.
- (b) & (c): 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.

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## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 1278 due for reply on 25-07-2016

State-wise details of self-employed,  regular  wage/salaried  employees  and casual labour in rural and urban areas on usual status basis during 2011-12.

(in percent)

| Sl.   |                        | Rural          | Rural                           | Rural         | Urban          | Urban                           | Urban         |
|-------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------------|
| No.   | States/UTs             | Self- employed | Regular Wage/Salaried Employees | Casual Labour | Self- Employed | Regular Wage/Salaried Employees | Casual Labour |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh         | 46.7           | 8.0                             | 45.2          | 37.6           | 46.7                            | 15.9          |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 82.0           | 12.0                            | 6.0           | 35.6           | 53.1                            | 11.2          |
| 3     | Assam                  | 70.0           | 11.7                            | 18.4          | 53.8           | 36.5                            | 9.7           |
| 4     | Bihar                  | 52.0           | 4.0                             | 44.0          | 60.5           | 22.1                            | 17.4          |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh           | 58.2           | 4.1                             | 37.9          | 35.1           | 36.2                            | 28.7          |
| 6     | Delhi                  | 19.3           | 79.8                            | 0.9           | 34.7           | 61.4                            | 3.6           |
| 7     | Goa                    | 28.3           | 55.6                            | 16.1          | 27.9           | 65.3                            | 6.8           |
| 8     | Gujarat                | 57.0           | 10.3                            | 32.7          | 41.7           | 49.5                            | 8.9           |
| 9     | Haryana                | 61.8           | 14.0                            | 24.4          | 40.6           | 49.4                            | 10.1          |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh       | 71.1           | 14.1                            | 14.6          | 30.3           | 60.6                            | 9.1           |
| 11    | Jammu & Kashmir        | 63.0           | 15.3                            | 21.7          | 48.7           | 40.9                            | 10.4          |
| 12    | Jharkhand              | 68.6           | 4.3                             | 27.3          | 43.7           | 38.0                            | 18.3          |
| 13    | Karnataka              | 52.0           | 11.8                            | 36.2          | 39.4           | 44.9                            | 16.0          |
| 14    | Kerala                 | 38.2           | 17.8                            | 44.0          | 36.4           | 35.8                            | 27.8          |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh         | 60.0           | 4.9                             | 35.1          | 48.3           | 34.8                            | 16.9          |
| 16    | Maharashtra            | 53.7           | 8.8                             | 37.4          | 36.2           | 54.5                            | 9.3           |
| 17    | Manipur                | 65.8           | 12.1                            | 22.4          | 73.0           | 22.0                            | 5.0           |
| 18    | Meghalaya              | 71.0           | 10.2                            | 18.7          | 35.9           | 50.0                            | 14.1          |
| 19    | Mizoram                | 82.5           | 9.3                             | 8.3           | 52.3           | 39.8                            | 7.6           |
| 20    | Nagaland               | 85.6           | 12.9                            | 1.5           | 42.9           | 54.0                            | 2.8           |
| 21    | Odisha                 | 62.4           | 6.7                             | 30.9          | 51.2           | 34.6                            | 14.2          |
| 22    | Punjab                 | 54.9           | 17.0                            | 28.3          | 44.6           | 47.8                            | 7.6           |
| 23    | Rajasthan              | 67.5           | 6.8                             | 25.5          | 45.4           | 38.7                            | 15.6          |
| 24    | Sikkim                 | 79.6           | 15.5                            | 4.9           | 38.3           | 58.2                            | 3.8           |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu             | 29.9           | 14.0                            | 55.9          | 34.4           | 43.4                            | 22.4          |
| 26    | Tripura                | 41.3           | 8.0                             | 50.7          | 39.2           | 44.5                            | 16.3          |
| 27    | Uttarakhand            | 74.0           | 11.3                            | 14.7          | 51.5           | 40.0                            | 8.9           |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh          | 66.9           | 5.9                             | 26.9          | 54.6           | 28.7                            | 17.0          |
| 29    | West Bengal            | 46.4           | 8.7                             | 44.6          | 45.0           | 38.0                            | 16.8          |
| 30    | A & N Islands          | 45.8           | 39.4                            | 14.8          | 18.5           | 58.1                            | 23.3          |
| 31    | Chandigarh             | 20.3           | 59.3                            | 20.3          | 37.3           | 55.9                            | 7.1           |
| 32    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   | 39.1           | 48.0                            | 12.9          | 16.3           | 81.5                            | 2.2           |
| 33    | Daman &                | 9.6            | 88.9                            | 1.4           | 35.5           | 53.8                            | 10.7          |
|       | Diu                    |                |                                 |               |                |                                 |               |
| 34    | Lakshadweep Puducherry | 17.1           | 41.9                            | 40.7          | 35.4           | 42.4 54.9                       | 22.2          |
| 35    |                        | 27.0           | 30.0                            | 42.7          | 23.7           |                                 | 21.1          |

Source: NSSO Survey 2011-12.