Lok Sabha Question No. 188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Schemes for Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 188 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.04.2016

## SCHEMES FOR LABOURERS

†188. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  brought  about  labour  reforms  to protect  the  interests  of  the  labourers  during  the  current  five  year plan and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)the number of persons provided employment during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)the  number  of  child  labourers  rescued  from  prohibited  industries and rehabilitated during the said period, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): Reforms  in  labour  laws  are  an  ongoing  process  to  update legislative system to address the need of the hour and to make them more  effective  and  contemporary  to  the  emerging  economic  and industrial  scenario.  The  Second  National  Commission  on  Labour  has recommended  that  the  existing  Labour  Laws  should  be  broadly grouped into four or five Labour Codes on functional basis. Accordingly,  the  Ministry  has  recently  taken  steps  for  drafting  four Labour  Codes  on  Wages;  Industrial  Relations;  Social  Security  & Welfare; and Safety and Working Conditions respectively, by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalizing the relevant provisions of the  existing  Central  Labour  Laws.  Similarly,  the Ministry  has taken

steps to draft Small Factories Bill, a special legislation for the small manufacturing  units,  based  on  the  recommendations  of  2 nd   National Commission of Labour. Ministry has also taken steps for amendment of individual Labour Acts.  These legislative initiatives will improve the wage security, job security and social security of the workers.

(b): As  per  the  information  received  from  States/UTs,  details  of placement effected against the vacancies notified through Employment Exchanges in the country of the job  seekers registered with these employment exchanges during the year 2012, 2013 & 2014 is given at Annexure-I.

(c): The number of children rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated  and  mainstreamed  under  National  Child  Labour  Project (NCLP) Scheme during the current five year plan 2012-17, State-wise is at Annexure-II.

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Annexure  referred  in  Reply  to  Part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  188  for 25.04.2016.

Number of placement effected through employment exchanges of the job seekers, whose are on the live register of these employment exchanges, State-wise in 2012, 2013 and 2014

| Placement of jobseekers registered with employment exchanges Placements (In thousand)   | Placement of jobseekers registered with employment exchanges Placements (In thousand)   | Placement of jobseekers registered with employment exchanges Placements (In thousand)   | Placement of jobseekers registered with employment exchanges Placements (In thousand)   | Placement of jobseekers registered with employment exchanges Placements (In thousand)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                 | STATE/UTs                                                                               | 2012                                                                                    | 2013                                                                                    | 2014                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                       | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                          | 0.4                                                                                     | 0.6                                                                                     | 0.4                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                       | 0.0                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                       | ASSAM                                                                                   | 0.7                                                                                     | 0.5                                                                                     | 1.1                                                                                     |
| 4                                                                                       | BIHAR                                                                                   | 2.1                                                                                     | 2.2                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     |
| 5                                                                                       | CHHATTISGARH                                                                            | 0.3                                                                                     | 0.5                                                                                     | 0.9                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                       | DELHI                                                                                   | 0.0                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.2                                                                                     |
| 7                                                                                       | GOA                                                                                     | 1.8                                                                                     | 0.9                                                                                     | 2.1                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                       | GUJARAT                                                                                 | 246.0                                                                                   | 271.6                                                                                   | 290.8                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                       | HARYANA                                                                                 | 12.3                                                                                    | 0.7                                                                                     | 0.2                                                                                     |
| 10                                                                                      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                        | 4.1                                                                                     | 1.9                                                                                     | 2.3                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                       | 0.5                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.4                                                                                     |
| 12                                                                                      | JHARKHAND                                                                               | 12.1                                                                                    | 3.4                                                                                     | 1.1                                                                                     |
| 13                                                                                      | KARNATAKA                                                                               | 2.6                                                                                     | 3.9                                                                                     | 2.1                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                      | KERALA                                                                                  | 9.4                                                                                     | 7.9                                                                                     | 8                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                      | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                          | 8.5                                                                                     | 2.7                                                                                     | 0.2                                                                                     |
| 16                                                                                      | MAHARASHTRA                                                                             | 103.8                                                                                   | 18.6                                                                                    | 9.5                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                      | MANIPUR                                                                                 | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                      | MEGHALAYA                                                                               | @                                                                                       | 0.0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                      | MIZORAM                                                                                 | 0.0                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     |
| 20                                                                                      | NAGALAND                                                                                | 0.2                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                      | ODISHA                                                                                  | 2.8                                                                                     | 1.4                                                                                     | 0.7                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                      | PUNJAB                                                                                  | 2.7                                                                                     | 2.5                                                                                     | 2.4                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                      | RAJASTHAN                                                                               | 0.5                                                                                     | 0.3                                                                                     | 0.4                                                                                     |
| 24                                                                                      | SIKKIM *                                                                                | *                                                                                       | *                                                                                       | *                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                      | TAMIL NADU                                                                              | 10.8                                                                                    | 20.9                                                                                    | 8.8                                                                                     |
| 26                                                                                      | TRIPURA                                                                                 | 0.4                                                                                     | 0.4                                                                                     | 2.4                                                                                     |
| 27                                                                                      | UTTARAKHAND                                                                             | 1.2                                                                                     | 0.6                                                                                     | 0.6                                                                                     |
| 28                                                                                      | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                           | 1.6                                                                                     | 4.0                                                                                     | 1.3                                                                                     |
| 29                                                                                      | WEST BENGAL                                                                             | 2.2                                                                                     | 1.4                                                                                     | 1.5                                                                                     |
| 30                                                                                      | A. & N. ISLANDS                                                                         | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     |
| 31                                                                                      | CHANDIGARH                                                                              | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.1                                                                                     |
| 32                                                                                      | D. & N. HAVELI                                                                          | 0.0                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 33                                                                                      | DAMAN AND DIU                                                                           | 0.0                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 34                                                                                      | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                             | 0.1                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 35                                                                                      | PUDUCHERRY                                                                              | 0.3                                                                                     | 1.2                                                                                     | 0.3                                                                                     |
|                                                                                         | TOTAL                                                                                   | 427.7                                                                                   | 348.6                                                                                   | 338.1                                                                                   |

@ FIGURES LESS THAN 50 *NO EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE WORKING IN THE STATE

[Annexure  referred  in  Reply  to  Part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No.  188  for 25.04.2016]

No. of children rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme during the current five year plan, State-wise (based on the available information received from District Project Societies):

| Sl. No.   | State           | 2012-13   | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (as on 31.12.2015**) |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh# | 7840      | 5715      |       346 |                            490 |
| 2         | Assam           | 10848     | 0         |        60 |                           9346 |
| 3         | Bihar           | 1162      | 3736      |     14028 |                           2656 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh    | 2004      | 8034      |     10173 |                              0 |
| 5         | Gujarat         | 569       | 453       |       892 |                              0 |
| 6         | Haryana         | 1722      | 631       |      2583 |                              0 |
| 7         | Jammu & Kashmir | 132       | 469       |         0 |                             10 |
| 8         | Jharkhand       | 4003      | 1028      |      2989 |                           3450 |
| 9         | Karnataka       | 758       | 2391      |      2519 |                           1227 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh  | 7116      | 8323      |      7879 |                           7472 |
| 11        | Maharashtra     | 4954      | 5614      |      3804 |                           2080 |
| 12        | Odisha          | 10309     | 6114      |     21315 |                           1900 |
| 13        | Punjab          | 0         | 957       |       290 |                            613 |
| 14        | Rajasthan       | 4155      | 3585      |      3349 |                              0 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu      | 3671      | 3436      |      4492 |                           3373 |
| 16        | Telangana       | -         | -         |      2691 |                           1637 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh   | 10616     | 7310      |     16277 |                              0 |
| 18        | West Bengal     | 3117      | 6254      |     22689 |                           3436 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand     | -         | -         |       145 |                              0 |
| 20        | Nagaland        | -         | -         |       436 |                              0 |
|           | Total           | 72976     | 64050     |    116957 |                          37690 |

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