GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR
AND EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 1523
TO BE ANSWERED ON
09.03.2011
LABOURERS
IN UNORGANIZED SECTOR
1523. SHRI TARUN VIJAY:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the
number of labourers in non-organized sector;
(b) the average wages in the
unorganized labour sector;
(c) the protections available
to the labourers in the sector;
(d) whether any survey has been
done by Government on the status of child labourers in unorganized sector;
(e) whether Government is aware
of the large number of the influx of young tribal labourers from North-Eastern
States, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and West Bengal; and
(f) if so, the number of such
labourers, State-wise and Government protections available to these young
tribal labourers to safeguard their interests?
ANSWER
MINISTER
OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI
MALLIKARJUN KHARGE)
(a): According
to the survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) in 2004-05, the total number of labourers was 45.9 crore. Out of which
43.3 crore were in the unorganized sector.
(b): Average
daily wage of regular and casual workers is at annexure-I
(c): With
a view to providing social security to unorganized workers, the Government
enacted the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act,
2008. The Act provides for constitution
of National Social Security Board to recommend social security schemes viz life
and disability cover, health & maternity benefits and old age protection.
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The Rashtriya
Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), providing for smart card based cashless
health insurance cover of Rs. 30,000/- to BPL families (a unit of five) in the
unorganized sector, was launched on 01.10.2007 and became operational from
01.04.2008. More than 2.31 crore BPL families (a unit of five) have been covered under
RSBY as on 28.02.2011.
The
scheme has been extended to building and other construction workers registered under the Building and other
Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service), Act,
1996 and street vendors
To
provide death and disability cover to rural landless households between
the age group of the 18 to 59 years, the Government launched the “Aam Admi Bima Yojana’’.
More than 1.67 crore persons have been covered under the scheme as on
31.12.2010.
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension has been expanded by
revising the criteria of eligibility.
All citizens above the age of 65 years and living below poverty line are
eligible for benefits under the scheme. The Government also launched the National Pension Scheme called Swavalamban
Scheme for unorganized sector workers.
The
Government have set up Welfare Funds to provide social
security/welfare measures to certain categories of workers i.e. beedi workers, certain non-coal mine workers and cine
workers. The welfare measures include
health care, housing, educational assistance for children, drinking water
supply, etc.
(d): No survey has been done by Government
on the status of child labour in the unorganized sector. As per Census, 2001,
there were 1.26 crore working children in the age
group of 5-14. However, the survey
conducted by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in 2004-05, the number
of working children were estimated to be 90.75 lakh which shows decline trend.
(e) & (f): As per Census 2001, 29.90 million have changed their place of
residence within the country for the purpose of employment. The state-wise
details are at Annexure-II.
Every
citizen, including young
tribal labourers, has a right to migrate to any part of the
country. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 was enacted providing for the enhancement of livelihood
security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least
100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every
household. In addition to above, the
Government is implementing various social security schemes viz
as Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana, Swarnjayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme,
National Social Assistance Programmes etc. providing
for social security to the workers in the unorganized sector. Such measures mitigate distress migration.
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Annexure-I
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO
PART (b) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1523 TO BE ANSWERED ON
09.03.2011 REGARDING LABOURERS IN UNORGANISED SECTOR
Average Daily wage ( in Rs. ) of regular and casual workers (15-19 years),
2004-2005
|
|
Male
|
Female |
|
Regular |
|
|
|
Rural |
144.93 |
85.53 |
|
Urban |
203.28 |
153.19 |
|
Casual |
|
|
|
Rural |
55.03 |
34.94 |
|
Urban |
75.1 |
43.88 |
|
|
|
|
Annexure-II
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO
PART (e) & (f) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1523 TO BE ANSWERED ON
09.03.2011 REGARDING LABOURERS IN UNORGANISED SECTOR
As
per Census 2001 the number of Total Migrant Workers from within the country
including Inter-State and Intra-State who migrated for work/employment purposes
are as under:
|
State/UTs |
Inter-State Migrant
Workers |
Intra-State Migrant
Workers |
Total Migrant
Workers from Within the Country |
|
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR |
35,929 |
71,967 |
1,07,896 |
|
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH |
97,842 |
1,54,070 |
2,51,912 |
|
|
PUNJAB |
5,12,937 |
3,27,392 |
8,40,329 |
|
|
CHANDIGARH |
1,89,905 |
1,506 |
1,91,411 |
|
|
UTTARANCHAL |
2,03,344 |
1,92,433 |
3,95,777 |
|
|
HARYANA |
6,17,861 |
3,23,807 |
9,41,668 |
|
|
N.C.T. OF DELHI |
19,38,838 |
28,819 |
19,67,657 |
|
|
RAJASTHAN |
2,92,391 |
9,10,091 |
12,02,482 |
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH |
3,93,425 |
13,30,210 |
17,23,635 |
|
|
BIHAR |
75,986 |
3,92,677 |
4,68,663 |
|
|
SIKKIM |
15,238 |
20,249 |
35,487 |
|
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH |
48,058 |
47,792 |
95,850 |
|
|
NAGALAND |
23,404 |
31,082 |
54,486 |
|
|
MANIPUR |
1,886 |
11,673 |
13,559 |
|
|
MIZORAM |
12,826 |
34,066 |
46,892 |
|
|
TRIPURA |
7,641 |
35,551 |
43,192 |
|
|
MEGHALAYA |
18,527 |
16,096 |
34,623 |
|
|
ASSAM |
65,382 |
3,05,433 |
3,70,815 |
|
|
WEST BENGAL |
6,80,493 |
9,02,657 |
15,83,150 |
|
|
JHARKHAND |
4,03,859 |
2,65,472 |
6,69,331 |
|
|
ORISSA |
1,09,477 |
6,67,444 |
7,76,921 |
|
|
CHHATTISGARH |
2,33,249 |
5,70,008 |
8,03,257 |
|
|
MADHYA PRADESH |
3,88,660 |
13,32,218 |
17,20,878 |
|
|
GUJARAT |
6,60,767 |
10,81,616 |
17,42,383 |
|
|
DAMAN & DIU |
32,051 |
688 |
32,739 |
|
|
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |
28,836 |
1,264 |
30,100 |
|
|
MAHARASHTRA |
26,81,954 |
41,82,801 |
68,64,755 |
|
|
ANDHRA PRADESH |
1,89,031 |
20,50,006 |
22,39,037 |
|
|
KARNATAKA |
4,89,784 |
13,86,942 |
18,76,726 |
|
|
GOA |
76,765 |
37,185 |
1,13,950 |
|
|
LAKSHADWEEP |
2,212 |
3,608 |
5,820 |
|
|
KERALA |
1,24,292 |
4,47,952 |
5,72,244 |
|
|
TAMIL NADU |
1,38,081 |
13,87,720 |
15,25,801 |
|
|
PONDICHERRY |
43,572 |
12,933 |
56,505 |
|
|
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
ISLANDS |
30,694 |
21,503 |
52,197 |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,08,65,197 |
1,85,86,931 |
2,94,52,128 |
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