Lok Sabha Question No. 2445 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: RGSKY
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2445 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## RGSKY

## 2445. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

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

- (a)the salient features of the Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana (RGSKY);
- (b)the  number  of  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs)  closed  down along with the number of workers/labourers rendered unemployed across the  country  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,
- State/UT-wise;
- (c)whether all the workers/labourers rendered unemployed due to closure of
- CPSEs have been covered under the RGSK Yojana during the said period;
- (d)if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  unemployment  allowance,  if  any
- disbursed to them during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  re-employment/ rehabilitation  of  such  workers/labourers  and  to  revive  the  closed  CPSEs
- across the country?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): Rajiv  Gandhi  Shramik  Kalyan  Yojana  (RGSKY)  was  introduced w.e.f.  01.04.2005.    Under  this  scheme,  Unemployment  allowance  is  paid  to the insured person for a maximum  period of twelve months (w.e.f. 01.02.2009) who has been rendered unemployed involuntarily on account of closure  of  factory/establishment,  retrenchment  or  permanent  invalidity  not less than 40% arising out of non-employment injury, in case contribution in respect of him/her have been paid or payable for a minimum of three years (w.e.f. 11.09.2009) prior to the loss of employment. The Insured Person and his/her family are also entitled to medical care for a period of twelve months (w.e.f. 01.02.2009) from the date of unemployment.  This allowance ceases to be  payable  in  case  the  Insured  Persons  gets  re-employment  or  attains  the age  of  superannuation  or  60  years,  whichever  is  earlier.    Daily  rate  of Unemployment  Allowance  is  50%  of  average  daily  wages  drawn  by  the Insured  Person/Insured  Woman  during  the  last  four  completed  contribution periods, immediately preceding the date of unemployment.

(b): The details of the CPSEs closed down during last three years and number of employees therein is at Annexure-I.

- (c) & (d): The  RGSKY  is  applicable  to  those  workers  who  are  covered under the ESI Act i.e drawing wages upto Rs.15,000/p.m. in the implemented  areas.  The  detail  of  cases  admitted  and  amount  disbursed under the RGSKY for the last 3 years and current years is at Annexure-II.
- (e): Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has been running a  skill  upgradation  programme  under  RGSKY  scheme  for  the  beneficiaries who  are  in  receipt  of  unemployment  allowance  and  desirous  of  upgrading their  skills.    They  are  entitled  for  training  at  various  Advanced  Vocational Training  Institutes  (AVTI)  located  at  different  places  in  the  country.    The Corporation pays the entire fee charged and also reimburses second class rail/bus  fare  for  the  beneficiary  who  travels  for  attending  the  training programme.

As  a  social  safety  net  programme,  the  Scheme  of  Counselling, Retraining  and  Redeployment  (CRR)  for  separated  employees  of  Central Public Sector Enterprises, (CPSEs)  is being also  implemented  by  the Government  to provide opportunities of self/wage employment  to  the employees or their dependents of CPSEs separate under Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)/ Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) or retrenched due to closure/restructuring of CPSEs.  The Scheme aims at providing short duration skill development/ entrepreneurship development training programmes to equip the beneficiaries for self/wage employment.  Number of persons  trained  under  CRR  during  last  there  years  2013-14,  2014-15  and 2015-16 are 3340, 2525 and 3150 respectively.

Further, the Department of Public Enterprises has issued detailed guidelines on 29.10.2015 for the administrative Ministries/Departments  for  taking  action  on  revival/  restructuring  plan  of CPSEs on case to case basis.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2445  FOR  09.05.2016  BY  SHRI  BHARTRUHARI  MAHTAB  AND SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE REGARDING RGSKY.

Closed CPSEs for last 03 years

2014-15

|   Sl. No. | CPSEs                               | No. employees   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Tyre Corporation of India Ltd.      | 141             |
|         2 | Hindustan Vegetable Oils Corp. Ltd. | 106             |
|         3 | Triveni Structurals Ltd.            | 131             |
|         4 | Power Equity Capital Advisors Ltd.* | Nil             |

*Closed (under construction)

2012-13 & 2013-14-No CPSEs closed

ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2445  FOR  09.05.2016  BY  SHRI  BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB AND SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE REGARDING RGSKY.

## Cases admitted and amount disbursed under RGSKY during last 3 years and current year

Amount (Rs. in lakhs)

|         |                           | 2013                            | 2013                                           | 2014                           | 2014                                              | 2015                           | 2015                                           | 2016                           | 2016                                           |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT                  | Cases admitte d during the year | Amount disbursed including admitted previously | Cases admitted during the year | Amount disbursed including admitted in previously | Cases admitted during the year | Amount disbursed including admitted previously | Cases admitted during the year | Amount disbursed including admitted previously |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh& Telangana | 108                             | 2378522                                        | 1                              | 34332                                             | 48                             | 1976416                                        | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 2       | Assam                     | 0                               | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                                 | 15                             | 443837                                         | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 3       | Bihar                     | 22                              | 440179                                         | 3                              | 10664                                             | 374                            | 7569656                                        | 0                              | 43060                                          |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh              | 0                               | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                                 | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 5       | Delhi                     | 11                              | 517923                                         | 0                              | 101588                                            | 3                              | 162121                                         | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 6       | Goa                       | 75                              | 6741725                                        | 49                             | 5344199                                           | 130                            | 5833634                                        | 0                              | 438145                                         |
| 7       | Gujarat                   | 11                              | 138026                                         | 0                              | 0                                                 | 30                             | 1188061                                        | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 8       | Haryana                   | 3                               | 195275                                         | 3                              | 88128                                             | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1                               | 19830                                          | 0                              | 5833                                              | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 10      | J&K                       | 14                              | 552338                                         | 62                             | 2539235                                           | 119                            | 14039019                                       | 1                              | 36000                                          |
| 11      | Jharkhand                 | 0                               | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                                 | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 12      | Karnataka                 | 0                               | 62084                                          | 225                            | 3321351                                           | 153                            | 8346363                                        | 31                             | 1230881                                        |
| 13      | Kerala                    | 268                             | 5059315                                        | 38                             | 996890                                            | 60                             | 2021197                                        | 0                              | 310080                                         |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh            | 0                               | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                                 | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 15      | Maharashtra               | 30                              | 1192879                                        | 63                             | 3246676                                           | 64                             | 2535041                                        | 2                              | 79730                                          |
| 16      | Odisha                    | 0                               | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                                 | 57                             | 3433059                                        | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 17      | Puducherry                | 92                              | 3770310                                        | 84                             | 5860740                                           | 169                            | 8329350                                        | 0                              | 14850                                          |
| 18      | Punjab                    | 0                               | 69710                                          | 1                              | 53655                                             | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 19      | Rajasthan                 | 0                               | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                                 | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 20      | Tamilnadu                 | 25                              | 1401965                                        | 66                             | 2702880                                           | 9                              | 479880                                         | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh             | 245                             | 7396185                                        | 236                            | 6712645                                           | 120                            | 11057281                                       | 6                              | 0                                              |
| 22      | Uttarakhand               | 1                               | 19160                                          | 57                             | 2601418                                           | 3                              | 109541                                         | 0                              | 0                                              |
| 23      | West Bengal               | 3                               | 382255                                         | 0                              | 113515                                            | 0                              | 0                                              | 0                              | 0                                              |
|         | Total                     | 909                             | 30337681                                       | 888                            | 33733749                                          | 1354                           | 67524456                                       | 40                             | 2152746                                        |

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