Lok Sabha Question No. 2442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Inspection of Factories
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH, BALABHADRA MAJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2442 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2016

## INSPECTION OF FACTORIES

## 2442. DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH: SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

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

- (a)whether  the  registered  factories  are  regularly  inspected  under  the Factories  Act  1948  for  ensuring  compliance  of  various  provision  of the Act;
- (b)if so, the details thereof along with the number of factories inspected
- during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State/UTwise; including Odisha;
- (c)the number  of factories found to be declared hazardous/most hazardous during the said inspections;
- (d)the  action  taken  against  such  factories,  State/UT-wise;  including
- Odisha; and
- (e)the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure better and effective implementation of the provision of the said Act?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Yes, the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948 are inspected as per the provisions contained under Section 9 of Act. The inspections of such factories are carried out to ensure compliance of the various provisions of the Act. The enforcement of the provisions of the Act and the State Factories Rules framed there under is carried out by the respective State Governments through their State Factories Inspectorate/Directorate. The State/UT-wise number of factories inspected during the year 2012, 2013 & 2014 is enclosed as Annexure-I.

(c)  & (d):  As per the information collected from the Chief Inspector of Factories,  the  State/UT-wise,  including  Odisha,  number  of  "hazardous process"  factories  for  the  year  2012,  2013  &  2014  is  enclosed  as Annexure-II and the State-wise prosecutions & convictions for the year 2012,  2013  and  2014  are  enclosed  in  Annexure-III-A,  Annexure-III-B  & Annexure-III-C,  respectively  including  prosecutions  and  convictions  in respect of hazardous process industries. (e): The  State  Factories  Inspectorate/Directorate  under  the  State Government  are  the  enforcement  authorities  for  the  provisions  under the  Factories  Act,  1948  and  the  Rules  made  thereunder.  The  State Governments are advised by the Ministry from time to time for effective enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  the  Act  and  the  Rules  framed thereunder.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2442 FOR 01/08/2016  RAISED  BY  DR.  PRABHAS  KUMAR  SINGH  AND  SHRI  BALABHADRA  MAJHI  REGARDING INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

No. of Factories Inspected during the year 2012, 2013 & 2014

| Sl. No.   | State/ Union Territory           | 2012                        | 2012                        | 2013                        | 2013                        | 2014          | 2014                |
|-----------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|---------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ Union Territory           | All Factories               | Hazar dous Factor ies       | All Factories               | Hazardous Factories         | All Factories | Hazardous Factories |
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands         | 19                          | 2                           | 28                          | 2                           | 31            | 2                   |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                   | 7967                        | 425                         | 10198                       | 1419                        | 4607          | 421                 |
| 3.        | Assam                            | 1154                        | 0                           | 1629                        | 16                          | 1610          | 16                  |
| 4.        | Bihar                            | 1816                        | 45                          | 1194                        | 45                          | 1059          | 45                  |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                       | 28                          | 0                           | 24                          | 0                           | 19            | 0                   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                     | 716                         | 304                         | 1152                        | 353                         | 1311          | 511                 |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu & Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 190                         | 23                          | 180                         | 20                          | 160           | 12                  |
| 8.        | Delhi                            | 2167                        | 157                         | 1775                        | 183                         | 1105          | 177                 |
| 9.        | Goa                              | 211                         | 13                          | 224                         | 15                          | 161           | 35                  |
| 10.       | Gujarat                          | 13916                       | 2394                        | 16490                       | 2727                        | 13499         | 2543                |
| 11.       | Haryana                          | 2720                        | 240                         | 1562                        | 195                         | 2742          | 444                 |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                 | 1093                        | 83                          | 1093                        | 83                          | 1201          | 83                  |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 1065                        | 24                          | ..                          | ..                          | 1295          | 12                  |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                        | 17282                       | 38                          | 2795                        | 537                         | 2630          | 578                 |
| 15.       | Karnataka                        | 8176                        | 993                         | 7979                        | 1025                        | 9160          | 1144                |
| 16.       | Kerala                           | 14043                       | 759                         | 12852                       | 698                         | 13656         | 776                 |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh                   | 3066                        | 978                         | 3423                        | 1073                        | 3024          | 1232                |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                      | 11873                       | 2240                        | 18184                       | 2735                        | 14352         | 2290                |
| 19.       | Manipur                          | ..                          | ..                          | 150                         | 6                           | 162           | 6                   |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                        | 70                          | 33                          | 35                          | 3                           | 17            | 8                   |
| 21.       | Nagaland                         | 152                         | 0                           | 204                         | 0                           | 210           | 0                   |
| 22.       | Odisha                           | 2545                        | 433                         | 2434                        | 444                         | 2824          | 580                 |
| 23.       | Pudduchery                       | 1066                        | 150                         | 1670                        | 160                         | ..            | ..                  |
| 24.       | Punjab                           | 1003                        | 170                         | 2904                        | 176                         | 2599          | 232                 |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                        | 3051                        | 0                           | 2163                        | 0                           | 3194          | 0                   |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                       | 25030                       | 1965                        | 34787                       | 1431                        | 27634         | 1186                |
| 27.       | Telangana                        | Newly created state in 2014 | Newly created state in 2014 | Newly created state in 2014 | Newly created state in 2014 | 3849          | 1586                |
| 28.       | Tripura                          | 1271                        | 19                          | 1330                        | 22                          | 1124          | 31                  |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh                    | ..                          | ..                          | ..                          | ..                          | 1087          | 109                 |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand                      | 53                          | 48                          | 78                          | 34                          | 107           | 35                  |
| Total     | Total                            | 126109                      | 12388                       | 130350                      | 14609                       | 117623        | 15145               |

Note:

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

(ii) ..

:  Not Received

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

ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2442 FOR 01/08/2016 RAISED BY DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH AND SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI REGARDING INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

State-wise Hazardous Factories under Sec. 2(cb) as on 2012, 2013 and 2014

| Sl. No.   | State/ Union Territory             | No. of Hazardous Factories   | No. of Hazardous Factories   |   No. of Hazardous Factories |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ Union Territory             | 2012                         | 2013                         |                         2014 |
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 2                            | 2                            |                            2 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 1433                         | 1433                         |                          644 |
| 3.        | Assam                              | 178                          | 12                           |                           12 |
| 4.        | Bihar                              | 45                           | 45                           |                           45 |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                         | 0                            | 0                            |                            0 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                       | 639                          | 687                          |                          706 |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 48                           | 48                           |                           32 |
| 8.        | Delhi                              | 343                          | 366                          |                          357 |
| 9.        | Goa                                | 17                           | 17                           |                           15 |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            | 10121                        | 1530                         |                         9039 |
| 11.       | Haryana                            | 1145                         | 1010                         |                         1141 |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 83                           | 83                           |                           83 |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 24                           | ..                           |                           28 |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                          | 284                          | 566                          |                          576 |
| 15.       | Karnataka                          | 1122                         | 1170                         |                         1197 |
| 16.       | Kerala                             | 771                          | 714                          |                         1552 |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 1048                         | 1113                         |                         1232 |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                        | 4062                         | 4252                         |                         3807 |
| 19.       | Manipur                            | ..                           | 6                            |                            6 |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                          | 75                           | 77                           |                           84 |
| 21.       | Nagaland                           | 0                            | 0                            |                            0 |
| 22.       | Odisha                             | 433                          | 444                          |                          580 |
| 23.       | Puducherry                         | 202                          | 202                          |                          202 |
| 24.       | Punjab                             | 426                          | 333                          |                          313 |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                          | 1170                         | 1087                         |                          894 |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                         | 1850                         | 1205                         |                         1217 |
| 27.       | Telangana                          | Newly created state          | in 2014                      |                         1586 |
| 28.       | Tripura                            | 19                           | 22                           |                           31 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh                      | ..                           | ..                           |                         2477 |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand                        | 699                          | 713                          |                          736 |
| 31.       | West Bengal                        | 5363                         | 5953                         |                         4368 |
| Total     | Total                              | 31602                        | 23090                        |                        32956 |

Note:

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

(ii) ..

:  Not Received

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

## ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  & (d) OF LOK SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2442 FOR 01/08/2016 RAISED BY DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH AND SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI REGARDING INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

## State-wise Prosecution and Convictions under Section 92 & Section 96A for the year 2012

| Sl. N0.   | State/ Union Territory             | Pending from Previous year   | Launched during the year   | Decided during the year   | Convictions   | Impriso- nment (Person)   | Total fine Imposed (Rs.)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 4677                         | 1211                       | 1053                      | 573           | 0                         | 5595500                    |
| 3.        | Assam                              | 12                           | 19                         | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 4.        | Bihar                              | 65                           | 16                         | 0                         | 15            | 0                         | 0                          |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                         | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                       | 1142                         | 500                        | 267                       | 255           | 1                         | 8877800                    |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 8.        | Delhi                              | 554                          | 100                        | 421                       | 421           | 0                         | 3596000                    |
| 9.        | Goa                                | 30                           | 19                         | 7                         | 6             | 0                         | 152500                     |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            | 12642                        | 1547                       | 522                       | 0             | 0                         | 4652205                    |
| 11.       | Haryana                            | 8784                         | 7756                       | 6007                      | 4004          | 0                         | 18705200                   |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 177                          | 88                         | 57                        | 57            | 0                         | 655000                     |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 147                          | 33                         | 29                        | 0             | 0                         | 98000                      |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                          | 187                          | 31                         | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 15.       | Karnataka                          | 605                          | 214                        | 127                       | 86            | 0                         | 2653150                    |
| 16.       | Kerala                             | 72                           | 64                         | 40                        | 37            | 0                         | 356000                     |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 3281                         | 165                        | 269                       | 0             | 1                         | 3275700                    |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                        | 1176                         | 187                        | 244                       | 242           | 0                         | 4903500                    |
| 19.       | Manipur                            | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                        | ..                         |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                          | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 21.       | Nagaland                           | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 22.       | Odisha                             | 1595                         | 222                        | 5                         | 0             | 0                         | 0                          |
| 23.       | Puducherry                         | 2                            | 12                         | 6                         | 6             | 0                         | 256000                     |
| 24.       | Punjab                             | 1170                         | 91                         | 140                       | 3             | 1                         | 1502000                    |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                          | 932                          | 77                         | 18                        | 18            | 0                         | 113000                     |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                         | 13193                        | 4504                       | 7855                      | 7292          | 0                         | 29384600                   |
| 27.       | Tripura                            | 11                           | 9                          | 10                        | 10            | 0                         | 50000                      |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh                      | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                        | ..                         |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand                        | 98                           | 30                         | 5                         | 0             | 0                         | 215000                     |
| 30.       | West Bengal                        | 579                          | 114                        | 43                        | 43            | 0                         | 853500                     |
|           | Total                              | 51131                        | 17009                      | 17125                     | 13068         | 3                         | 85894655                   |

Note:

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

(ii) ..

:  Not Received

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

## ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  & (d) OF LOK SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2442 FOR 01/08/2016 RAISED BY DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH AND SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI REGARDING INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

## State-wise Prosecution and Convictions under Section 92 & Section 96A for the year 2013

| Sl. N0.   | State/ Union Territory             | Pending from Previous year   | Launched during the year   | Decided during the year   | Convictions   | Imprisonment (Person)   | Total fine Imposed (Rs.)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 4831                         | 1216                       | 886                       | 525           | 0                       | 4360750                    |
| 3.        | Assam                              | 19                           | 17                         | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 4.        | Bihar                              | 81                           | 33                         | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                         | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                       | 795                          | 465                        | 331                       | 180           | 9                       | 17795000                   |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 8.        | Delhi                              | 233                          | 22                         | 166                       | 166           | 0                       | 158900                     |
| 9.        | Goa                                | 42                           | 15                         | 8                         | 7             | 0                       | 208500                     |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            | 8921                         | 2047                       | 382                       | 137           | 0                       | 2669800                    |
| 11.       | Haryana                            | 8032                         | 4712                       | 4686                      | 2398          | 0                       | 10209234                   |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 208                          | 96                         | 57                        | 57            | 0                       | 445550                     |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                      | ..                         |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                          | 223                          | 42                         | 3                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 15.       | Karnataka                          | 450                          | 199                        | 109                       | 48            | 1                       | 1623911                    |
| 16.       | Kerala                             | 96                           | 66                         | 38                        | 32            | 0                       | 516750                     |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 3177                         | 150                        | 99                        | 0             | 0                       | 2629000                    |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                        | 1119                         | 910                        | 791                       | 791           | 0                       | 13693500                   |
| 19.       | Manipur                            | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                          | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 21.       | Nagaland                           | 0                            | 0                          | 0                         | 0             | 0                       | 0                          |
| 22.       | Odisha                             | 1812                         | 162                        | 54                        | 6             | 0                       | 25000                      |
| 23.       | Puducherry                         | 8                            | 4                          | 10                        | 10            | 0                       | 795000                     |
| 24.       | Punjab                             | 1121                         | 119                        | 183                       | 15            | 0                       | 24269500                   |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                          | 991                          | 66                         | 107                       | 103           | 1                       | 1715000                    |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                         | 9847                         | 4054                       | 3591                      | 2560          | 3                       | 23393390                   |
| 27.       | Tripura                            | 12                           | 9                          | 6                         | 6             | 0                       | 13000                      |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh                      | ..                           | ..                         | ..                        | ..            | ..                      | ..                         |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand                        | 67                           | 38                         | 2                         | 0             | 0                       | 100000                     |
| 30.       | West Bengal                        | 338                          | 118                        | 103                       | 103           | 0                       | 2096500                    |
| Total     | Total                              | 42423                        | 14560                      | 11612                     | 7144          | 14                      | 106718285                  |

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

(ii) ..

:  Not Received

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

ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  & (d) OF LOK SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2442 FOR 01/08/2016 RAISED BY DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH AND SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI REGARDING INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

State-wise 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 |   Convi- ctions |   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                         |                            0 |                          0 |                         0 |               0 |                         0 |                          0 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                       |                         1070 |                        674 |                       272 |              82 |                         6 |                   17186000 |
| 7.        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                            0 |                          0 |                         0 |               0 |                         0 |                          0 |
| 8.        | Delhi                              |                           89 |                         88 |                        53 |              53 |                         0 |                     582000 |
| 9.        | Goa                                |                           25 |                         15 |                        15 |              10 |                         0 |                     175900 |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            |                         8015 |                       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                     |                          139 |                         17 |                        05 |               0 |                         0 |                      50000 |
| 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                     |                         3228 |                        165 |                       146 |               0 |                         0 |                    3090800 |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                        |                         1238 |                        745 |                       473 |             473 |                         0 |                    8847500 |
| 19.       | Manipur                            |                            0 |                          0 |                         0 |               0 |                         0 |                          0 |
| 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                              |                        43693 |                      20880 |                     13541 |           11151 |                        13 |                   92304150 |

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

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

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