annual report 2022-23

ANNUAL REPORT

2022-23

Ministry of Labour & Employment

Government of India

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HIGHLIGHTS OF IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTIONS

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL RELATION MACHINERY (CIRM)

NATIONAL LABOUR AWARDS

WAGES

SOCIAL SECURITY

LABOUR WELFARE

UNORGANISED WORKER

BONDED LABOUR

CONTRACT LABOUR

WOMEN AND WORK

CHILDREN AND WORK

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH

DATTOPANT THENGADI NATIONAL BOARD FOR WORKERS

EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMMES

WELFARE OF SCHEDULE CASTES AND SCHEDULE TRIBES

LABOUR STATISTICS

LABOUR RESEARCH AND TRAINING

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) /

MEDIA RELATED INITIATIVES/E-GOVERNANCE

VIGILANCE AND REDRESSAL OF PUBLIC GRIEVANCES

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTS OFFICE, MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE TO SPECIAL CATEGORIES

GENDER BUDGETING

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INTRODUCTION

1.1

1.2

New Initiatives / Important Activities

LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES

LABOUR CODES

1.3

Work is part of everyone's daily life and is

crucial to one's dignity, well-being and

development as a human being. Economic

development means not only creation of jobs but

also working conditions in which one can work in

freedom, safety and dignity. The Ministry of

Labour & Employment, one of the oldest and

important Ministries of the Government of India,

is functioning to ensure improving life and dignity

of labour force of the country by protecting and

safeguarding the interest of workers, promoting

their welfare and providing social security to the

labour force both in Organized and Unorganized

Sector by enactment and implementation of

various Labour Laws, which regulate the terms

and conditions of service and employment of

workers. The State Governments are also

competent to enact legislation, as labour is a

subject in the Concurrent List under the

Constitution of India.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment

has taken several initiatives, legislative as well as

administrative, to provide decent working

conditions and improved quality of life for workers,

and simplification of Labour Laws for ease of doing

business. The endeavour of the Ministry is to

create a climate of trust that is essential for

economic growth and development and for the

dignity of the labour force of the country.

The Government has notified 4 Labour

Codes, namely, the Code on Wages, 2019 on 8th

August, 2019 and the Industrial Relations Code,

2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 & the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020 on 29th September,

2020.

Codification of the Labour Laws will, inter

alia, reduce multiplicity of definitions &authorities,

facilitate implementation & use of technology in

enforcement of labour laws and bring transparency

& accountability in enforcement which would

promote setting up of more enterprises, thus

catalysing the creation of employment

opportunities in the country. Hence, it would

promote setting up of industries by reducing rigidity

of labour market and facilitate hassle-free

compliance, paving the way for realizing the goal of

Atmanirbhar Bharat. Simultaneously, it will

harmonize needs of workers and industry and will

prove an important milestone for welfare of the

workers.

As a step towards implementation of the four

Labour Codes, the Central Government has

published the following draft Rules inviting

comments of all stakeholders including general

public:-

the Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2020;

the Industrial Relation (Central) Rules,

2020;

the Industrial Relations (Central)

Recognition of Negotiating Union or

Negotiating Council and Adjudication of

Disputes of Trade Unions Rules, 2021;

the Code on Social Security (Central)

Rules, 2020;

the Code on Social Security (Employee's

Compensation) (Central) Rules, 2021;

the Occupational Safety, Health & Working

Conditions (Central) Rules, 2020; and

1.4

1.5

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

HIGHLIGHTS OF

IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES

Chapter-1

draft Rules under section 16 (5) of the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020.

Also, under the Industrial Relations Code,

2020, following Model Standing Orders have been

pre-published in the Gazette of India for inviting

suggestions/objections from the stakeholders:

the Model Standing Orders for Service

Sector, 2020;

the Model Standing Orders for

Manufacturing Sector, 2020; and

the Model Standing Orders for Mines, 2020.

Keeping in view the needs of the services

sector, a separate Model Standing Orders for

Services Sector has been prepared of the first

time.

“Labour" is in the Concurrent List of the

Constitution and under the Labour Codes, rules

are required to be framed by the Central

Government as well as by the State Governments.

The Central Government and a number of

States/UTs have pre-published rules under 4

Labour Codes. The details of States/UTs which

have pre-published draft Rules under the four

Labour Codes are as follows :

1.6

1.7

1.8

Status of Rules by States/UTs under 4 labour

Codes (As on 23.12.2022)

Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi

Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), and National Pension

Scheme for Traders, Shopkeeper and Self-

Employed Persons:

1.9 The PM-SYM and NPS Traders Scheme

was launched in March and September, 2019

respectively with the objective to provide old age

protection and assure the monthly pension of Rs.

Name of

Code

Name of States/UTs which

have pre-published the draft

rules

The Code on

Wages, 2019

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,

Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,

Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh, Jharkhand,

Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya

Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha,

Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim,

Tamil Nadu, Telangana,

Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar

Pradesh, UTs of Andaman

& Nicobar Islands,

Chandigarh, Jammu &

Kashmir, Ladakh, NCT of

Delhi and Puducherry (31)

Industrial

Relations

Code, 2020

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,

Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,

Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh, Jharkhand,

Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya

Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha,

Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,

Telangana, Tripura,

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,

UTs of Chandigarh, Jammu

& Kashmir, Ladakh and

Puducherry (28)

Code on

Social

Security,

2020

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,

Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,

Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh, Jharkhand,

Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya

Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha,

Punjab, Sikkim, Telangana,

Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar

Pradesh, UTs of Andaman &

Nicobar Islands,

Chandigarh, Jammu &

Kashmir, Ladakh and

Puducherry (28)

Occupational

Safety, Health

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,

&Working

Conditions

Code, 2020

Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,

Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh,

Jharkhand, Karnataka,

Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Manipur,

Odisha, Punjab, Tamil

Nadu, Telangana, Tripura,

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,

UTs of Chandigarh, Jammu

& Kashmir, Ladakh and

Puducherry (26)

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3,000/- per month to the workers of unorganised

sector and traders, Shopkeeper and Self Employed

Persons whose annual turnover, not exceeding

Rs.1.5 crore. The unorganised workers as well as

traders and self-employed persons in the age group

of 18-40 years whose monthly income is Rs.

15000/- or less and who are not covered under

EPFO/ESIC/NPS(Govt. funded) and income tax

payee can join the scheme. Under this scheme,

minimum assured monthly pension of Rs.3000/- will

be provided to the beneficiaries after attaining the

age of 60 years. Under the scheme, the subscriber

is required to pay the prescribed contribution amount

which ranges Rs. 55-200/- depending upon the entry

age of the workers and the Central Government

provides equal matching contribution. Enrolment to

the Scheme is done through the Common Service

Centres (CSC), through its network of over 4 lakh

centres across the country. In addition, eligible

persons can also self-enroll through visiting the

portal www.maandhan.in. As on 31.01.2023 over

49.25 lakh and as on 13.09.2022 around 52.21

thousand beneficiaries have been registered under

PM-SYM and NP’S Traders Scheme, respectively.

In addition, Ministry of Labour and

Employment has launched the e-shram portal on

26.08.2021 for creating a National Database of

Unorganized Workers (NDUW), seeded with

Aadhaar. It is first ever national database of

unorganized workers including agricultural workers,

domestic workers, construction workers, gig and

platform workers, etc. eShram captures details of

workers such as name, occupation, address,

educational qualification, skill type etc. for optimum,

realization of their employability and extend the

benefits of the social security schemes to them. It is

envisaged that the portal will also help in providing

portability of the benefits to the migrant and

construction workers. It will also provide a

comprehensive database to Government for

tackling any National crisis situation like COVID-19

in future. As on 31.12.2022 more than 28.5 crore

unorganized workers have been registered on e-

Shram Portal.

1.10

GOVERNANCE REFORMS THROUGH

TECHNOLOGY

Shram Suvidha Portal:

1.11

1.12

1.13

1.14

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has

developed a unified Web Portal 'ShramSuvidha

Portal', to bring transparency and accountability in

enforcement of labour laws and ease complexity of

compliance. It caters to four major Organizations

under the Ministry, namely

Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner

(Central) [CLC(C)]

Directorate General of Mines Safety

[DGMS]

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation

[EPFO]; and

Employees' State Insurance Corporation

[ESIC]

Main Features of the Portal are as follows:

Unique Labour Identification Number (LIN):

LIN is allotted to units after the registration

to facilitate online inspection & compliance.

Online Return: Units are now required to file

single self-certified and simplified annual

return instead of filling separate returns as

required earlier.

Transparent Labour Inspection Scheme

through computerized system on risk based

criteria.

Allotment of unique Labour Identification

Number (LIN) to Units after registration to facilitate

online inspection & compliance was started on the

Portal with its launch on 16.10.2014 itself. Unique

Labour Identification Number (LIN) has been

allotted to 38,95,162 units as on 29.12.2022.

Transparent Labour Inspection Scheme in

Central sphere was started on the Portal with its

launch on 16.10.2014 itself. The main features of

the inspection scheme are as follows:

A computerized list of inspection is

generated randomly based on risk based

objective criteria.

Serious matters are to be covered under

the mandatory inspection list.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Complaints based inspections are

determined centrally by Central Analysis

and Intelligence Units (CAIU) of each of the

enforcement agencies after examination

based on data and evidence.

Mandatory uploading of inspection reports

within 48 hours.

Till 30.01.2023 under Labour Inspection

Scheme, 7,39,108 inspection reports

across the four Central Labour

Enforcement Agencies have been

uploaded on Shram Suvidha Portal.

Unified Online Annual Returns have been

made mandatory in respect of eight (8) Central

Labour Acts, namely, the Payment of Wages Act,

1936, the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Maternity

Benefit Act, 1961, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965,

the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.the Contract

Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, the

Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979,

and the Building and Other Construction Workers

(Regulation of Employment and Condition of

Service) (BOCW) Act, 1996. These Returns which

were half yearly/annually earlier, now need to be

filed by all employers annually only and are to be

filed online. Since launch of the Online Return on

24.04.2015, 2,69,702 online returns have been

filed on the ShramSuvidha Portal as on 29.12.2022

in central sphere (sum of CLC and DGMS returns

only).

Returns under Mines Act, 1952 have been

made online on Shram Suvidha Portal. As on

29.12.2022, 24,297 online returns have been filed

on the ShramSuvidha Portal.

Common Online Annual Return in respect

of Haryana Labour Department has also been

started on the portal. As on 29.12.2022, 9312

returns have been filed on Shram Suvidha Portal.

Common Registration form for EPFO and

ESIC has been made operational. 4,20,196 units

ONLINE RETURN

1.15

1.16

1.17

COMMON REGISTRATION

1.18

with EPFO & 3,51,769 units with ESIC have been

registered as on 29.12.2022.

Further, for new Public & Private Limited

Companies and One Person Company,

registration for EPFO & ESIC has been made

operational at the time of incorporation of the

company itself through Spice+ and AGILE-PRO

e.forms on MCA portal (www.mca.gov.in).

Registration for EPFO & ESIC for new Public &

Private Limited Companies and One Person

Company has been stopped on Shram Suvidha

Portal.

Common Registration under three Central

Acts namely the Building and Other Construction

Workers (Regulation of Employment and

Condition of Service) Act, 1996, the Inter-State

Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and

of Service) Act, 1979 and the Contract Labour

(Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 is provided

online on Shram Suvidha Portal. 18,757

registrations have been issued using this facility as

on 29.12.2022.

Licenses under two Central Acts, namely,

the, Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979

and the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)

Act, 1970 have been made online. 76,765 licenses

have been issued using this facility as on

29.12.2022.

Integration of States with Shram Suvidha

Portal is under way. So far, Haryana, Gujarat,

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Delhi are

being integrated with the Portal. Data is being

shared and LIN is being allotted to the

establishments covered by the state labour

enforcement agencies.

Facility for exemption from Labour

Inspections under six (6) Central Labour Acts is

provided to the Start-ups which submit self-

certified declarations through ShramSuvidha

Portal.

1.19

1.20

State Integration

1.21

Start Up India

1.22

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1.23

Industrial Relations

Software Application for Monitoring and

Disposal, Handling of Apprehended/Existing

Industrial Dispute (SAMADHAN) Portal:

1.24

Directorate General of Employment

Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY

1.25

State/UT Governments have been advised

to regulate the inspections for the Start-Ups,

wherever applicable and extend the self-

certification compliance regime from 3 years to 5

years. 27 States/UTs have taken action on the

advisories dated 12.01.2016 and 06.04.2017

issued by this Ministry for self-certification and to

regulate inspection under the four (4) labour laws

viz. the Building & Other Construction Workers

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service) Act, 1996, the Inter-State Migrant

Workmen (Regulation of Employment and

Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, the Payment of

Gratuity Act, 1972 and the Contract Labour

(Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 for the start-

ups wherever applicable.

SAMADHAN (Software Application for

Monitoring And Disposal, Handling of

Apprehended/Existing Industrial Dispute) is an

online portal devised to introduce the workers to an

easy way of filing their dispute with the concerned

Conciliation Officer where Central Government is

the appropriate government. The system is so

designed that it integrates all the stakeholders (viz.

Workman, Conciliation officer, Appropriate

Government, and CGITs) in the dispute under one

roof i.e. on SAMADHAN. (For more details please

refer Chapter-3).

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Government has announced Aatmanirbhar

Bharat 3.0 package to boost the economy and

increase the employment generation in post Covid

recovery phase. One of the measures announced

in respect of Ministry of Labour and Employment as

part of this package is Aatmanirbhar Bharat

RojgarYojana under which every establishment

registered with EPFO and their new employees will

benefit if the establishments take new employees

or those who lost jobs between 01.03.2020 to

30.09.2020. For more details please refer chapter

23 (Para 23.42).

The Ministry is implementing the National

Career Service (NCS) Project as a Mission Mode

Project for transformation of the National

Employment Service to provide a variety of

employment related services like career

counselling, vocational guidance, information on

skill development courses, apprenticeship,

internships etc. The NCS Portal (www.ncs.gov.in)

was dedicated to the Nation by Hon'ble Prime

Minister of India on 20.07.2015. For more details

please refer .

The Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan

Yojana (PMRPY) Scheme was launched on 9

August, 2016 to incentivise employers for

generation of new employment, where Government

of India was paying the full employer's contribution of

12% or as applicable towards EPF& EPS both w.e.f

01.04.2018 for new employment. This scheme had

dual benefit, on the one hand, the employer is

incentivised for increasing the employment base of

workers in the establishment, and on the other hand,

these workers will have access to social security

benefits of the organized sector. The scheme is

implemented through EPFO. For more details

please refer to

National Career Service

1.26

chapter 23

Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana

(PMRPY)

1.27

Chapter 6 & 23.

STATISTICS (AS ON 31.03.3022)

Total

Establishments

benefitted

1,52,900

Total Employees

benefitted

1,21,69,960

Total Amount

Disbursed (Rs.)

9277.17 Cr

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE

CORPORATION (ESIC):

New Initiatives

For upgrading its infrastructure, ESIC has

given in-principle approval for setting up of 76

new ESI hospitals in (Annexure A)

1.28 Medical

Annual Preventive Health Check up

Program

Screening Camps in Industrial Clusters

Tele-consultation Services through e-

Sanjeevani Portal of the Ministry of

Health and Family Welfare

Super Specialty Services in ESIC

Hospitals

1.29 Non-Medical

For prevention and early detection of

diseases among Insured Persons

(IPs)/Insured Women (IWs) of more than

40 – year age group, ESIC has launched an

Annual Preventive Health Check Up

Program in nine states.

Screening camps for IP/IW of all age

groups are organized in industrial clusters

of 16 locaitons spread over in 15 states.

All ESIC hospitals direct run hospitals along

with 1950 doctors have been on-boarded

on e-Sanjeevani portal of the Ministry of

Health & Family Welfare to provide

teleconsultation to beneficiaries.

Out of 51 direct run ESIC hospitals, 24 ESIC

hospitals have added various super

specialty services in departments of Urology,

Nephrology, Medical and Surgical Oncology,

Cardiology, Gastroenterology, CTVs etc.

The ESIC has issued instruction on

01.11.2022 to all field offices regarding

Special Survey Drive during the period from

01.11.2022 to 31.12.2022 for coverage

of uncovered Factories/ Unites /

Establishments of newly covered areas/

existing areas.

During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the ESIC

initiated following measures for welfare of

employees/IPs and their family members :-

The daily rate of relief under Atal Beemit

Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY), under

which a financial relief is provided in case of

unemployment of IP for maximum 90 days,

was enhanced from 25% to 50% of average

earnings of the IP. The eligibility conditions

for relief under the scheme were also

relaxed.

The last date of payment of monthly

contribution/filing of return of contribution

was extended.

State ESI Society has been operationalized in

Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tripura and Himachal

Pradesh. Funds are released directly to the

respective Society from April, 2019 onwards.

Further, in case the states which have

operationalised the Society, ESIC bears 100%

expenditure upto the specified ceiling, on account

of medical services provided by the State

Government, instead of the arrangement of states

sharing 1/8 expenditure. 21 states have

consented so far to form the State ESI Society and

are in various stages of formation.

ESI Corporation, in its 188 meeting held on

18-19 June, 2022 approved massive

infrastructure creation. In pursuance to it,

326 new ESIC Branch offices, 44

Dispensary Cum Branch Offices (DCBOs)

and 180 ESIS Dispensaries have been

sanctioned by ESIC till September, 2022.

Convergence with Aayushman Bhawat –

PMJAY is also being extended from 157

districts currently to 200 more identified

districts and eventually to all districts of the

country whereby secondary & tertiary care

can be availed by ESI beneficiaries from

PMJAY empaneled hospitals on cashless

basis.

1.30.1 Medical Services – ESI Society

1.30.2 New initiatives under health Reforms

Agenda ESIC 2.0

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As per 2 Generation Reforms ESIC 2.0,

the ESI scheme has been extended to 35

states and Union Territories. There has

been a massive geographical expansion of

ESI scheme since launch of ESIC 2.0 and

the scheme stands extended to 601

districts of the country (as on 01.12.2022)

which includes 458 fully notified districts

and 143 partially notified districts. The

scheme is not notified in 143 districts.

Extending coverage of social security

benefits of ESI scheme – As part of

extending the social security benefits of ESI

Scheme in the entire country, the ESI

scheme has been notified in all the states &

Union Territories except Lakshadweep

Islands. Now it is proposed to extend the

coverage of ESI Scheme to all districts of

the country in the coming year(s).

ESIC and NHA (National Health Authority)

collaboration has expanded to cover a total 157

districts of the country for providing cashless medical

services to ESI beneficiaries through PMJAY

empanelled hospitals. Besides 15 ESIC hospitals,

detailed in , have also been selected for

providing medical services to PMJAY beneficiaries

EPFO has undertaken various initiatives

out of which, major initiatives having a larger

impact are as under: Information Services (IS)

Division of EPFO has undertaken various

initiatives out of which, major initiatives having a

larger impact are as under: 1. E-Nomination:

Online filing of E-nomination has been provided to

subscribers, E-nomination facility enables

subscribers to avail facility of online filing of

Pension claims, it also facilitates nominee in

getting Provident Fund (EPF), Pension (EPS) and

Insurance (EDLI) benefits through filing of online

claims. 1,27,49,056 nominations for the period

01/04/2022 to 31/12/2022 have been filed.

Convergence between Employees' State

Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and National

Health Authority (AB-PMJAY)

Annexure B

NEW INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN BY EPFO

from Jan, 2022 TO December, 2022

1.31

1.31.2. Development of Centralized IT Enabled

Systems around Unified Portal

1.31.3. Online compliance monitoring system

in respect of contract employees by the

Principal Employers:

1.31.4. Pension and EDLI Calculator:

M/s C-DAC Pune has been awarded a project with

the approval of the Central Board of Trustee, EPF for

development of Centralized IT Enabled Systems

around Unified Portal. To meet the end objective of

better service delivery, the EPFO desires an

integrated system which runs on a centralized

database. The main deliverable of this phased

development is Managing the life cycle of different

type of claims right from receipt to disbursement of

payment, Centralized payment file processing and

payment disbursement, Reengineered returns filing

system, Grant and cancellation of exemption, UAN

based accounting, Configurable user and role

management engine, MIS reports.

There are a large number of big establishments as

well as the Government departments/

Organizations that outsource their works to

contractors for getting their work done. These

contractors hire the contract workers and claim the

salary from the principal employers. There are

several security agencies, man power suppliers,

general contractors who get contracts from the big

establishments. Government departments like

Railways, PWD etc. regularly outsource their

works. In order to facilitate the principal employers

to monitor whether the contractors have actually

remitted the PF dues in respect of the contract

workers, an online facility has been provided so

that a principal employer can add his contractor

establishment and monitor the remittances for the

PF dues in respect of the contract workers. The

Government Organizations have been given a

facility to register on the basis of their TAN and then

monitor the compliance of the contractors from the

created login. This monitoring leads to ensure that

the contract workers get their due benefits.

Pension

and EDLI Calculators has been launched to provide

online facility to Pensioner and Family members to

calculate the benefits of Pension and Death Linked

Insurance Benefit for which they are eligible.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

1.31.5. Pan India Implementation of e-Office:

1.31.6. Face authentication for Digital Life

Certificate:

1.31.7 HAR GHAR TIRANGA CAMPAIGN

1.31.8 SPECIAL CAMPAIGN 2.0 & SWACHHTA

DRIVE :

Earlier the process of file handling in EPFO was

being handled in physical files apart from few offices.

In view of Digital India the process of making the

official work completely paperless, the process of

PAN India e-Office Implementation was commenced

for 136 Regional offices of EPFO. On the occasion of

Good Governance Day (25.12.2022) some ROs

have commenced work on e-Office by moving

certain files through e-Office.

A facility of Face authentication technology for

Digital Life Certificate has been launched to help

those pensioners who face difficulties in getting

their biometrics (Fingerprint & Iris) captured due to

old age.

IT Policy Framework and Audit: The

Information Security Policy approved by the

Central Board of Trustees (CBT) is under

implementation. Data sharing Policy has been

formulated which shall be placed before the

CBT for adoption. Storage (Hardware)

augmentation policy has been approved by the

CBT. Audit of all the Applications commenced

by the STQC, and the audit of Infrastructure

started by CDAC, Hyderabad.

Augmentation of IT Infra for providing better

services to the stakeholders: During the year,

945 TB of storage hard disks were procured and

installed to augment the storage. Diagnostic

tools to have peep into the operations &

performance of the Applications and infra were

procured and installed which resulted in better

load balancing and management.

Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign was organised from

13.08.2022 to 15.08.2022 in which various

activities like posting of creative, uploading of

photographs of campaign on Social Media/

website were carried out.

Media Outreach of Special Campaign 2.0 &

Swachhta Drive was conducted from 02nd

October to 31st October 2022. Several

photographs showing “Before and After” of the

cleanliness drive were posted on Social Media

every day for the whole duration of the campaign.

A ‘Chintan Shivir’ was organized by EPFO on 8th

September 2022 at Surajkund, Haryana which was

chaired by ShriBhupenderYadav, Hon'ble Union

Minister for Labour & Employment and Environment,

Forest & Climate Change. ChintanShivir of EPFO

themed 'EPFO@AmritKal – BehtarKal', first of its

kind in the history of EPFO concluded with landmark

discussions and far reaching recommendations for

expansion and improvement in Services & Service

Delivery Mechanism to it's subscribers. It was

attended by domain experts, officers of the Ministry

of Labour & Employment and the EPFO

i. Mission 10 crore – Growing EPFO scope ii. Ease of

Compliance – Service Expansion iii. EPFO

Karmayogi – Capable Organization iv. Satisfied

Members – Seamless Services v. Preparing for

future – Pensioners Our Priority

The launch of this functionality w.e.f. 12.03.2022

provides for a two – way mechanism for the

declaration of PEs by the Contractors, especially

those establishments that cater to the manpower

needs of PEs such as security services, house-

keeping, facility management etc. Such contractor

establishments can declare their PEs, whether

registered with EPFO or not, in their Login in the

following manner:

(i) PEs that registered with EPFO can be

declared by their contractors through their

EPF code.

(ii) PEs not registered with EPFO can also be

declared by the contractors through their

TAN.

(iii) The contractor establishments are also

allowed to declare particulars like contract

tenure, contract/ work order document and

1.31.9 CHINTAN SHIVIR :

Following

Five themes were discussed in Chintan Shivir :-

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(PE) FUNCTIONALITY 2.0

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UANs of the employees deployed. Once

such a declaration has been made by the

contractor, the PE can view the compliance

for the UANs of employees 2022 deployed

by the contractor.

The above facility will ensure capturing of contract

employee data & compliance record even if the

Principal employer is not discharging the duty of

reporting the details of contractors & contract

employees. The launch of this functionality is a

step further towards Ease of Compliance for PEs &

Contractors alike.

An Ad-hoc

Committee from amongst members of the CBT,

EPF was constituted to give recommendations for

enhancing coverage and reducing litigation. The

said Committee has recommended a mechanism

for Alternate Dispute Resolution for providing

avenues for amicable settlement of disputes. In

line with the recommendations of the Committee,

guidelines have been framed and issued for

withdrawal of Prosecution Cases for non-seeding

of KYC details with UAN.

Virtual hearing for almost all inquiries under

Sections 7A and 14B of the Act was ensured to

make the inquiries more transparent and to fast

track dispute resolution and assessment of dues.

This is a new digital interface of EPFO with

employers whereby list of establishments not filing

ECRs is generated on 21st of each calendar

month and SMS is sent immediately to such

establishments. In case of no response, message

is sent in employer login. e-Inspection Form is

deployed in Login of establishments which fail to

respond to SMS & message & continue to default

for three months or more.

Each Zonal Office(ZO) of EPFO now functions as

an extended arm of Central Analysis and

DECRIMINALISATION OF LAWS:

1.31.11 CONDUCT OF QUASI-JUDICIAL

INQUIRIES IN VIRTUAL MODE

1.31.12 COMPLAINT AND OPTIONAL

INSPECTION PORTAL

CENTRALIZED, FACELESS DIGITAL

INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR DEFAULT

MANAGEMENT:

Inspection Unit (CAIU) (HO) to accord permissions

to Regional Offices for carrying out inspections in

all types of cases other than the mandatory

inspections as listed in the EPFO. Further the ZOs

are required to scrutiny the cases on the basis of

the extant guidelines and grant permissions.

Monitoring & Evaluation Unit (MEU) is an

integral part of the Ministry and plays a vital role for

output-outcome monitoring of all schemes of the

Ministry of Labour and Employment under different

components of Budget. This unit is mainly

responsible for coordinating the information /

material including work related to schemes of

MoLE with NITI Aayog, Ministry of Social Justice &

Empowerment (MoSJE), Ministry of Tribal Affairs

(MoTA) and Ministry of Development of North

Eastern Region (M/o DONER). This Unit also

coordinates in preparation of the Economic Survey

material for MoLE and comments on EFC / SFC

and Cabinet Notes of the MoSJE, MoTA and M/o

DONER. The Unit is also a Nodal Unit of Output-

Outcome Monitoring Framework (OOMF),

monitoring of Development Action Plan for

Scheduled Castes (DAPSC) [erstwhile Scheduled

Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP)] / Development Action

Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) [erstwhile

Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) / Scheduled Tribe

Component (STC)], monitoring of expenditure of

North Eastern Region (NER) component and

deputation of Area / Nodal Officers to various

States / UTs to monitor the functioning of Field

Offices and implementation of schemes of MoLE.

The Ministry of Finance provided an outlay

of Rs. 16159.00 Crore for the Central Sector (CS) /

Centrally Sponsored (CSS) Schemesof the

Ministry of Labour & Employment during the

Financial Year 2022-23. Ministry has earmarked

Rs. 2682.42 (16.60% of total allocation) for DAPSC

and Rs. 1389.69 Crore (8.60% of total allocation)

for DAPST under CS / CSS schemes during the

current fiscal.

On the 8th International Day of Yoga (IDY)

on 21st June 2022 falling in the year of

AzadiKaAmritMahotsav (AKAM), this Ministry was

among one of 100 stakeholders for promotion of

Monitoring & Evaluation Unit

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1.34

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Yoga. Under this Ministry of Labour & Employment

was allotted 07.05.2022 (Saturday) as a Special

Day to Observe One Day Countdown to

International Day of yoga (lDY), 2022. The function

was held successfully at Deputy Speaker Hall,

Constitution Club of India (CCI), Rafi Marg.

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) is an

initiative of the Government of India to celebrate

and commemorate 75 years of independence and

the glorious history of it's people, culture and

achievements. 'Har Ghar Tiranga' is a campaign

under the aegis of AKAM to encourage people to

bring the Tiranga home and to hoist it. To make the

campaign 'Har Ghar Tiranga' successful, this

Ministry distributed 400 National Flags among its

Officers/Staff.Instructions were issued to

Organizations of the Ministry in this regard.

The reports of the 2nd quarter (July to September,

2021), 3rd quarter (October to December 2021) &

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Labour Bureau

1.36 Quarterly Employment Survey (QES):-

4th quarter (January to March 2022) of the

Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) were

released by Ministry of Labour & Employment on

10th January, 2022; 28th April, 2022 & 27th

September, 2022, respectively. The 5th & 6th

round of QES are being conducted with expanded

sample size.

The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on

Statistics of Prices and Cost of Living has accepted

the base revision of CPI-(AL and RL)

With the vision of giving a heartfelt tribute of “A

Clean India” to Mahatma Gandhi, a Special

Campaign 2.0 was undertaken by Labour Bureau

and its Regional Offices from 2nd to 31st October

2022. The “Special Campaign 2.0” was, inter alia,

aimed at Record Management, Cleanliness

(Indoor and Outdoor) and Office Scrap disposal,

freeing of space was also carried out in Shram

Bureau Bhawan, Sector-38W, Chandigarh. About

1094 square feet of space was freed. Further,

almost more than Rs. 3 lakhs was earned in scrap

disposal. More than 2500 files were reviewed and

identified for weeding out.

Base Updation of CPI (AL/RL)

from 1986-87

to 2019=100.

Special Campaign 2.0 for disposal of pending

matters from 2 October to 31 October 2022.

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· ISO Certification:

SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

1.37

1.38

It was decided to obtain ISO certification of

ISO:9001, ISO:14001 and ISO:50001, Standards.

Accordingly, Integrated Management System (IMS)

manual was successfully prepared. Stage I and

Stage II audit by the certification agency, i.e. BIS,

were completed by September, 2022. Corrective

action w.r.t. the observed non-conformities have

been taken and a review Second Stage Audit held in

December, 2022. ISO certificate has been given on

Under Swachhta Pakhwada, Special

Campaign 2.0 the Ministry has started the campaign

to reduce pendency in all work and disposing of

waste/scrap. Obsolete items and scrap were

disposed of and a sum of Rs. 3.02 lakh was realized

through auction

The Ministry celebrated 102nd Birth

Anniversary of Sh Dattopant Bapurao Thengadi Ji

on 10th November 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan, New

Delhi..

The Right to Information Act, 2005

1.39

1.40

1.41

In order to achieve the objectives of Good

Governance, it is necessary that the administration

should be transparent, responsive, accountable,

citizen-friendly and able to disseminate the

information to the public. Right to Information is a

powerful tool to ensure all these attribute in the

administration and, therefore, the Government

enacted the Right to Information(RTI) Act, 2005,

which has come into effect from 12.10.2005.

In pursuance of the provisions contained in

the Right to Information Act 2005, action has been

taken for the implementation of the Act in various

Public authorities under the aegis of Ministry of

Labour & Employment. It includes dissemination

of information in public domain relating to

the particulars of organisation, its function and

duties, the designation of CPIO and Appellate

Authority etc. The Ministry has also initiated suo-

motu disclosure of information about various

Labour Acts / Regulations, which were

required to be made public for the use of citizens

of this country, on the Ministry's website i.e.

. It is also to be mentioned

that Attached & Subordinate offices and

Autonomous organisations of the Ministry have

their own websites which are linked to the

Ministry's website.

The Ministry has also set up a Central RTI

Cell, headed by a Nodal Officer, where the RTI

applications from the citizens are received. During

www.labour.gov.in

Hon'ble Minister, L&E grace the occasion

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

last 2 years, including year 2022-2023 (up to

December, 2022), applications (Manually and

Electronically) received in Main Secretariat,

Ministry of Labour & Employment are as follows:

During the year from 1 January, 2022 to

31 December, 2022, 19 applicants have gone to

Central Information Commission(CIC) in the form

of Second Appeal.

Legal Information Management & Briefing

System (LIMBS) was introduced by the

Department of Legal Affairs with an aim to

digitalize entire process of Court cases. Legal cell

of the Ministry has strived to ensure that LIMBS is

implemented by all organizations under the

Ministry of Labour & Employment. It is one of the

front runners in implementing LIMBS by uploading

information of almost all Court cases (around

77,000 court case till 31 December, 2022) on

LIMBS portal.

Government is following a robust multi -

pronged strategy to tackle the issue of child labour.

It comprises of statutory and legislative measures,

rescue and rehabilitation, universal elementary

education along with social protection & poverty

alleviation and employment generation schemes.

The National Policy on Child Labour

declared in August, 1987, addresses the complex

issue of child labour in a comprehensive, holistic

and integrated manner. The Action Plan under this

policy is multi-pronged and mainly consists of:

1.42

Legal Cell

1.43

Child Labour

1.44

Policy on Child Labour

1.45

Alegislative action plan

Project based action in areas of high

concentration of Child Labour

Focus on general development

programmes for the benefit of the families

of Child Labour

The Child and Adolescent Labour

(Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 as amended

in 2016, inter-alia, covers complete prohibition on

employment or work of children below 14 years of

age in all occupations and processes; linking the

age of the prohibition of employment with the age

for free and compulsory education under the Right

to Education Act, 2009; prohibition on employment

of adolescents (14 to 18 years of age) in hazardous

occupations or processes and making stricter

punishment for the employers contravening the

provisions of theAct.

In pursuance of National Child Labour

Policy, the National Child Labour Project (NCLP)

Scheme was started in 1988 to rehabilitate children

rescued from child labour. It is a Central Sector

Scheme. Under the scheme, project societies

are set up at the district level under the

chairpersonship of the Collector / District

Magistrate for overseeing the implementation of

the project. Under the NCLP Scheme, children in

the age group of 9-14 years, withdrawn from work

are put into Special Training Centers, where they

are provided with bridge education, vocational

training, mid-day meal, stipend, health-care

facilities etc. and finally mainstreamed to the formal

education system. Children in the age group of 5 - 8

years are directly linked to the formal education

system through coordination with the

SamagraShikshaAbhiyan (SSA).

The NCLP Scheme has now been assimilated with

“Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan” Scheme of Ministry

of Education, Department of School Education and

Literacy in phased manner after 1st April 2021 to

avoid the duplication of efforts at the District and

Legislative Action Plan

1.46

Project Based Action Plan

1.47

S. No Years

RTI

Applications

Received

2021-2022

4642

2022-23

(as on

31.12.2022)

(Manually and

Electronically)

4875

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State level. The children rescued / identified as

child labour, after completing the necessary

formalities, may be admitted to Special Training

Centre, operated in the district under SSA

Scheme.

Hon'ble Prime Minister virtually

addressed the inaugural session of the conference

on 25.08.2022. Union Minister of Labour &

Employment, Shri Bhupender Yadav and Minister

of State for Labour & Employment, Shri Rameswar

1.48 National Labour Conference of Labour

Ministers and Labour Secretaries of States/UTs

was held on 25-26 August 2022 at Tirupati,

Andhra Pradesh.

Teli, Administrator, UT of Chandigarh, Labour

Ministers of States, Senior officers of Union Ministry

of Labour & Employment, Labour Secretaries of

States/UTs and Government Officials attended the

event. The agenda of the National Labour

Conference included the following issues:

Integration of e-Shram Portal

Improving medical services through ESI

Hospitals run by States

Modalities for implementation of Labour

Codes

Vision Shramev Jayate @2047 and other matters where engagement

with State Governments is important

*****

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Sl. No. State

District

Location

Andhra Pradesh

Guntur Guntur (ESIC)

Andhra Pradesh Vizianagaram Vizianagaram

Andhra Pradesh East Godawari Kakinada

Andhra Pradesh Ananthpur Penukonda

Andhra Pradesh Vishakapatnam Vishakhapatnam (ESIC)

Andhra Pradesh

Sri Potti Sriramulu (Nellore)

Sri City, Nellore

Andhra Pradesh

Sri Potti Sriramulu (Nellore)

Nellore

Andhra Pradesh Vishakapatnam Atchyutapuram

Bihar Muzaffarpur Muzzafarpur (ESIC)

10.

Chhattisgarh

Durg

Bhillai

11.

Chhattisgarh Raigarh Raigarh

12.

Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Bilaspur

13.

Delhi North Delhi Narela (ESIC)

14.

Goa North Goa Mulgaon Goa

15.

Gujarat Bhavnagar Alang

16.

Gujarat Ahmedabad Sanand

17.

Haryana Jhajjar Bahadurgarh

18.

Haryana Rewari Bawal

19.

Haryana

Gurgaon

Manesar (ESIC)

20.

Haryana HIssar Hissar

21.

Haryana Sonipat Sonepat

22.

Haryana Ambala Ambala

23.

Haryana Rohtak Rohtak

24.

Himachal Pradesh Sirmaur Kala Amb

25.

Jammu & Kashmir

(UT)

Badgam

Ompura, Srinagar

26.

Jharkhand Deoghar Deoghar

27.

Jharkhand Bokaro Bokaro (ESIC)

28.

Karnataka Bangalore Rural Doddabalapur

29.

Karnataka Bangalore Rural Bommsandra

30.

Karnataka Shimoga Shivamoga

31.

Karnataka Kolar Narsapura

32.

Karnataka Ramanagar Haroholli

33.

Karnataka Bellary Bellary

34.

Karnataka Tumkur Tumkur

35.

Karnataka Udupi Udupi

36.

Kerala Ernakulam Perambavoor

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Leh ( UT) Leh Leh (ESIC)

Madhya Pradesh Dhar Pithampur

Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur Jabalpur

40.

Maharashtra Nagpur Butibori, Nagpur

41.

Maharashtra Palghar Palghar (ESIC)

42.

Maharashtra Satara Satara(ESIC)

43.

Maharashtra Raigad Pen (ESIC)

44.

Maharashtra Jalgaon Jalgaon(ESIC)

45.

Maharashtra Pune Chakan (ESIC)

46.

Maharashtra Raigad Panvel (ESIC)

47.

Odisha

Khurdha ESIC SS hospital,

Jagannath Prasad,

Bhubaneswar (ESIC)

48.

Odisha

Jajpur

Duburi

49.

Odisha

Jagatsinghpur

Paradeep

50.

Odisha

Jharsuguda

51.

Punjab

SAS Nagar (Mohali)

SAS Nagar, Lalru

52.

Rajasthan Bikaner Bikaner(ESIC)

53.

Rajasthan Chittorgarh Chittorgarh

54.

Sikkim East Sikkim Rangpo (ESIC)

55.

Tamil Nadu Tiruppur Tirupur

56.

Tamil Nadu Kanchipuram Sriperumbudur

57.

Tamil Nadu Dindigul Dindigul

58.

Tami l Nadu Tirupattur Vaniyamvadi

59.

Tamil Nadu Thothukudi Tuticorin

60.

Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari Kanyakumari

61.

Tamil Nadu Chengalpattu Chengalpattu

62.

Tamil Nadu Erode Erode

63.

Telangana Peddapalli Ramagundam

64.

Uttar Pradesh Meerut Meerut (ESIC)

65.

Uttar Pradesh Firozabad Firozabad

66.

Uttar Pradesh Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur (ESIC)

67.

Uttar Pradesh Amroha Gajraula (ESIC)

68.

Uttar Pradesh Moradabad Moradabad

69.

Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur Gorakhpur

70.

Uttarakhand Dehradun Dehradun

71.

Uttarakhand Udham Singh Nagar Kashipur

72.

Uttarakhand Haridwar Sidkul area Haridwar

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Sl No. State Name of Hospital

1 Bihar ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Bihta

2 Karnataka ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Gulbarga

3 Rajasthan ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Alwar

4 Gujarat ESIC Hospital, Naroda

5 Gujarat ESIC Hospital, Ankleshwar

6 Maharashtra ESIC Hospital, Andheri

7 Maharashtra ESIC Hospital, Kolhapur

8 Maharashtra ESIC Hospital, Bibvewadi, Pune

9 Rajasthan ESIC Hospital, Bhiwadi

10 Rajasthan ESIC Hospital, Jaipur

11 Uttar Pradesh ESIC Hospital, Lucknow

12 Uttar Pradesh ESIC Hospital, Kanpur

13 Uttar Pradesh ESIC Hospital, Varanasi

14 Uttar Pradesh ESIC Hospital, Bareilly

15 Uttar Pradesh ESIC Hospital, Rudrapur

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West Bengal Darjeeling Siliguri

West Bengal Purba Medinapore Haldia

75.

West Bengal North 24 Garshyamnagar

76.

West Bengal Paschim Kharagpur

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Labour Jurisdiction

2.1

(Table 2.1)

Vision, Mission and Objectives of the

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Vision

2.2

Under the Constitution of India, Labour as

a subject is in the Concurrent List and, therefore,

both the Central and the State governments are

competent to enact legislations subject to certain

matters reserved for the Centre.

Decent working conditions and improved

quality of life for workers, ensuring India without

child labour and enhancing employability on a

sustainable basis.

Formulating and implementing policies/

programmes / schemes / projects for providing

Social Security and Welfare, regulating

Conditions of Work, Occupational Health and

Safety of Workers, eliminating child labour,

promoting Harmonious Industrial Relations,

ensuring enforcement of Labour Laws and

promoting Employment Services.

1. Enhancing welfare and social security

provisions for unorganised sector

workers

2. Providing social security to organised

sectors workers

3. Eliminating child labour

4. Promoting skill development

5. Strengthening employment services

6. Prevention and settlement of Industrial

Disputes and strengthening Labour Laws

enforcement machinery

7. Improving Safety conditions and safety of

workers

has taken over the

charge as Union Minister for Labour and

Employment w.e.f. 07.07.2021.

has taken over the

charge as Minister for State for Labour and

Employment w.e.f. 07.07.2021.

Mission

2.3

2.4 Objectives

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Shri Bhupender Yadav

Shri Rameshwar Teli

Table 2.1

ALLOCATION OF SUBJECTS

Union List

Entry No. 55-

Regulation of labour

and safety in mines

and oil fields.

Concurrent List

Entry No.22 - Trade

Union; industrial and

Labour disputes.

Entry No. 61-

Industrial disputes

concerning Union

employees.

Entry No. 23 Social

security and social

insurance;

employment and

unemployment.

Entry No. 65 –

Union agencies and

institutions for

“vocational training”.

Entry No. 24- Welfare

of labour including

conditions of work,

provident funds,

employers’ liability,

workmen’s

compensation,

invalidity and old age

pensions and

maternity benefit.

Chapter-2

ORGANISATIONAL

STRUCTURE & FUNCTIONS

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Ms. Arti Ahuja, IAS (OR:1990)

Bureau Heads

took over

the charge as Secretary (L&E) w.e.f. 16.09.2022

in place of Shri Sunil Barthwal, IAS (BH:1989),

Secretary, Department of Commerce.

Organisations under administrative jurisdiction

of Ministry of Labour and Employment

(1) Employees' State Insurance corporation

(ESIC)

Shri Rajendra Kumar, DG (IAS:TN:1992)

(2) Employees' Provident Fund

Organisation (EPFO)

Ms. Neelam Shami Rao, Central Provident

Fund Commissioner (IAS : MP:1992)

(3) Office of Chief Labour Commissioner

(Central) {CLC(C)}

Shri Remis Tiru, Chief Labour Commissioner

(Central) (CLS)

(4) Office of Director General of Employment

(DGE)

Shri Amit Nirmal, DDG (Employment)

(ISS:2001)

(5) Office of Director General of Factory

Advice Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI)

Shri Prabhat Kumar, Director General

(6) Office of Director General of Mines Safety

(DGMS)

Shri Prabhat Kumar, Director General

(7) Office of Director General V. V. Giri

National Labour Institute (VVGNLI)

Shri Amit Nirmal, DDG (Employment)

(ISS:2001)

(8) Office of Director General of Labour

Bureau (DGLB)

ShriI. S. Negi, Director General (IES:1992)

(9) Office of Dattopant Thengadi National

Board for Workers Education (erstwhile

CBWE)

Shri Rahul Bhagat, Director General (IPS:

CG:2005)

ATTACHED OFFICES

Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)

[CLC(C)]

2.5

Directorate General of Employment (DGE)

2.6

This Office is responsible for (a) prevention,

investigation and settlement of industrial

disputes in the central sphere; (b) enforcement of

awards and settlements; (c) implementation of

labour laws in industries and establishments in

respect of which Central Government is the

appropriate government; (d) verification of

membership of Unions affiliated to the Central

Organisations of workers for giving them

representation in national and international

conferences and committees; and (e) fixation and

revision of dearness allowance component of

minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act,

1948 in the scheduled employments.

The Directorate of Employment (DGE)is

responsible for laying policies, standards, norms

No.

Name with

Designation

Service

1 Sh. Deepak Goyal,

DG (Statistics)

ISS:1986

2 Dr. Shashank Goel,

Additional Secretary

IAS

(TG:1990)

3 Shri Alok Chandra,

SLEA

IES:1992

4 Ms Vibha Bhalla, Joint

Secretary

IRS

(IT:1991)

5 Ms. Deepika Kachhal,

Joint Secretary

IInfoS: 1994

6 Ms. Madhumita Das,

JS&FA

IPoS:1996

7 Sh. Rupesh Kr.

Thakur, Joint

Secretary

IAS

(UT:2006)

8 Nagesh Kumar

Singh, DDG

ISS:2001

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and guidelines throughout the country for

coordinating employment related services.

'Employment' being concurrent subject, the laying

down of policies, procedures, standards, norms,

guidelines, are the responsibility of the Central

Government, whereas the administration of

Employment Exchanges rests with the respective

State Governments/Union Territories. Most of the

States have Directorates of Employment located in

the State capitals. In addition to these activities,

DGE also runs various schemes to increase the

employability of specific target groups through its

subordinate offices.

The Directorate General Factory Advice

Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) Mumbai is

an attached office of the Ministry of Labour &

Employment. It functions as a technical arm of the

Ministry in regard to matters concerned with safety,

health and welfare of workers in factories and

ports. It assists the Central Government in

formulation/review of policies and legislations on

occupational safety and health in factories and

ports, maintains liaison with Factory Inspectorates

of States and Union Territories in regard to the

implementation and enforcement of provisions of

the Factories Act, 1948; renders advice on

technical matters, enforces the Dock Workers

(Safety Health & Welfare) Act, 1986; undertakes

research in industrial safety, occupational health,

industrial hygiene etc.; and provides training,

mainly, in the field of industrial safety and health

including one year Diploma Course in Industrial

Safety, three-months Certificate Course in

Industrial Health (Associate Fellow of Industrial

Health -AFIH), One month Specialized Certificate

Course in Safety and Health for Supervisory

Personnel working in Hazardous Process

Industries.

The DGFASLI organisation comprises of

the headquarters; five Labour Institutes and 11

Inspectorates of Dock Safety in Major Ports. The

Headquarters in Mumbai has three divisions/ cells,

namely, Factory Advice Service Division, Dock

Safety Division and anAward Cell.

DIRECTORATE GENERAL FACTORY ADVICE

SERVICE & LABOUR INSTITUTES

2.7

2.8

2.9

Labour Bureau

2.10

SUBORDINATE OFFICES

Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS)

2.11

Welfare Commissioners

2.12

AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATIONS

Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

2.13

The Inspectorates of Dock Safety are

established at 11 major ports of India viz. Kolkata,

Mumbai, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip,

Kandla, Mormugao, Tuticorin, Cochin, New

Mangalore and Jawaharlal Nehru Port. The

Inspectorate of Dock Safety at Ennore Port is in the

process of being set up.

Labour Bureau, a premium organization in

the field of Labour Statistics, established in 1920,

is responsible for collection, compilation and

publication of labour statistics and other

information relating to labour such as

employment and unemployment, wages,

earnings, industrial relations, working conditions

etc. It also compiles and publishes the Consumer

Price Index Numbers for industrial and

agricultural / rural workers.

This Office is entrusted with enforcement of

provisions of the Mines Act, 1952 and the Rules and

Regulations framed thereunder. The provisions of

the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 as applicable to

mines and oil fields are also enforced by it.

The seventeen (17) offices of Welfare

Commissioners are responsible for providing

welfare services to the workers employed in mica,

limestone and dolomite, iron ore, manganese, &

chrome ore mines and in the beedi and cinema

industries. These offices are located at New Delhi

(Headquarter) Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Ajmer,

Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh,

Cannanore, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jabalpur,

Kolkata, Nagpur, Patna, Ranchi (Jharkhand),

Raipur and Tiruneiveli.

The ESIC is responsible for implementation

of the Employees State Insurance Act 1948, which

provides for medical care and treatment to Insured

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Persons and their families. Assistance is given in

terms of benefits during sickness and maternity,

compensation for employment related injury,

pension for dependents on the death of workers

due to employment related injury, etc.

This Organisation is responsible for

administration of the Employees Provident Funds

and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. The

Schemes for Provident Fund, Family Pension and

Deposit Linked Insurance are implemented by the

Organisation for the benefit of workers covered

under the scheme. The Organisation is also

responsible for administration of Employees

Pension Scheme, 1995 that came into existence

on 16.11.1995.

V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida

(Uttar Pradesh) is a registered society, which

caters to the training and developmental needs of

tripartite constituents –Central and State

Government officials, trade union Members and

Members of employers' organisation apart from

other social partners on various facets of labour,

labour relations and employment. It also

undertakes action-oriented Research,

Consultancy and Advocacy on issues related to

labourand welfare schemes of the government

meant for labour.

The Board with its headquarters at Nagpur

is a registered society dealing with schemes for

training of workers on trade unionism and in

bringing about consciousness among workers

about their rights, duties and responsibilities. The

Board also undertakes programmes for rural

workers education and functional adult education.

Twenty two Central Government Industrial

Employees Provident Fund Organization

(EPFO)

2.14

V. V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI)

2.15

Dattopant Thengadi National Board for

Workers Education (erstwhile CBWE)

2.16

ADJUDICATING BODY

Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-

Labour Courts(CGITs)

2.17

Tribunal(CGIT)-cum-Labour Courts have been

set up under the provisions of the Industrial

Disputes Act, 1947 for adjudication of industrial

disputes in organizations for which the Central

Government is the appropriate Government. The

powers to settle the Appeals arising out of

EPF&MP Act, 1952 have also been entrusted

upon these Tribunals. These Tribunals are

located at Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Mumbai, New

Delhi and Chandigarh (two courts each) and

one each at Kolkata, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Nagpur,

Lucknow, Bangalore, Jaipur, Chennai,

Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad,

Ernakulam, Asansol and Guwahati. Further, the

two Industrial Tribunals at Mumbai and Kolkata

also function as National Tribunals.

In 1966, the Government of India had

introduced a Scheme for Joint Consultative

Machinery (JCM) and Compulsory Arbitration for

Central Government Employees for resolving

unresolved differences between the

Government, as an employer, and the general

body of its employees in certain matters of

common concern.

As per clause 16 of the JCM Scheme,

Compulsory Arbitration is limited to disputes on pay

and allowances, weekly hours of work and leave of a

class or grade of employees. As per clauses 18 & 19

of the JCM Scheme for Arbitration, if so desired by

either side, a dispute on an arbitrable matter is

referred to the Board of Arbitration (BOA), only after

it has been considered by the National Council or

appropriate Departmental Council, as the case may

be, and a final disagreement between the two sides

has been recorded in the matter.

In pursuance of the powers derived from

the respective entries in the Union List and the

Concurrent List of Seventh Schedule of the

Constitution, the Ministry of Labour and

Arbitration Body

Board of Arbitration, Joint Consultative

Machinery (JCM) Scheme

2.18

2.19

Main Subjects dealt in the Ministry of Labour

and Employment

2.20

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

Employment has been allocated the following

items of work: -

Labour policy (including wage policy) and

legislation,

safety, health and welfare of labour,

Social Security of labour,

policy relating to special target group such

as women labour, child labour, Industrial

relations and enforcement of labour laws in

the central sphere,

Adjudication of industrial disputes through

Central Government Industrial Tribunals-

cum-Labour Courts and National Industrial

Tribunals,

Workers Education,

Labour and Employment Statistics,

Employment Services,

Administration of Central Labour &

Employment Services,

International Cooperation in Labour &

Employment matters.

The Central Labour Service (CLS) was

constituted with effect from 3rd February 1987 to

ensure better industrial relations, providing benefits

of labour welfare schemes and enforcement of

labour laws. Consequent upon the Cadre Review,

the Central Labour Service (CLS) was notified as an

Organized Service in the year 2004.

The factories and mines employing 500 or

more workers and plantations employing 300 or

more workers are required to appoint prescribed

number of welfare officer(s) under the relevant

statutes. Assistant Labour Welfare

Commissioners (Central) and Deputy Labour

Welfare Commissioners (Central) discharge

statutory functions and they also advise and

assist the management of the concerned

establishments in maintaining harmonious

CENTRAL LABOUR SERVICE (CLS)

2.21

2.22

industrial relations in the areas of safety, health

and welfare of workers etc. Moreover, by

assisting the organization in resolution of

workers' grievances, these officers prevent them

from escalating to industrial disputes.

In addition, officers appointed as Assistant

Labour Commissioners (Central), Regional

Labour Commissioners (Central), Deputy Chief

Labour Commissioners (Central) in the Central

Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM), headed

by the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) are

entrusted with the task of maintaining good

Industrial relations in the Central sphere. The

officers under CIRM are responsible for

enforcement of all applicable labour laws in the

establishments/ industries covered under Central

Sphere. These officers perform quasi-judicial

authority under the Minimum Wages Act, the

Payment of Wages Act, the Payment of Gratuity

Act, the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 etc. Apart

from the above, they also conduct general

verification of Central Trade Union Organization

and also Trade Unions unit level membership

verification under Code of Discipline.

CLS officers appointed as Assistant

Welfare Commissioners (Central) and Welfare

Commissioners (Central) in the Welfare

Organisation of the Ministry of Labour and

Employment under the Director General (Labour

Welfare) administer various welfare related

schemes viz., Health, Housing, Education,

Pension etc. for unorganized workers engaged in

Beedi making industry, mines etc.

The present Cadre strength of the Service

in various grades is restructured and revised as 01

post in HAG, 02 posts in SAG, 59 posts in JAG, 115

posts in STS and 163 posts in JTS Grade.

Parliament Unit is the nodal unit for

Parliament related matters. The main functions of

this Unit are as under:-

To coordinate receipt and forwarding of

notices on Starred/ Un-starred Parliament

Questions as well as Special Mention/

Resolutions/ Short Duration Discussion etc.

2.23

2.24

2.25

PARLIAMENT UNIT:

2.26

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

from LokSabha / RajyaSabha Question

Branches to all concerned Sections/officers in

the Ministry for necessary action/ replies and

furnish the replies/inputs to the concerned

Houses of Parliament.

To coordinate with the concerned

Sections/officers of the Ministry to provide

information related to Legislative Business

before every Session of Parliament.

To forward information of the Ministry in

respect of matters under Rule 377 in

LokSabha, matters of Urgent Public

Importance raised during Zero Hour and by

way of Special Mention in Rajya Sabha to

the concerned Houses of Parliament.

To coordinate with the concerned

Sections/officers of the Ministry in respect of

Parliament Assurances.

To coordinate with the concerned Sections/

officers of the Ministry to provide

information related to Parliament Standing

Committee on Labour, Textile and Skill

Development and other Parliament

Committees.

To organise meetings of the Parliamentary

Consultative Committee attached to this

Ministry as per the convenience of Labour &

Employment Minister.

Achievements

In Year 2022, three Parliamentary Consultative Committee meetings were held on 01 April

2022, 3

August 2022 and 22 December 2022. The agenda for these meetings were:-

Sl No. Agenda of the Meeting Date Venue

1 Employees State

Insurance Corporation

(ESIC) and Convergence of

ESIC with PradhanMantri

Jan ArogyaYojana

(PMJAY) and

AyushmanBhawat Digital

Mission (ABDM)

April 2022 Parliament House

Annexe, New Delhi

2 Coverage,

GreivanceRedressal

System and HR

management of Employees

Provident Fund

organization (EPFO)

August 2022

3 National Career Services

(NCS) Portal

22 December

2022

Parliamentary Assurance:

During the year 2022, status of Parliament Assurances are as under-

No. of pending assurances as on

January 2022

Total=33 (LokSabha-

22&RajyaSabha- 11)

No. of pending assurances as on

December 2022

Total=17 (LokSabha-

06&RajyaSabha- 11)

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

FINANCE WING

Integrated Finance Division

2.27

2.28

Integrated Finance Division is headed by

the JS & FA in the Ministry. Director (Finance)

assists the Financial Advisor on all matters relating

to tendering financial advice. As provided in

Appendix 2 of Delegation of Financial Powers

Rules (DFPRs), 1978, IFD, headed by JS&FA,

carries out the following functions:-

To advice the Administrative Ministry on all

matters falling within the powers delegated

to the Ministry by the M/o Finance. This

includes all powers other than those

devolving on a Ministry in its capacity as

Head of Office;

To scrutinize proposals for re-delegation of

powers to subordinate authorities;

To screen and give concurrence to all

expenditure proposals beyond the

delegated power of HoD in the Ministry;

To screen all expenditure proposals

requiring to be referred to Ministry of

Finance for concurrence and comments;

To closely associate with the evaluation of

progress and performance of projects and

other continuing schemes;

To closely associate with the formulation of

Schemes and important expenditure

proposals from the initial stages;

To examine & scrutinize SFC/EFC

proposals received from various Wings of

the Ministry.

During the period from 01.01.2022 to till

date, following major items of work were done in

the Ministry of Labour and Employment in

consultation with IFD:-

The proposal for release of expenditure on

e-Shram i.e. National Database for

Unorganized Workers Portal (NDUW),

Shramik Setu seeded with Aadhaar and

releases of GIA to EPFO under Atmanirbhar

Bharat RojgarYojana were examined and

concurred expeditiously.

Various important proposals viz. “All India

Quarterly Establishment based

Employment Survey” under Labour &

Employment Statistical System (LESS)

Scheme, Financial assistance under

Labour Welfare Scheme (LWS) in the form

of scholarship for education of the wards of

Beedi /Cine/Non-Coal Mines Workers,

financial assistance under Bonded labour

Scheme were examined and concurred.

Relaxation of ceiling limits on

implementation of Central Sector Scheme

for creation of “National Database for

unorganised workers seeded with Aadhaar

within the overall approval ceiling of EFC of

said scheme was sought from DoE in a

time-bound manner. Revised EFC

proposal for NDUW Scheme and creation of

NDUW as Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)

were also examined.

Various proposal on Capital Expenditure of

this Ministry as a whole were scrupulously

examined and concurred along with

frequent monitoring of the same

expenditure.

Procurement proposals regarding goods

In Year 202 2, (Budget, Monsoon & Winter Session 2022) replies to a total 557 Parliament

Questions were given, the details of which are as under-

Starred

Questions

Unstarred

Questions

Total

LokSabha 17 257 274

RajyaSabha 30 253 283

Total 47 510 557

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

and services beyond the delegated powers

of HODs of this Ministry were examined and

concurred by following GFR, 2017.

After introduction of new system of funds

flow under Central Sector Schemes and

Centrally Sponsored Schemes, all financial

proposals with regard to schemes are

processed, examined and concurred

accordingly.

MoUsunde Rule 229(xi) of GFR, 2017

between MoLE and two Autonomous

Bodies under the administrative control of

MoLE i.e. DTNBWED and VVGNLI were

finalised/signed for the FY 2022-23.

Proposals regarding creation/revival of

posts received from various offices under

MoLE have been examined and approval

of DoE on the same was sought in a time

bound manner.

Apart from the above, all expenditure

proposals which require specific

concurrence/approval of JS & FA beyond

the delegated powers of HoD in this Ministry

were examined /scrutinized strictly in

accordance with GFR 2017 and DFPRs

,1978.

Also, guidelines with regard to fiscal

prudence and austerity in expenditure

management, as prescribed by the Ministry

of Finance were ensured and high

standards of financial propriety were

maintained.

The Standing Committee on GeM

(SCoGeM) headed by JS & FA meets

regularly to ensure that most of the

procurement are made through GeM portal

and to minimize default payments.

B&A Division is an integral part of the

Ministry of Labour & Employment and playsa vital

role in the smooth implementation of schemes of

MoLE. This Division is headed by Joint Secretary &

Financial Adviser (JS&FA) in the Ministry. US

(budget) and Director assists the Financial Advisor

in all the matter related to the Division.

Budget & Accounts Section

2.29

2.30

Table A indicating

status of Audiit Paras

Functions & Dutiesof the B & A Division are

given below:-

To ensure that the schedule for preparation

of budget is adhered toby the Ministry and

Budget is drawn up according to the

instructions issued by Finance Ministry from

time to time.

To examine the annual budget proposals

received from various Divisions/Sections of

the Ministry for placing the same before

AS&FA for finalizing the Ministry's annual

demand forgrants inconsultation with

Bureau Heads concerned.

Preparation of Detailed Demand for Grants

based on the final ceiling conveyed by the

Ministry of Finance and also comply the

instructions regarding all ocation of budget

for SCSP, TSP and North Eastern Region.

To watch and review the progress of

expenditure against sanctioned grants

through holding of regular meeting being

chaired by JS & FA, wherein, it is sensitized

to maintain the even pace of expenditure so

that it conforms to the Monthly Expenditure

Projection and Quarterly Expenditure

Projection approved by Parliament.

To screen the proposals received from

Divisions/Section of this Ministry for

supplementary demand for grants and

forward the proposal to Ministry of Finance

for the approval of Parliament.

To screen re-appropriation proposals

before forwarding the same to the Ministry

of Finance for approval.

To monitor settlement of audit objections,

inspection reports, audit paras, etc. and to

ensure prompt action on Audit Reports and

issues related to Appropriation Accounts

and Finance Accounts(

Compilation of documents/material viz.,

Notes on Schemes, Standing Committee's

Reports etc. for submitting the same, along

with a presentation on Demand for Grants,

to LokSabha Secretariat in connection with

Parliamentary Standing Committee'

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

smeeting on “Demand for Grants” held in

Parliament House Annexe on yearly basis.

Afull-fledged Report based on the

discussion held and the information

provided in theaforesaid documents, is also

sent by LokSabha Secretariat for submitting

ActionTaken Report. Accordingly, B&A

Section compiles Action Taken Report

(ATR) onthe Report containing the

recommendations of Parliamentary

Standing Committee.Laying of the Action

Taken Report in both the Houses of the

Parliament within six months of submitting

theATR to LokSabha Secretariat.

To forward/upload the updated status of

implementation of Budget Announcements

to Ministry of Finance.

Liasioning with Autonomous Bodies,

Attached & Subordinate offices for various

budget related matters.

Brief on Cut-Motions for budget debates on

the Demand for Grants.

To facilitate in providing loan to

Government Servants.

To provide secretariat assistance to

Standing Audit Committee headed by

Secretary(L&E) for which JS&FA is the

nodal officer.

Proposals for Revised Estimates (RE)

2022-23 and Budget Estimates 2023-24

received from the concerned Divisions

/Sections of the Ministry were examined/

finalized and sent to the Ministry of Finance

for approval. Proposal was approved by the

Ministry of Finance on 29.12.2022.

ATNs on 26th and 30th Report of the

Parliamentary Standing Committee on

Labour, Textiles and Skill Development

have been forwarded to the Lok Sabha

Secretariat.

Information regarding Autonomous Bodies

is being uploaded on the website developed

During the financial year 2022-23, following

major items of work were performed by the

B&A Section:-

by Ministry of Finance to facilitate review

exercise to be carried out by NITIAayog.

Present Status of the Action Taken Reports

on the implementation of Budget

Announcements for the years 2014-15 to

2022-23, having implication for MoLE, have

been uploaded on DEA's e-Samiksha

Portal on monthly basis for online

monitoring of the same by the Ministry of

Finance.

Various proposals of Re-appropriation of

funds have been examined and approved

by following DFPR 1978 done to provide

budgetary supports to the divisions of MoLE

in case of additional funds are required.

Regular Monitoring of procurement of

Goods and Services done through GeM.

Pace of expenditure against sanctioned

grants is reviewed through holding of

weekly meetings by JS&FA to maintain

even pace of expenditure so that it

conforms to MEP/QEP projections.

With a view to implement the Official

language policy of Government of India and rules

made there under, there is a full-fledged Hindi

Section in the Ministry. During the year 2021-22

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has made

efforts to promote the use of Hindi in official work

and create interest among officers / staff to work.

Steps were taken to ensure compliance of the

provisions of the Official Language Act / Rules and

orders / instructions/ guidelines issued by the

Department of Official Language from time to time.

Hindi Section of the Ministry is entrusted with the

task of implementation of the Official Language

Policy of the Government of India and translation of

important documents such as papers to be placed

before the Parliament, Labour Laws, Labour

Codes, Bills, Hon'ble Labour & Employment

Minister's Speeches, Press release etc. and other

routine work of the Ministry.

Official Language

Progressive use of Hindi

2.31

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Cell

2.32 With the aim of reforming Government

delivery system by re-engineering the existing

process in welfare schemes for simpler and faster flow

of information / funds and to ensure accurate targeting

of the beneficiaries, de-duplication and reduction

offraud, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of funds to

beneficiaries was started on 1 January, 2013. DBT

Mission was created in the Planning Commission to

act as the Nodal Point for implementation of the DBT

programmes. The Mission was transferred to the

Department of Expenditure in July, 2013 and

continued to function till 14.09.2015. To give more

impetus, DBT Mission and matters related there to has

been place din Cabinet Secretariat under Secretary

(Co-ordination & PG) w.e.f.14.09.2015. DBT

Missionat Cabinet Secretariat is mandated to act as

nodal point for implementation and monitoring of

Aadhaar-based DBT programmes of various Central

Ministries / Departments as well as State

Governments / UTs. DBT Mission has also developed

aweb-based MIS portal ( ),

which collects and compiles all DBT related

information of Ministries/ Departments i.r.o. following

parameters on regular basis:

www.dbtbharat.gov.in

i) Beneficiary Digitization and their Aadhaar

Seeding /Aadhaar Authentication.

ii) Benefits (either Cashor Kind) given to the

beneficiaries sponsored by the

Consolidated Fund of India.

iii) Fund transferred to the beneficiaries

through DBT/Non-DBTMode.

iv) Savings, if any, due to removal of

duplicate/ghost/fake beneficiaries.

Inpursuance to the directions of DBT

Mission, a DBT Cell was constituted in the

Ministry of Labour & Employment, in August, 2016,

for attending the work relating to Direct Benefit

Transfer. The Cell is working under overall

super vision of AS & FA (L&E) assisted by CCA.

Day - to -Day functioning of DBT Cell is looked after

by one Under Secretary. DBT Cell is coordinating

and monitoring the progress of DBT in the Ministry as

per the directions / instruction of DBT Mission. The

list of 14 DBT Schemes (12 Cash Benefit Transfer,

one In-Kind Benefit Transfer and one Aadhaar

Enabled Service) of the Ministry of Labour &

Employment covered under the DBT Program

during 2022-23 is given in

2.33

Table B.

Sl.

Report No. & Year Paras

Details of the Paras/PA Reports on which ATNs are

pending

No. of

ATNs not

sent by

the

Ministry

even for

the first

time

No. of ATNs

sent but

returned

with

observations

and audit is

awaiting

their re-

submission

by the

Ministry

No. of ATNs

which have

been finally

vetted by

Audit but

have not

been

submitted

by the

Ministry to

CAG/PAC.

Remarks

No CAG/PAC para is pending against the Ministry of Labour & Employment

Action Taken Notes on PAC and C&AG Audit Paras

Table A

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

*****

7 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan -

dhan (PM-SYM)

43,92,223 92.00

8 Rehabilitation Assistance under the

Scheme of Rehabilitation of Bonded

Labour

0 0

9 Revised Integrated Housing Scheme

(RIHS) - 2016 for Beedi, IOMC, LSDM,

Cine Workers

2,996

8.69

10 Stipend to Children in Special

Schools under National Child Labour

Project (NCLP)

6,085 1.57

11 Stipend to Differently Abled

Candidates under the Scheme of

Vocational Rehabilitation Centres for

Handicapped (VRCs)

1,524

1.65

12 Stipend to Trainees under the Scheme

of Welfare of SC / ST Job -Seekers

through Coaching, Guidance &

Vocational Training (CGC)

9,279

3.28

13 Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan

Yojana (PMRPY)

Nil

2964597008*

In-Kind Transfer Scheme

14 Grants to V.V. Giri National Labour

Institute (VVGNLI)

2,837 NA

Aadhaar Enabled Service

15 National Career Service (NCS)

47,15,987 NA

Sl. No.

Name of the Scheme Number of

Beneficiaries

during 2022-23

Amount Given to the

Beneficiaries

during 2022-23

[Rs in Crore.]

Cash Transfer Schemes

Employees Pensions Scheme (EPS)

for EPF Members

6,17,12,775 5062.43

Employees Pensions Scheme (EPS)

for EPF Pensioners

19,10,167

643.33

3 Family Pension-cum-Life Assurance &

Deposit Linked Insurance Schemes for

the Plantation Workers in Assam

2,05,564 20.00

4 Financial Assistance for Education for

the Wards of Beedi, Cine, IOMC,

LSDM Workers

1,30,454 24.10

5 Grants to Dattopant Thengdi National

Board for Workers’ Education &

Development (DTNBWED)

70,015 3.16

6 National Pension Scheme for Traders

and Self Employed Persons

51,277 0.00

List of DBT Schemes of the Ministry of Labour & Employment covered under the

DBT Program during 2022-23

(From 1 April 2022 upto 30th November 2022)

Table B

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Chief Labour Commissioner's (Central)

Organisation, also known as Central Industrial

Relations Machinery (CIRM) is an attached office

of the Ministry of Labour & Employment. The CIRM

is headed by the Chief Labour Commissioner

(Central). It has been entrusted with the task of

maintaining harmonious Industrial Relations,

Enforcement of Labour Laws and Verification of

CTUOs (Central Trade Union Organisations). The

offices of the organisation are spread over different

parts of the country with regional and unit level

formations.

The functions of CIRM broadly are given as under:

i. Prevention and Settlement of Industrial

Disputes, in Central Sphere,

ii. Enforcement of Labour Laws and Rules

made there under in central sphere,

iii. Implementation of awards,

iv. Quasi-Judicial functions,

v. Verification of the membership ofthe

CTUOs,

vi. Welfare & Training,

vii. Other Miscellaneous functions,

The CIRM ensures harmonious Industrial

Relations in the central sphere establishments

through:-

a. Monitoring of Industrial Relations in Central

Sphere,

b. Intervention, mediation and conciliation in

Industrial Disputes in order to bring about

settlement of disputes,

1. Functions of the organisation:

2 Prevention and Settlement of Industrial

Disputes

2.1

c. Intervention in situations of threatened

strikes and lockouts with a view to avert the

strikes and lockouts,

d. Implementation of settlements and awards,

e. Enforcement of other provisions in

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 relating to:

(1) Works Committee, (2) Recovery of

Dues, (3) Lay Off, (4) Retrenchment, (5)

Unfair Labour Practices etc.

The details of the industrial disputes handled by

the CIRM during the year 2022-2023 (January to

December, 2022) are as under:

2.1 (a) Industrial Disputes Handled

(b) Benefits to Workers due to Intervention

by CIRM

Head January to

December, 2022

Industrial Disputes

Handled

12,746

Industrial Disputes

Disposed off

8,773

Strike Averted 318

YEAR January to

December, 2022

Numbers of Workers

Benefited

14,7138

Amount of Relief to the

above workers (In Crore)

2285.06

Number of workers

Regularised / Re-instated

318

Chapter-3

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL

RELATION MACHINERY (CIRM)

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

3. Enforcement Of Labour Laws:

Another important function of CIRM is enforcement

of Labour Laws in the establishments for which

Central Government is the Appropriate

Government. The machinery enforces following

Labour Laws and Rules framed there under:

1. The Payment of Wages Act 1936 & rules made

thereunder for Mines, Railways, Air Transport

Services & Docks, Wharves and Jetties,

2. The Minimum Wages Act 1948 and Rules,

3. The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition)

Act, 1970 and Rules,

4. The Equal RemunerationAct 1976 & Rules,

5. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (RE&CS)

Act 1979 and Rules,

6. The Child and Adolescent Labour

(Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 and

Rules,

7. The Payment of GratuityAct, 1972 and Rules,

8. The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing

returns and Maintaining Registers by certain

Establishments)Act 1988,

9. The Building and other Construction Workers

(RE&CS)Act, 1996 and Rules.

10. The Chapter VI-A of Indian Railways Act;

Hours of Employment Regulations for

Railways Employees

11. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders)

Act, 1946 & Rules,

12. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 & Mines and

Circus Rules, 1963 & Rules and

13. The Payment of BonusAct, 1965, and Rules.

There are approximately 2.32 lacs establishments in

the Central Sphere. The Inspecting Officers of CIRM

inspect these establishments under different labour

enactments. To ensure transparency and

accountability in the system, all the inspections are

conducted through web enabled Shram Suvidha

Portal. The inspection reports are uploaded on the

ShramSuvidha Portal within 48 hours, so as to

enable employers to make good the irregularities

and deficiencies noticed during inspections. Special

emphasis is given to enforcement of beneficial

enactments such as Minimum Wages Act, 1948; The

Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970,

and The Building and Other Construction Workers

(Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service)

Act, 1996 in the un-organised Sector. Prosecutions

are launched against persistent defaulters and in

respect of major violations. Details of Inspections for

the period January to December, 2022 are given as

under:-

The officers of CIRM implement Awards issued by

Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-

Labour Courts (CGITs). During the period January

to December, 2022, 1766 awards were

received/brought forward out of these 306 were

implemented, implementation of 900 Awards were

stayed by Hon'ble High Courts & implementation of

512 awards are under process.

Difficulties in implementing the awards are

experienced as employers obtain stay orders from

Hon'ble High Courts onimplementation.

Prosecution proposal is submitted to the Ministry of

Labour and Employment for sanction under

Section 197 of Cr. PC .

The CIRM officers from the level of LEO(C) up to

3.1 Statement Showing No. of Inspections

Etc. Under Various Labour Laws For The Period

January To December, 2022

4. Implementation Of Awards:-

5. Quasi Judicial Functions:-

Head January to

December, 2022

Inspection Conducted 33,552

No. of irregularities

detected

1,62,422

No. of irregularities

rectified

50,749

No. of prosecution cases

filed

5,051

No. of convictions

secured

1501

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

the level of CLC (C) also perform certain Quasi-

Judicial Functions as shown below:

Director General (Inspections) under The

Building and Other Construction Workers

(Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service)

Act, 1996 but power has been delegated to a Dy.

CLC(C) at headquarters; Appellate Authority under

The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act,

1946, Conciliation Officer under the Industrial

Disputes Act, 1947 for intervening in the disputes as

per occasion arises and Supervisor of Railway

Labour under The Railway Servants Hours of

Employment Rule, 2005.

Conciliation Officer under The

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Appellate Authority

under The Industrial Employment (Standing

Orders) Act, 1946. He is an officer of senior level of

CIRM to assist CLC (C) in all his functioning.

Appellate Authority under The

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act,

1946, The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, The

Building and Other Construction Workers

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service) Act, 1996, Inter-State Migrant Workmen

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service) Act, 1979 and Appellate Authority to deal

with appeals u/s 7 and 12 of The Contract Labour

(Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970; Authority

under Rule 25 (2) (v) (a) and (b) of The Contract

Labour (Regulation and Abolition), Rules 1971;

Conciliation Officer under the Industrial Disputes

Act, 1947; Supervisor of Railway Labour under the

Railway Servants Hours of Employment Rule,

2005.

Authority under The Minimum Wages

Act, 1948, The Payment of Wages Act, 1936; and

The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976. Certifying

Officer under The Industrial Employment

(Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and Supervisor of

Railway Labour under Railway Servants Hour of

Employment Rules, 2005, Conciliation Officer

under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, disputes

on classification under HOER are being dealt by

RLC(C); Independent RLCs(C) are also notified as

Registering and Licensing Officer under The

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act,

CLC(C):-

Addl. CLC(C):-

Dy. CLC(C):-

RLC(C):-

1970 and Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979;

Registering Officer under The Building and Other

Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment

and Conditions of Service)Act, 1996.

Controlling Authority under The

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972; Authority under

The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976; Registering

and Licensing Officer under The Contract Labour

(Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, ISMW

(RE&CS) Act, 1979, Conciliation Officer under the

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; Supervisor of

Railway Labour The Railway Servants Hours of

Employment Rule, 2005.

In some places LEOs (C) are notified as

Conciliation Officer under the Industrial Disputes

Act, 1947

Besides above the officers of CLC(C) organisation

have been declared as Inspectors under various

labour law enactments.

The claim cases decided by these officers under

Minimum Wage Act, Payment of Wages Act &

payment of Gratuity Act are given in the table

below:-

ALC(C):-

LEO (C):-

6. Court Cases:-

Head January to

December,2022

Claim cases received

incl brought forward

24,772

Claims cases decided

10,096

Amount Awarded (In Cr

ore)

166.49

Claims cases pending

14676

Head

Hon’ble

Supreme

Court

Hon’ble High

Court and other

Courts

No. of

Cases

108

3205

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

7. Annual Returns:-

8. Verification Of Membership Of Trade

Unions Operating In An Establishment To

Identify Majority Union Under Code Of

Discipline.

The Verification of membership of unions operating

in the establishments of central sphere is

conducted by Chief Labour Commissioner

(Central)'s office under Code of Discipline for the

purpose of granting recognition as and when

directed by the Ministry of Labour and

Employment.

The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)

organization during the period from 1 January

2022 to 31 December 2022 has conducted the

Secret Ballot Election in the following

establishments:

1. ONGC Ltd. Western Region Cambay Asset

2. ONGC Ltd. Western Region Mehsana Asset

3. NaroraAtomic Power Station Bulandshahar

4. Paradip Port Trust

5. BBMB Power Wing

6. V.O. Chidambaranar

7. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd., Midhani,

Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad

8. RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited(RINL)

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)

9. M/s. Security Paper Mill, Hoshangabad

10. Bank Note Press Dewas

11. ALIMCO, Kanpur

12. Bhilai Steel Plant, BhilaiDistt. Durg

13. SteelAuthority of India Ltd., salem Steel Plant

14. Damodar valley Corporation

15. Kerala Minerals and Metals

16. Tarapur Atomic Power Project 3 & 4

In addition to above, verification of membership of

Trade Unions through Secret Ballot Election in

respect of 16 establishments is under process.

The Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial

Services has revised the procedure for

conducting verification of membership strength of

various unions of workmen operating in

Nationalized Banks for determining the majority

status to identify Representative union and for

the purpose of nominating a Workmen/ Employee

as Director, on the Board of Director of Banks

vide its notification dated 19.11.2008. As per this

notification the verification of membership of

trade unions is to be conducted through check off

system by the designated officers at the level of

General Manager nominated by Chairman or

Managing Director of Bank. An appeal lies

against the report of the Designated Officer

before the Appellate Authority.

Appellate Authority for the above purpose is the

Central Government or the Deputy Chief Labour

Commissioner(C), Ministry of Labour and

Employment, Government of India.

The ALWCs, DLWCs and LWCs are posted in

Defence and other establishments such as CPWD,

Ordnance Factories, Hospitals, etc., which are

under the control of Central Government. The

LWCs are posted at the Head Quarters of these

establishments. These officers ensure harmonious

Industrial Relations in their respective

establishments. They also look after the welfare

and redressal of grievances of the workers,

administration of Welfare Schemes and advise the

managements on various Labour Matters including

constitution of bilateral committees such as Shop

Councils, Works Committees etc.

9. Statutory Verification of Membership of

Unions Operating In Nationalized Banks

10 Welfare & Training:-

10.1 WELFARE

Year

Number of online

Annual Returns

Received

(for year 2020)

52459

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

10.2 TRAINING:-

11 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS:-

In house training on regular basis to the officers of

Central Labour Service (CLS) posted in three

streams i.e. 1. Central Industrial Relation

Machinery (CIRM)/Chief Labour Commissioner

Organisation: 2. Director General Labour Welfare

Organisation and 3. As Welfare Officers under

The Factories Act in the Industrial Establishments

under the control of Central Government. Under a

plan scheme titled “Improvement and

Strengthening of Training Wing Labour Officers”.

The objective of the scheme is to provide trainings

to the CLC officers & LEO(C) with a view to

enhance their skills & knowledge in various areas

of their functioning for effective discharge of their

duties. A committee was constituted with the

approval of secretary, Ministry of Labour &

Employment on “Training Need Analysis” and on

the basis of its recommendations; trainings were

provided to the officers at the selected specialized

Institutes.

Total 162 CLS Officers/LEOs were imparted

training during the year 2022-2023 (January to

December, 2022) on various subjects like Wage

Policy and Minimum wages, Industrial Relations,

Effective Labour Law Enforcement and Labour

Codes etc.

The CIRM performs the following miscellaneous

functions also:

1. Notifying Variable Dearness Allowance every

six months as per A.I.C.P.I. number under the

Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

2. Defending Ministry of Labour & Employment in

various Writ Petitions filed against Ministry in

different High Courts & Supreme Court.

3. Investigations of Complaints as per direction of

the Ministry of Labour & Employment.

4. Assisting Central Advisory Contract Labour

Board as convener of different sub-

committees to examine prohibition of contract

Labour in different employments.

5. Assisting Ministry in preparation of different

reports required to be submitted to

International Labour Organisation.

6. Supplying information to Ministry in replying

Parliament Question on various labour laws

enforced by CLC(C) organisation.

7. Advising Ministry of Labour & Employment in

Conflict situations like strikes of All India

Nature and other labour matters.

8. Attending to Parliamentary Committees and

other important delegations as per advice of

the Ministry.

9. Keeping Liaison with State Government

Labour Departments for collection of

information as per direction of Ministry.

The CLC(C) Organisation is dealing with all the RTI

applications at CLC(C) HQ as well as at regional

level. There are 53 nos. of CPIOs and 21 nos. of

First Appellate Authorities designated to deal with

RTI applications/ appeals received online as well

as off line. At nodal point, Nodal Officer has dealt

with 2234 RTI applications and 219 nos. of

appeals. The details of RTI applications First

Appeals dealt during the period previous year and

current year in CLC(C) organisation is as below:-

During the Year 2022-2023 (Jan to Dec. 2022) a

total number of 10817 (9453 online and 1364

offline) public grievances were received and a total

number of 10712 (9482 online and 1230 offline)

public grievances have been disposed of, which

accounts for 98% of disposal.

12 The R.T.I. Act, 2005

13. PUBLIC GRIEVANCES:-

Statement showing Online \Offline Grievances

Statues during Year 2022-2023 (Jan to Dec.

2022)

Online Offline Total

RTI

Applications

1798 436 2234

First Appeal 181 38 219

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

14. Major Industrial Relations Events

During 1 January, 2022 To 31 December, 2022

In Which CIRM Played Important Role:-

The details of the strikes in different

establishments from 1 January 2022 to 31

December, 2022 is as follows:-

(

14.1. AIR TRANSPORT

(I) Air lndia Express Employees Union

(ii) Kuwait Airwavs Staff and Officer's

Association

14.2 BANK

i) United Forum of We Bankers

The President, Air lndia Express Employees Union

served notice dated 28.12.2021 to the

management of Air lndia Express Ltd. Cochin

proposing to go on indefinite strike from

15.01.2022 to press theirchafier of demands like

reinstate the employment contract of cabin crew for

5 years alike other departments, prompt release of

period career progression etc.

ALC(C) Ernakulam intervened into the matter and

held conciliation on various dates. Accordingly, the

proposed strike was averted by the Union

The Working President, Kuwait Ainuays Staff and

Officer's Association served notice dated

26.2.2022 to the management of Kuwait Airways,

Mumbai proposing to go on strike on any day after

the expiry of mandatory provisions prescribed

under section 22 of the lDAct, 1947.

ALC(C) Mumbai intervened into the matter and

held conciliation and the union agreed to defer the

proposed strike.

The General Secretary, United Forum of We

Bankers served notice dated 8.12.2021 to the

management of Punjab National Bank and DFS

proposing to go on strike on 7.01.2022 to press

their demands like stop recruitment of peons,

opposing ongoing exploitation of part time

sweepers, payment of difference of salary to part

time workmen in subordinate cadre etc.

RLC(C), Lucknow intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and due to effective efforts

of the conciliation officer the union averted the

proposed strike.

The General Secretary, Federation of Bank of India

Staff Unions served notice dated 15.03.2022 to the

management of Bank of India proposing to go on

strike on 30.3.2022 to press their demands to press

their demands like reversal of decision to

outsource perennial work and reversal of the

decision to close the branches.

Dy. CLC(C) New Delhi intervened into the matter

and held conciliation on 28.3.2022 and due to

effective conciliation the union deferred the

proposed strike.

The General Secretary, the General Secretary of

All India Central Bank Employees' Federation

(AICBEF) and All India Central Bank Officers'

Association (AICBOA) served notice dated

20.04.2022 proposing to go on all India strike on

4.5.2022 to press their following demands i.e.

reconsider and revise the transfer order issued to

scale I, II & III Officers by Central Bank of India

Central Office and rectify all the postings that in

deviation of the existing norms and polices.

Dy. CLC(C) Hyderabad intervened into the matter

and the union deferred the proposed strike.

The General Secretary of All Bengal Contract

Security Workers Union and Paschimbanga

(ii) Federation of Bank of India Staff Unions

(iii) All India Central Bank Employees'

Federation (AICBEF) and All India Central Bank

Officers' Association (AICBOA)

(iv) All Bengal Contract Security Workers

Union and Paschimbanga Contractors

Security & Maintenance Workers Union

B/F

Public

Grievances

received

Public

Grievances

disposed

off

Pending as

31.12.20

Online 233 9453 9482 204

Offline 343 1364 1230 477

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Contractors Security & Maintenance Workers

Union proposing to go on strike on 23.05.2022

against the employer for not paying the salaries

and other statutory compliances like PF, ESI to the

contractual workers working as security guards at

off site ATMs of IDBI Bank.

Dy. CLC(C), Kolkata intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and the union called off the

proposed strike.

A notice dated 4.5.2022 served by the General

Secretary, All India Punjab & Sind Bank Staff

Organization addressed to the management of

Punjab & Sind Bank and this office proposing to

go on strike on 30.05.2022 to press their demands

like appointment of permanent part time sweepers,

reimbursement of Petrol to award staff, revision

and designation of Head Cashier Policy etc.

ALC(C) Jalandhar intervened in the matter and the

strike was deferred.

Notice dated 12.5.2022 and 3.5.2022 served by

United Forum of Central Bank Unions and All India

Central Bank Employees Federation respectively

proposing to go on All India strike on 30th & 31st

May 2022 to press their various demands like stop

privatization of the Bank, stop proposed closure of

600 branches, reversal of unlawful transfer orders

issued to employees from one station to another

etc.

Dy. CLC(C), Mumbai intervened into the matter

and held conciliation proceedings. Further, on

24.05.2022, it is informed by the unions that after

conciliation meeting, understanding has been

reached and the union deferred the proposed

strike.

The General Secretary of AIBOBECC, AIBOBEF,

AICOBOBEA, BOBES jointly served a notice dated

(v) All India Punjab & Sind Bank Staff

Organization

(vi) United Forum of Central Bank Unions

and All India Central Bank Employees

Federation

(vii) AIBOBECC, AIBOBEF, AICOBOBEA,

BOBES

11.5.2022 to management of Bank of Baroda,

Mumbai proposing to go on strike on 30.05.2022 to

press their demands.

Dy. CLC(C), Mumbai seized the matter into

conciliation and the strike was deferred.

A notice dated 8.5.2022 served by the State Bank

of India SC/ST Backward Classes Employees'

Welfare Association Maharashtra and Goa Circle

to the management of SBI, Nagpur proposing to

go on strike within 14 days of the notice to press

their demands.

Dy. CLC(C), Nagpur intervened in the matter held

joint discussion on 19.05.2022 and the union

deferred the proposed strike.

A notice dated 10.06.2022 & 11.6.2022 served by

Convenor, United Forum of Bank Unions

addressed and Convenor, All India Nationalized

Banks Officers' Federation respectively to the

management of IBA and CLC(C) proposing to go

on All India strike on 27th June 2022 to press their

demands.

The matter was seized into conciliation by CLC(C) /

C.O. on 23.06.2022 and also asserted upon the

parties to come forward for bilateral discussion in

order to amicably resolve the issues and in the best

interest of the Banking Industry.

The IBA agreed to discuss the agenda points

listed by the Unions/Federations in detail for

reaching an amicable settlement and also

appealed to Unions/Federations to defer the

proposed strike. The offer of IBA was accepted by

the Unions/Federations however they requested

CLC(C)/Conciliation Officer to not close the

conciliation and monitor the progress in their

dialogue with the IBA so that fruitful results can be

ensured.

In view of the above, the unions/federations agreed

to defer their proposed strike on 27.06.2022.

(viii) State Bank of India SC/ST Backward

Classes Employees' WelfareAssociation

(ix) Un it e d Fo r um o f B an k U n i o ns

addressed and All India Nationalized Banks

Officers' Federation

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

(x) Federal Bank Officers' Association

(xi) NABARD

(xii) All India Punjab National Bank Officers'

Association

(xiii) The United Forum of Central Bank Union

The General Secretary, Federal Bank Officers'

Association has served a notice dated 25.07.2022

to the management of Federal Bank Ltd. proposing

to go on strike on 12.08.2022 to press their

demands like recruit sufficient officers in order to

meet the critical workforce deficiency in the

branches and offices, settle internal charter of

demands without further delay withdraw

inconvenient midyear transfer orders etc.

RLC(C), Cochin intervened into the matter and

held conciliation proceedings. It is also informed

that the Management has filed a WP No.

25547/2022 against the Federal Bank Officers'

Association in the matter of strike declared for

12.08.2022 and the Hon'ble Court in IA 1/2022 filed

by the association in WP(C) 25547/2022 has

directed the first respondent association to restrain

from going on strike and dismissed IA.

The General Secretary, All India NABARD

Employees' Association served notice dated

12.08.2022 to the management of NABARD,

Mumbai proposing to go on strike on 30.08.2022

against the inordinate delay in signing and

operationalization of the final settlement on wage

revision and other issues like strengthening of DFI

status of NABARD.

Dy. CLC(C), Mumbai intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 29.08.2022 and the

union deferred the proposed strike.

The General Secretary, All India Punjab National

Bank Officers' Association has served a notice

dated 8.09.2022 to the management of Punjab

National Bank, Corporate HO, Dwarka, New Delhi,

proposing to go on strike on 28.09.2022 to

30.09.2022 to press their demands.

Dy. CLC(C), Jabalpur has been intervene and

seized the matter in conciliation.

The United Forum of Central Bank Union had

served a strike notice on 25.08.2022 along with

charter of demands.

Dy. CLC(C), Mumbai intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 01.09.2022, 17.09.2022

and lastly on 18.09.2022 but due to adamant

approach of both parties, the strike could not be

averted.

All India Regional Rural Employees Association

had served a strike notice on 29.06.2022 with the

charter of demands.

Dy. CLC(C), New Delhi intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and conciliation meetings

were held on 26.08.2022, 05.09.2022 and lastly on

20.09.2022 but the conciliation proceeding failed

and strike could not be averted.

The General Secretary, of AIGBWO and AIGBOO

has served a notice dated 16.08.2022 to the

Secretary (Financial Sector) Govt. of India, M/o

Finance and the Chairman, NABARD, proposing to

go on one day Nationwide Strike on 21st October,

2022 in 43 Regional Rural Banks, to press the

demand alleged move of Union Government to

privatize RRBs and for various pay and service

related demands.

Dy. CLC(C), New Delhi intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 13.10.2022 and the

strike was deferred.

The President, VISP Contract Workers Union,

Bhadravati served notice to the management of

Vishweshwariah Iron & Steel Plant, Bhadravati

proposing to go on strike on 5.1.2022 to press their

demand like wage revision of the workers of SAIL

including contract workers which is overdue since

1.1.2017 as per the guidelines of CITU.

ALC(C) Bangalore intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 4.1.2022. After

prolonged discussion the union has agreed to avert

the proposed strike.

(xiv) Regional Rural Banks Association

(xv) AIGBWO and AIGBOO

COAL & NON-COAL

VISP Contract Workers Union

14.3

(I)

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

Rashtriya Mazdoor Manch, Tumsur

Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh

Indian National Mines Worker Federation

Janta Shramik Sangh

The General Secretary, Rashtriya Mazdoor

Manch, Tumsur served notice dated 27.02.2022 to

the management of Mangnese Mine Owner,

Balaghat proposing to go on strike on 13.03.2022

to press their demands.

ALC(C), Chhindwara intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and the union deferred the

proposed strike.

The General Secretary, Rashtriya Colliery

Mazdoor Sangh served notice dated 6.5.2022 to

the management of BCCL proposing to go on strike

on and from 23.05.2022 to press their demands

like regularization of Security guards, employees

working as clerks should be regularized as clerk

etc.

Dy. CLC(C), Dhanbad informed that the union has

called off the proposed strike as intimated by GM(

IR) of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd.

The Vice President, Indian National Mines

Worker Federation served notice dated

06.06.2022 to the management of ECL, West

Bengal proposing to go on strike on 20.07.2022 in

all establishment/ unit of M/s Eastern Coalfield

Ltd. to press their demands.

ALC(C), Asansol has informed that reportedly no

strike was held in Eastern Coalfield Ltd. on

20.07.2022 as proposed by the Indian National

Mines Workers Federation.

The General Secretary, Janta Shramik Sangh

has served notice dated 22.7.2022 to the

Executive Director (Collieries Division), SAIL,

Jharkhand proposing to go on strike on 11.08.2022

at the Collieries Division, Chasnalla, SAIL to press

their demands.

ALC(C), Dhanbad intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and due to effective

conciliation the union deferred the proposed

strike.

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

14.4

Koyal Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)

Joint Action Committee consisting of

AITUC, CITU, IFTU, INTUC, BMS and HMS

Unions

Workers of Uranium Corporation of

India Limited

DEFENCE

India Naval Employees Union

The Regional General Secretary, The Koyala

Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Hasdev area proposing

to go on Strike on dated 19.09.2022 in whole

Hasdev area of M/s South Eastern Coalfield

Limited along with the charter of demands.

Dy. CLC(C), Jabalpur intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 15.09.2022 and the

strike was averted.

The First strike notice was given by Joint Action

Committee on 31.12.2021 and the matter was

seized in conciliation proceeding by the Dy.

CLC(C), Hyderabad, the Joint Action Committee

again sent the 2nd Strike notice on 08.08.2022.

The matter was again seized in conciliation by the

Dy. CLC(C), Hyderabad. During the pendency of

dispute the contract workers went on strike from

09.09.2022 to 26.09.2022.

Further due to the intervention and efforts made by

Dy. CLC(C), Hyderabad on 26.09.2022, the

Management and Union agreed for amicable

settlement of dispute and called off the strike on

26.09.2022.

Notice of Strike served by Sanyukta Sangharsh

Morcha against the management of UCIL,

Jaduguda Mines, Singhbhum(E), Jharkhand.

Dy. CLC(C), Dhanbad intervened but the strike

could not defer.

The General Secretary, Indian Naval Employees

Union served notice dated 7.2.2022 to the

management of Western Naval Command

proposing to go on one day hunger strike on

25.02.2022 against the autocratic approach,

harassment and victimization of the union

members and elected works committee members.

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

Dy. CLC(C), Mumbai intervened into the matter

and held conciliation, however the union

proceeded on one day hunger strike on 25.2.2022.

Central Trade Union Organizations had given a call

for two days nation-wide strike to protest the

Government's labour and economic policies

including disinvestment and privatization of public

sector entities.

Total 230 strike notices from different Unions were

received by the Chief Labour Commissioner (C)

Organization. Conciliation under Industrial

Disputes Act, 1947 were held and during the

conciliation 31 unions agreed to withdraw the

proposed strike.

As per the information received on 28th March,

2022 from the field offices of Chief Labour

Commissioner(C) Organization reported that

banking, insurance, mining and power sectors

werepartially affected. The overall percentage of

absenteeism in the industries was approximately

15% on 28.3.2022 and 12% on 29.03.2022.

The General Secretary, PGI Contract Security

Guards Working Union, Chandigarh served notice

dated 26.02.2022 to the management of PGI of

Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

proposing to go on one day strike on 8.3.2022 for

implementation of various awards/ decisions /

Judgements on Hon'ble High court and GOI

notifications.

ALC(C), Chandigarh intervened and held

conciliation proceedings and the union deferred

the proposed strike.

The Secretary General, All India Station Masters'

Association served a notice dated 10.05.2022

addressed to the Chairman, Railway Board

proposing to go on a Mass Casual Leave on

31.05.2022 to press their demands like filing up of

vacancy in Station Master Cadre, night duty

14.5

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Miscellaneous

All India General Strike

PGI Contract Security Guards Working

Union

All India Station Masters' Association

allowance to all station masters and other railway

men, Cadre re-structure with change of

designation etc.

Dy. CLC(C), New Delhi intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 23.05.2022 and

30.05.2022 where in the union decided to defer

the proposed strike on the assurance of the railway

administration.

The General Secretary, ESIC Medical college &

Hospital Contract Nursing Orderly Mazdoor

Sangh served notice dated 15.06.2022 to the

Dean, ESIC Medical College & Hospital,

Bangalore proposing to go on strike on 30.06.2022

to press their demands.

ALC(C), Bangalore intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and due to effective

conciliation the union deferred the proposed strike.

A Strike Notice served by the Joint Forum

of Unions/ Associations/ Guilds upon the

management of M/sAI Engineering Services Ltd.

RLC(C), Mumbai intervened and seized the matter

into conciliation on 29.09.2022 and the union

deferred the proposed strike.

Contract Workers of National Aluminium

Company/NALCO, under 'NALCO Thika

Mazdoor Coordination Committee', proposed to

hold an indefinite dharna at NALCO Corporate

Office, Bhubaneswar on 13th September, 2022.

Dy. CLC(C), Bhubaneswar intervened and seized

the matter into conciliation on 14.09.2022 and the

union deferred the proposed strike.

(i) Call of strike by Jt. forum of Prathama UP

Gramin Bank Officers Association and UP

Gramin Employees Union on 19.03.2022 in

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

ESIC Medical college & Hospital Contract

Nursing Orderly Mazdoor Sangh

Joint Forum of AI Engineering Services

Ltd. Unions/Guilds/Associations.

Contract Workers of National Aluminium

Company/NALCO

In Deharadun Region

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

favour of their 15 points charter of demands

was averted with the intervention of ALC(C),

Bareilly and approx 20000 man hours was

saved.

(ii) Major Strike call by CITU in the 5 contractor

establishment in Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (A

project of national importance Rishikesh

Karanprayag Rail Project) where approx.

5000 workers are working was successfully

negotiated for settlement by RLC(C),

Dehradun.

(iii) Major strike/dharna by civilian employees of

IMA, Dehradun was averted with intervention

of Dy. CLC(C), Dehradun by negotiating the

issues with IMA Mgt. who ensured redressal of

all the grievance.

Call of Strike by FCI Shramik Union against the

management of FCI was averted by ALC(C),

Jhalandhar.

Strike called by Janta Mazdoor Sabha against

the management of SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant on

18.03.2022. Due to effective conciliation on

17.03.2022 the strike was averted.

Strike called by Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor

Sangh against the management of BCCL on

28.03.2022. Due to effective conciliation on

28.03.2022 the strike was averted.

Strike called by BKS, BSWU, IMM, AICCTU,

AITUC, BKP, BSCWU against the management of

SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant on 28.03.2022 and

29.03.2022. Due to effective conciliation on

25.03.2022 the strike was averted.

Strike called by BCKU against the management of

Mugma Area, ECL on 28.03.2022. Due to effective

conciliation on 28.03.2022 the strike was averted.

The President, OFEA, Mumbai served notice

dated 23.2.2022 to the management of ONGC

14.6.

(i)

In Chandigarh Region

In Dhanbad Region

OIL

OFEA, Mumbai

proposing to go on fast unto death any time from

24.02.2022 to their demands.

Dy. CLC(C) Mumbai has forwarded the report

received from the management of ONGC wherein

it is stated that the hunger fast strike began on

24.2.2022 by OFEA and the strike ended on

26.2.2022 after the meeting where the unions were

informed that the file pertaining to their demands

was forwarded to Head Quarters for necessary

action.

The General Secretary, Gujarat Petroleum

Employees Union served notice dated 23.02.2022

to the Management of ONGC proposing to go on

strike from 18.03.2022 to press their demands.

RCLC(C), Ahmedabad intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and the union agreed to

defer the proposed strike.

The General Secretary, The RAVVA Contract

Employees Union served notice dated 06.09.2022

proposing to go on strike on 27.09.2022 to press

their demands like all the contact workers should

be regularized, wages of the contract workers shall

be enhanced to 25% on the basis of CTC, an

amount of 10,000/- p.m. should be paid towards

HRA, conveyance allowance, gratuity should be

paid to the families of deceased employees etc.

Dy. CLC(C), Hyderabad intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 19.09.2022 and the

union averted the proposed strike.

The General Secretary, Bihar Rajya Mobile

Tower Karmchari Union served notice dated

15.12.2021 to the management of M/s Indus

Tower Ltd and M/s Applied Solar Technology

India Pvt. Ltd proposing to go on indefinite

strike from 6.1.2022 against the unfair labour

practice.

ALC(C) Pakur intervened and held conciliation

(ii)

(iii)

14.7.

(I)

Gujarat Petroleum Employees Union

The RAVVA Contract Employees Union

POST & TELEGRAPH or TELECOM

Bihar Rajya Mobile Tower Karmchari

Union

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proceedings in the matter and by active

intervention of the conciliation office the union

agreed to defer the proposed strike.

The General Secretary, Sanchar Nigam

Executives Association served notice dated

4.2.2022 served by the General Secretary, to

the management of BSNL, New Delhi

proposing to go on indefinite hunger fast from

21.02.2022 to press demands like promotion

to the BSNL executives through the BSNL

Board approved time bound promotion policy

w.e.f. 1.7.2018, standard pay scale of E2 and

E3 from 1.1.2007 etc.

It is informed by the management of BSNL that

the indefinite fast and relay fast were held on

21.02.2022 by the union. Further, Dy. CLC(C),

New Delhi intervened into the matter and the

proceedings in the matter are going on.

The strike notice dated 18.07.2022 served by

Postal Joint council of Action (PJCA)

(comprising and NFPE/FNPO & their GDS

Union) proposing to go on one day nationwide

strike on 10.08.2022 to press their demands

like corporatization move of the Government

in Postal Deptt, Scrap New Pension Scheme

and restore old pension scheme

implementation of cadre restructuring in all left

out cadres etc. Dy. CLC(C) New Delhi

intervened and seized the matter into

conciliation on 9.8.2022 where both the

parties attended the proceedings. The

conciliation officer/ Dy. CLC(C) New Delhi

appealed both to defer the proposed strike to

continue the postal services uninterrupted in

view of the ongoing Har Ghar Tiranga Drive

as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav being

undertaken by the Post Offices all Over the

Country.

Further, due to effective conciliation, two

federations, All India Saving Bank Control

Employees Union, Federation of National

Postal Organization have agreed to defer the

(ii)

(iii)

Sanchar Nigam Executives Association

Postal Joint council of Action (PJCA)

proposed strike.

However, based on the feedback received

from the field offices, the overall strike position

in the country on 10.08.2022 has been

observed as to be average 26%.

A notice dated 17.12.2021 was served by Shri

G. Vinayagamoorthy, Secretary,

MinjurPaguthi General Workers Union to the

management of JSW Coal Terminal Pvt Ltd.,

Kamarajar Port, Chennai proposing to go on

strike from 4.1.2022 to press their demands .

Dy. CLC(C), Chennai has informed that the

matter was seized into conciliation and both

the parties were advised to initiate bilateral

talks and settle the issue amicably.

Accordingly, the union averted the proposed

strike.

The strike notice served by the various

unions/associations of National Coordination

committee of five federations of Port & Dock

workers of major Ports proposing to go on one

day Token strike on 5.4.2022 to press their

demands like immediate action may be taken

to discuss the rules of the Major Port

Authorities Act, 2021 with the recognized

Federations as assured by the management,

PLR 2020-21 shall be paid, the VDA as per the

settlement dated 30.8.2018 should be

refunded etc.

The concerned regional heads were

requested to intervened into the matter and it

is informed by the regional heads that the

National Co-ordination committee comprising

of 5 federations has decided to postpone the

strike till 29.4.2022. Further, the strike has

been deferred.

The Secretary, Cochin Port Employees'

14.8.

(I)

(ii)

(iii)

PORT

Minjur Paguthi General Workers Union

National Coordination committee of five

federations of Port & Dock workers

Cochin Port Employees' Organization

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Organization served notice dated 11.06.2022

to the management of Cochin Port Trust

proposing to go for indefinite strike in Marine

Department from any day on or after

28.6.2022 to press their demands like engage

or appoint necessary minimum workers

required for Marine operation, ensure

dredging ground for GHD Nehru Shathabdi

etc.

RLC(C), Cochin intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation and the union averted

the proposed strike.

The Secretary, Transport & Dock Workers'

Union, Mumbai served notice dated

07.09.2022 to the management of Mumbai

Port Authority proposing to go on strike in from

22.09.2022 to press their demands to

withdraw its action in making the Mumbai Port

Authority Employees' (Conduct) Regulations,

2022 and action to seek approval of the

Central Govt. under the guise of Section 72 of

the Major PortAuthorities Act, 2021.

Dy. CLC(C), Mumbai intervened and seized

the matter into conciliation on 20.09.2022 and

the union deferred the proposed strike.

The General Secretary, The Madras Port Trust

Employees' Union served notice dated

12.09.2022 proposing to go on strike from

27.09.2022 to press their demands.

ALC(C), Chennai intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation on 26.09.2022 and the

union deferred the proposed strike.

A notice dated 11.1.2022 was served by

Shri A Velu, President, Anaithu Oppantha

Thozhilalar Sangamto the management of

BHEL, Ranipet proposing to go on indefinite

strike on 27.1.2022 to press their demands

like equal wage for equal work, to provide

wage slip, statutory bonus, works committee

(iv)

(v)

14.9.

(I)

Transport & Dock Workers' Union, Mumbai

The Madras Port Trust Employees' Union

POWER/ELECTRICALS

Anaithu Oppantha Thozhilalar Sangam

membership etc .

The matter was seized into conciliation by Dy.

CLC(C) Chennai. However, the union

proceeded on strike.

A notice dated 13.12.2021 had jointly served

by the General Secretaries of various unions/

associations affiliated to HPBP/ BHEL

proposing to go on an indefinite strike from

28.12.2021 to press their demands like to

convene joint committee meeting

immediately, negotiate & finalize the PPP-SIP,

finalize & execute the Term Insurance

Scheme etc.

Dy. CLC(C) Chennai intervened into the matter

and held conciliation proceedings, and due to

effective conciliation the union agreed to defer

the proposed strike.

The General Secretary of BAP EGTU/INTUC,

BAP Employees Union, BAP Staff Union and

Secretary of AWU/ATP served strike notice

dated 29.09.2022 proposing to go on strike

from 13.10.2022 against the Management of

M/s BHEL (BAP), Ranipet to press their

demands.

Dy. CLC(C), Chennai intervened and seized

the matter into conciliation on 11.10.2022 and

the next conciliation proceedings are

adjourned to 14.11.2022 and the strike was

averted.

The General Secretary, Cement & Khadan

Shramik Union “AITUC” served notice dated

27.12.2021 to the management of NU Vista

Limited, Chhattisgarh proposing to go on

strike from 12.3.2022 to press their demands

like harassment of workers, benefit of PF and

ESI scheme etc.

(ii)

(iii)

14.10.

(i)

HPBP/ BHEL

BAP EGTU/INTUC, BAP Employees Union,

BAP Staff Union & AWU/ATP Bharat

Heavy Electricals Ltd.

CEMENT

Cement & Khadan Shramik Union “AITUC”

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

Dy. CLC(C) Raipur intervened into the matter

and held conciliation on various dates. The

union deferred the proposed strike.

The General Secretary, Lakheri Cement

KamgarSangh has served a notice to the

management of ACC Lakheri Cement Works,

Rajasthan proposing to go on indefinite strike

from 20.07.2022 to press their demands.

ALC(C), Kota intervened and seized the

matter into conciliation, and due to effective

conciliation the union deferred the proposed

strike.

The General Secretary, Food Corporation of

India Workers' Union served notices dated

23.06.2022 to the management of FCI, New

Delhi proposing to go on all India strike on any

day after expiry of 14 days from the date of

notice to press their demands like treating

Mandal as Handling Labour, modification of

settlement dated 3.8.2012, non-inclusion of

incentive in wages for computation of CPF

and Gratuity etc.

RLC(C), Kolkata intervened into the matter

and held joint discussions and the union

agreed to defer the strike and the joint

discussion was adjourned to 25.08.2022.

The General Secretary, Food Corporation of

India Handling Workers' Union served notice

dated 04.07.2022 to the management of FCI,

New Delhi proposing to go on strike from

18.07.2022 against the decisions of the

management of FCI like to change the service

conditions in respect of treating Mandal as

handling labour, to change the service

conditions by withdrawing he inclusion of

incentives in basic wages, etc.

RLC(C), New Delhi intervened and seized the

(ii)

14.11.

(i)

(ii)

Lakheri Cement Kamgar Sangh

Food Corporation of India

Food Corporation of India Workers' Union

Food Corporation of India Handling

Workers' Union

matter into conciliation and due to effective

conciliation the union deferred the proposed

strike

(i) A memorandum of settlement arrived at on

04.11.2022 before the Dy. CLC(C),

Chennai between the management of DBS

Bank India Ltd. and Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Employees Union over wage revision. As a

result of this settlement

(ii) A memorandum of settlement arrived on

10.08.2022 before the ALC(C), Chennai

between the management of M/s Chennai

Container Terminal Private Ltd and

Chennai Port Container Terminal

Employees Welfare Union over the issue of

revision of wages and improvement of

welfare/service conditions, Productivity

Linked Individual Incentive Scheme and

productivity linked Bonus review

consequent upon the expiry of the

subsisting settlement dated 27.08.2018.

As a result of this settlement 52 workmen

are benefited and the amount involved is

approximately Rs.5,09,18,400/-.

(iii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Shri A. Savariapitchai Contractor

& BPCL and Bharat Petroleum Workers

Union over Wage revision of online internal

movement workers on 29.06.2022.

Through this settlement 15 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.37,80,000/-.

(iv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Shri A. Savariapitchai Contractor

& BPCL and Bharat Petroleum Workers

Union over Wage revision of online internal

14.12.

1078 employees

are benefited to the tune of

Rs.50,33,00,000/-.

SIGNIFICANT MEMORANDUM OF

SETTLEMENT DURING 1 JANUARY, 2022 TO

31 DECEMBER, 2022 IN WHICH CIRM PLAYED

IMPORTANT ROLE:-

Office of Chief Labour Commissioner(C), New

Delhi Major Settlements arrived at during the

period from January 2022 to December 2022

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

movement workers on 29.06.2022.

Through this settlement 22 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.47,52,000/-.

(v) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Dalmia Cement

(Bharat) Ltd. and Dalmia Cement National

Workers Union over Payment of bonus for

the year 2021-22 on 29.06.2022. Through

this settlement 317 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.3,17,00,000/-.

(vi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Nuclear Power

Corporation of India Ltd. – Kudankulam

Nuclear Power Project and Kudankulam

Nuclear Power Employees Union over

NPCIL Performance Linked Incentive

Scheme for Operating Stations 2021 on

04.08.2022. Through this settlement 735

workers will get financial benefit of Rs.

86,96,16,000/-.

(vii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of M/s. Sri Sai

Enterprises, Chittampatti Toll Plaza,

Madurai and Melur Vatta Pothdu

Thozhilalar Sangam / 107 over Over Higher

Bonus on 14.10.2022. Through this

settlement 107 workers will get financial

benefit of  20 lakh/-.

(viii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Untratech

cements limited and its conractors and

Ultra tech cements workers union over

Bonus 2020-2021 on 6.01.2022. Through

this settlement 207 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.30,74,140/-.

(ix) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Madras atomic

power station and Madras atomic power

employees union over Tripartite

settlement– performance linked incentive

scheme on 29.07.2022. Through this

settlement 497 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs. 49,70,00,000/-.

(x) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Chennai

container terminal port limited and Chennai

port container terminal employees union

over Revision of wages and

implementation of production linked

incentive scheme, production linked bonus

etc on 10.08.2022. Through this settlement

60 workers will get financial benefit of Rs.

5,87,52,000/-.

(xi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Balmerlawrie

limited and Balmerlawrie employees union

over Long term wage settlement on

01.12.2022. Through this settlement 90

workers will get financial benefit of Rs.

5,26,50,000/-.

(xii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Ultra tech

cements limited and its contractors and

Ultra tech cement worker progressive

union over Long term wage settlement on

01.12.2022. Through this settlement 205

workers will get financial benefit of 

3,99,75,000/-.

(xiii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Ultratech Cement

Limited, Reddipalayam and Ultratech

Cement Dhesiya Thozhilalar Sangam,

Pattali Thozhilalar Sangam, Reddipal-

ayam, Ariyalur on 07.04.2022. Through this

settlement 113 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs. 3,75,65,000/-.

(xiv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Trichy Padalur

TollwaysPvt. Ltd., Samayapuram and

Tamilandu General Workers Union,

Chennai over Increse in Wages, Leave ,

ESI, Bonus, Grade Selection payment etc.

on 11.12.2022. Through this settlement 65

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.40,00,000/-.

(xv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of CPCL/ Global

Enviro Systems and Tamilnadu Petroleum

& Gas Wks Union over Revision of wages

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on 18.02.2022. Through this settlement

372 workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.10,92,000/-.

(xvi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Indian Oil

Petronas Pvt Ltd and IOCL Employees

union over Revision of wages on

13.09.2022. Through this settlement 49

workers will get financial benefit of Rs.

11,46,600/-.

(xvii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Hindustan

Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Tamilnadu

Petroleum & Gas Workers Union over

Revision of wages on 09.11.2022. Through

this settlement 49 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs. 9,37,800/-.

(xviii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Dalmia

Magnesite Corporation and Tirumalai over

Revision of wages on 22.11.2022. Through

this settlement 32 workers will get financial

benefit of  27,53,400/-.

(xix) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of DalmiaMagnesite

Corporation and Dalmia Magnesite Labour

Progressive Front over Revision of wages

on 22.11.2022. Through this settlement 41

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.35,27,800/-.

(xx) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Dalmia

Magnesite Corporation and Dalmia

Magnesite Labour Union over Revision of

wages on 22.11.2022. Through this

settlement 18 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs. 15,48,800/-.

(xxi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between Management of Kamarajar Port

Ltd/JSW Coal Terminal Pvt Ltd and Minjur

Paghuti Podhu Thozilalar Sangam over

Revision of wages on 07.12.2022. Through

this settlement 180 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.30,00,000/-.

(xxii) A memorandum of settlement between the

management of Department of Finance,

NABARD, 12 Sponsors Bank and 43

Regional Rural Bank and Joint Forum of

Gramin Bank Unions, was signed before

the Dy. Chief Labour Commissioner(C),

New Delhi on 18th November 2022. Total

approximately 76,000 officers and

workmen will get financial benefit

amounting to approx. Rs.286.55 Crore

towards arrear payment of four

allowances.

(xxiii) A memorandum of settlement between the

management Railway Board and All

India Station Masters' Association was

signed before the Dy. Chief Labour

Commissioner(C), New Delhi on 22nd

November 2022. Through this settlement

approximately 30,000 station Master will

get monitory benefit amounting to Rs. 7.20

Crore monthly and arrear payment of Rs.2l

Crore of night duty allowances w.e.f

04.07.2022 in addition to benefit of

additional avenue of up-gradation of the

post, recruitment of 6868 Station Masters

through Railway Recruitment Board by end

of December, 2022.

(xxiv) A Memorandum of settlement arrived on

28.2.2022 before the Dy. CLC(C), Patna

between the Management of SAIL and

NMDC Mines workers Union (AITUC),

PalamauPramandal Khan MazdoorSangh

(HMS) and Bokaro Steel Workers' Union

(INTUC) over the issues of Non-payment of

terminal dues. Total 745 workers will get

financial benefit amounting Rs..19.93

crores.

(xxv) A Memorandum of settlement arrived on

28.10.2022 before the Dy. CLC(C), Patna

between the Management of Coal Mining

and Contract workers of M/s Rajmahal

Coal Mining Ltd. Through this settlement

35 workers will get benefit to

Rs..27,20,219/-.

(xxvi) A Memorandum of settlement between the

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

management of M/s Ascend Telecom

Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., M/s SH Infranet

Solutions and M/s R B Telecom Solutions

and Bhartheeya Private Telecom Mazdoor

Sangh(BMS) was signed before the Dy.

CLC(C), Cochin on 28.02.2022. Due to this

settlement 20 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.54,00,000/- .

(xxvii) A Memorandum of settlement between the

management of M/s Intex Logistics India

Pvt. Ltd. and Kerala Samsthana Mobile

Phone Tower Employees Union (CITU),

Kannur on 10.03.2022. This settlement

should be for a period of 3 years w.e.f.

01.08.2021 to 31.07.2024. Due to this

settlement 36 workers/officers will get

financial benefit of Rs.60,66,000/-.

(xxviii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s O

Acompserve Pvt. Ltd. and Bhartiya Private

Telecom Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on

31.03.2022 before the Dy. CLC(C), Cochin.

Through this settlement 17 workers will get

financial benefit of 8,16,00,000/-.

(xxix) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s AA

Associates, HPCL Handling Contractor

engaged by M/s Hindustan Petroleum

Corporation Ltd. LPG Bottling Plant,

Kanjikode, Palakkad and Kerala Petroleum

& Gas Workers Union (CITU) on

22.03.2022 before the Dy. CLC(C), Cochin.

Due to this settlement 24 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.18,72,000/-.

(xxx) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s Fertilizers

and Chemicals Travancore Ltd., Cochin

Division, Ambalamedu and General &

Construction Workers Union (CITU), FACT

– CD General Workers Union (INTUC)

&Ernakulam District General &

Construction Workers Union (AITUC)

FACT –CD Ambalamedu over the issue of

wage revision and other consequential

benefits on 11.04.2022 before the Dy.

CLC(C), Cochin. Total approximately 240

officers and workmen will get financial

benefit amounting to approx.

Rs.70,00,000/-.

(xxxi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s Royal

Command Protection Group, contractor

engaged by M/s Tower Vision India Pvt. Ltd.

and Bhartheeya Private Telecom Mazdoor

Sangh (BMS) on 04.04.2022 before the Dy.

CLC(C), Cochin. Through this settlement

46 workers/officers will get financial benefit

of Rs.4,83,43,018/-.

(xxxii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s Intelux

Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Ernakulam and Kerala

Samsthana Mobile Phone Tower

Employees Union (CITU), Kannur on

29.04.2022 before the Dy. CLC(C), Cochin.

Due to this settlement 18 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.17,28,200/-.

(xxxiii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s

Sreelakshmi Enterprises & M/s

Ravenbeck Telecommunications India

Pvt. Ltd., the IME of M/s ATC Tower,

Ernakulam and Bhartiya Private Telecom

MazdoorSangh (BMS) & Kerala

Samsthana Mobile Phone Tower

Employees Union (CITU) on 04.05.2022

before the Dy. CLC(C), Cochin. Through

this settlement 180 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.4,68,00,000/-.

(xxxiv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s Enkay

Associates Contractor engaged by M/s

IOCL Botting Plant, Chelari and

Swathanthra Thozhilali Union (STU),

Kerala Petroleum & Gas Workers

Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Kerala Petroleum

& Gas Workers Union (CITU), INTUC on

26.05.2022 over the issue of wage

revision. Through this settlement 36

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.52,00,000/-.

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(xxxv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s

Electromech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., contractor

engaged by M/s Ravenbeck

Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd. and

Kerala Samsthana Mobile Phone Tower

Employees Union (CITU) on 11.05.2022.

Through this settlement 18 workers will get

financial benefit of  72,57,600/-.

(xxxvi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Shri K.

Manoharan Cylinder Handling works

contractor engaged by M/s Hindustan

Petroleum Corporation Ltd., LPG Bottling

Plant and Kerala Petroleum & Gas

Workers Union (CITU) on 22.06.2022.

Through this settlement 24 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.31,68,000/-.

(xxxvii)A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Bitumen

Transporters Association, Ambalamugal

and Loading & Unloading Workers Union

(CITU), Ambalamugal on 11.07.2022.

Through this settlement 50 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.31,50,000/-.

(xxxviii)A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s EFS

Facilities Services Ltd., contractor engaged

by M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd. and Bharatheeya

Private Telecom Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)

on 12.08.2022. Through this settlement 28

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.55,44,000/-.

(xxxix) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between All Transporters/Dealer

Contractors engaged at M/s BPCL, LPG

Bottling Plant, Ambalamugal and Kerala

Petroleum & Gas Workers Union (CITU) on

29.08.2022. Through this settlement 60

workers will get financial benefit of

9,00,00,000/-.

(xl) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s Planet

PCI InfoTech Ltd., contractor engaged by

M/s BhartiAirtel, Ernakulam and

Bharatheeya Private Telecom Mazdoor

Sangh (BMS) on 30.09.2022. Through this

settlement 83 workers will get financial

benefit of 4,93,02,000/-.

(xli) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s Prompt

Personnel, contractor engaged by M/s

TCTS and Bharatiya Private Telecom

Mazdoor Sangh (BPTMS - BMS),

Ernakulam on 07.10.2022. Through this

settlement 43 workers will get financial

benefit of 18,52,852/-.

(xlii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of HLL Lifecare

Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram and HLL

Emplooyees Congress (INTUC), HLL

Employees Union (CITU), HL Employees

Organisation, HL Labours Union (AITUC)

at Peroorkkada and Akkulam Factories

over wage revision on 30.03.2022. Through

this settlement 630 workers will get

financial benefit of  1,11,37,120/-.

(xliii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Rajiv

Gandhi combined Cycle Power Plant,

Kayamkulam, Alappuzha Distt., Kerala and

Construction & General Mazdoor Sangh,

Kerala Construction Workers Union, Kerala

Construction Labour Union (UTUC),

Kayamkulam Thermal Power Project

Workers over wage revision on 10.06.2022.

Through this settlement 106 workers will

get financial benefit of  8,16,351/-.

(xliv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of ONGC

Ahmedabad and Glorious Petroleum

Mazdoor Sangh over Reinstatment in Job

on 23.11.2022.

(xlv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of ONGC

Ahmedabad and Glorious Petroleum

Mazdoor Sangh over Reinstatment in Job

on 2.11.2022.

(xlvi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

between the management of ONCL Ltd

Ankleshwar District- Bharuch and ONGC,

MazdoorSangh, Hazira, Surat on

30.06.2022.

(xlvii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of NPCIL,

Kakrapar Gujarat Site, Tapi District-Tapi

and Kakraparumathak Karmachari

Sangathan (KAKS), Tapi over Revision of

incentive scheme for non-executive

employees of NPCIL on 28.07.2022.

Through this settlement 900 workers will

get financial benefit of Rs. 12,00,00,000/-

PerAnnum.

(xlviii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of D.R.M.

Western Railway & Contractor M/s Service

Master Clean Ltd. Ahmedabad and

Western Railway Contractors employees

Union on 22.09.2022. Through this

settlement 135 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.12,97,726/-.

(xlix) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Silvassa

Resources Pvt Ltd Contractor of M/s

Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd and Akhil D & NH

Kamdar Sangh, Silvassa over

Upgradation in fixation of salary on

04.11.2022. Through this settlement 16

workers will get financial benefit of Rs.

50,000/- Per Annum.

(l) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s. AEGIS,

Kandla and Shri Dilawar Dodiya, Gir-

Somnath on 13.01.2022. Through this

settlement 1 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.26,340/-.

(li) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Deendayal

Port Authority and Transport & Dock

Workers Union on 25.02.2022.

(lii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Bank of

Baroda, Bhuj and Gujarat Bank Workers

Union on 21.03.2022.

(liii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Deendayal

Port Authority Kandla (Kutch) and Kandla

Port Karmachari Sangh on 14.03.2022.

21 workers will get benefitted through this

settlement.

(liv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Deendayal

Port Authority Kandla (Kutch) and

Transport & Dock Workers Union on

21.03.2022. 62 workers will get benefitted

through this settlement.

(lv) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Deendayal

Port Authority Kandla (Kutch) and

Transport & Dock Workers Union on

21.03.2022. 1 workers will get benefitted

through this settlement.

(lvi) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s. Chemei-

Tech MCC, Mundra District-Kutch and 7

Workmen of Chemietech DMCC on

10.10.2022. Through this settlement 7

workers will get financial benefit of Rs.

28,40,446/-.

(lvii) A Memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Deendayal

Port Authority Kandla (Kutch) and Kandla

Port KarmachariSangh on 12.10.2022.

(lviii) A memorandum of settlement between the

Contractors, Assam Petroleum Workers

Union and 5 others and the management of

RCE, Oil India Ltd, Duliajan was signed

before the Dy. CLC(C), Guwahati on

09.11.2022. Through this settlement 2100

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.116.50 crores.

(lix) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of RCE, Oil India

Ltd, Duliajan and Motors Workers Union &

Oil Transport Owners Association on

22.07.2022. Through this settlement 2400

workers will get financial benefit of Rs.6

crores.

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

(lx) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of RCE, Oil India

Ltd, Duliajan and Shramik Nyaik Dabi

Parishad (SNDP) & Oil India Mazdoor

Sangh (OIMS) on 26.08.2022. Through this

settlement 2364 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.9 crores.

(lxi) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of GM, NTPC,

Salakati and SalakatiShramki Union,

NTPC, Salakati on 31.10.2022. Through

this settlement 2000 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.5.5 crores.

(lxii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of GM, IOCL,

BGR, Dhaligaon and BGR United Workers

Union Co-ordination Committee on

05.08.2022. Through this settlement 2500

workers will get financial benefit of 25

crores.

(lxiii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/s Ultratech

Cement Ltd (Unit-Dankuni Cement

Workers) and Ultratech Cement Ltd

Contractors workmen Union on

24.05.2022. Through this settlement 362

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.75,00,000/-.

(lxiv) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Punjab

National Bank and Punjab National Bank

Staff Union (Eastern Circle) on 27.05.2022.

Through this settlement 300 workers will

get financial benefit of Rs.1.20 crore.

(lxv) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Life

Corporation of India and Life Corporation

of India Contractor Workers Union on

25.05.2022. Through this settlement 315

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.23,38,560/-.

(lxvi) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of FCI and All

Bengal Contract Security Workers Union on

13.05.2022. Through this settlement 29

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.17,18,602/-.

(lxvii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Farakka

Ambuja Cement Ltd. and Farakka Ambuja

Cement Contractors Shramik Union on

10.05.2022. Through this settlement 290

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.20,00,000/-.

(lxviii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Dhanlaxmi

Bank Ltd. and Security and Allied Workers

Union on 21.06.2022. Through this

settlement 07 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.8,00,000/- per annum.

(lxix) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Castrol Ltd.

and The Castrol Ltd Employees and

Workers Union on 29.06.2022. Through

this settlement 28 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.45 lakhs per annum.

(lxx) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Balmer

Lawrie & Co. Ltd. and Balmer Lawrie &

Co. Ltd. Workmens Union on 03.08.2022.

Through this settlement 228 workers will

get financial benefit of Rs.2.70 crores.

(lxxi) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Indian Oil

Corporation Ltd. (Budge Budge LPG Unit)

and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Contract

Labour Union on 28.07.2022. Through this

settlement 72 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.48 lakhs.

(lxxii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of ASI, Cooch

Behar and Security and Allied Workers

Union, West Bengal on 20.09.2022.

Through this settlement 22 workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.3,71,956/-.

(lxxiii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Nuclear

Power Corporation of India Limited,

Anushakti Rawatbhata Distt. Chittorgarh

(Raj.) and Rajasthan Atomic Power

Sharmik Sangh (BMS), on 06.09.2022.

Through this settlement workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.26 crore in RR site

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Rawatbhata.

(lxxiv) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of M/S A.S.I.

Limited and Rashtriya Mazdoor Sangh

INTUC Ramganjmandi on 18.10.2022.

Through this settlement workers will get

financial benefit of Rs.25657000/-.

(lxxv) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Gem

Granites, Ilkal and Ex-workers in month of

May, June and August. Through this

settlement 156 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.7.10 crore.

(lxxvi) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of NPCIL, Kaiga

and Kaiga Project Employees Union over

wage revision on 21.07.2022. Through this

settlement 994 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.2.5 crore.

(lxxvii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Vedanta Ltd

and Vedanta Ltd. Employees Union over

wage revision on 4.11.2022. Through this

settlement 202 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.4.62 crores.

(lxxviii)A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of State Bank

of India and Smt. Anita Rani on

16.02.2022.

(lxxix) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Ambuja

Cement Ltd and Shri Meher Chand on

1.11.2022. Through this settlement 1

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.17,301/-.

(lxxx) A memorandum of settlement was

signed between the management of

State Bank of India and Smt. Bimla Devi

on 2.11.2022.

(lxxxi) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of ACC Gagal

Cement works and Shri Jairnal Singh & 51

others on February, 2022. Through this

settlement 52 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.33,17,211/-.

(lxxxii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Ambuja

Cement Ltd and Ambuja Cement Workers

Union on 11.11.2022. Through this

settlement workers will get financial benefit

of Rs.18,58,764/-.

(lxxxiii)A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of ACC Gagal

Cement works and Shri Sukhbir Singh on

February, 2022. Through this settlement 1

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.25,000/-.

(lxxxiv)A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Offshore

Infrastructure Ltd and Shri Tek Ram and

10 others on 14.03.2022. Through this

settlement 11 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.3,54,000/-.

(lxxxv) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Model Dairy

Plant and Shri Malkit Singh on 21.02.2022.

Through this settlement 1 worker will get

financial benefit of Rs.80,000/-.

(lxxxvi)A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of RC Kuntal

and Shri Kuldeep on 2.06.2022. Through

this settlement 1 worker will get financial

benefit of Rs.30,000/-.

(lxxxvii)A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of NHAI and

Mrs. Sunaina Hans on 2.06.2022. Through

this settlement 1 worker will get financial

benefit of Rs.1,20,000/-.

(lxxxviii)A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of ShilpiEngr and

Shri Suba Singh and 30 others on

26.07.2022. Through this settlement 31

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.41,496/-.

(lxxxix)A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Big Charter

Pvt Ltd and Santosh Gajakosh on

08.08.2022. Through this settlement

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.5,06,000/-.

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

(xc) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Indus Tower

Ltd and Pawan Kumar on 01.11.2022.

Through this settlement 1 worker will get

financial benefit of Rs.22,000/-.

(xci) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of State Bank of

India and Chander Pal on 01.11.2022.

Through this settlement 1 worker will get

financial benefit of Rs.4,00,000/-.

(xcii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Rajrappa

Area CCL and Rashtriya Koyla Mazdoor

Union on 09.09.2022. Through this

settlement 802 workers will get financial

benefit of Rs.49,72,354/-.

(xciii) A memorandum of settlement was signed

between the management of Mugma Area,

ECL and Rashtriya Mazdoor Union on

15.09.2022. Through this settlement 802

workers will get financial benefit of

Rs.5,50,000/-.

(xciv) Memorandum of Settlement arrived at

between the management of ASDC,

contactor of WCL and Vijaykranti Kantrati

Kamgar Sangathana, before the

Conciliation Officer and ALC(C),

Chandarpur. As a result of this settlement

57 workers were benefitted to the tune of

Rs.15,19,232.00 towards terminal benefits.

(xcv) Memorandum of Settlement arrived at

between the management of Earth Coal

Pvt. Ltd. (contractor of Belgaon Coal Mines

of SISCO Limited) and General Labour

Union Vidarbha Region (CITU) over wage

revision and other issues before the

Conciliation Officer and ALC(C),

Chandarpur.

Seven Year Strategy Three Year Action Plan

1. Disposal of Industrial Disputes in

conciliation in 30 days by

i. Continuous engagement with

employers & Trade unions.

ii. Strengthening grievance

handling machinery at

establishment level.

1. Disposal of Industrial Disputes in

conciliation in 40 days by

i. Continuous engagement with

employers & Trade unions.

ii. Strengthening grievance

handling machinery at

establishment level.

2. Securing full compliance in r/o 10

Labour Laws by

i. Real time tracking of default and

violations through IT -enabled

systems.

ii. Taking corrective action within 2-

3 days.

2. Securing full compliance in r/o 10

Labour Laws by

i. Continuous tracking of d efault

and violations through field

level intelligence and IT -

enabled systems.

ii. Taking corrective action

within 7 days.

3. Disposal of claim applications under

MW Act, PW Act, and ER Act within 2

months by

i. On-line filling of claims.

ii. Disposal on the basis o f on -line

records.

3. Disposal of claim applications under

MW Act, PW Act, and ER Act within

months by

i. On-line filling of claims.

ii. Disposal on the basis of

iii. available records.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

VISION STATEMENT OF CLC'(c) ORGANISATION

Vision 2030:

Maintaining harmonious industrial relations by timely and meaningful conciliation of

industrial disputes and settlement of grievances.

I. Securing full compliance of Labour Laws by continuous tracking of default and

violations and timely corrective action.

4. Passing of order under Payment of

Gratuity Act within 2 months by

i. On-line filling of claims.

ii. Disposal on the basis of on -line

records.

4. Passing of order under Payment of

Gratuity Act within 3 months by

i. On-line filling of claims.

ii. Disposal on the basis of

available records.

5. Disposal of appeals unde r Payment of

Gratuity Act within 20 days.

5. Disposal of appeals under Payment of

Gratuity Act within 30 days.

6. Issue of Registration/License under

CL(R&A) Act, BOCW Act and ISMW Act

within 3 days.

6. Issue of Registration/License under

CL(R&A) Act, BOC W Act and ISMW

Act within 5 days.

7. Disposal of appeals under CL(R&A) Act,

BOCW Act and ISMW Act within 15

days.

7. Disposal of appeals under CL(R&A)

Act, BOCW Act and ISMW Act

within30 days.

14.13. Monitoring of Industrial Relations

(I)

(ii)

Based on the information received from

Labour Bureau on the number and spatial

dispersion of strikes/lockouts, number of

workers involved and mandays lost, number of

units reporting retrenchment and the extent of

layoffs, the Ministry monitors the industrial

harmony prevalent in the country.

The total number of strikes and lockouts and

man-days lost during the period 2017-2021

are as follows:

No. of Strikes and Lockouts and Man-days lost

during 2017-2021(P)

Source: Data on Industrial Disputes is based on

returns received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States/Union Territories and

Regional Labour Commissioner (Central)

(iii)

(iv)

The spatial/industry wise dispersion of the

number of strikes and lockouts and the

workers consequently affected is not uniform.

Man-days lost is a direct measure of the

impact of industrial unrest on industrial

production.

Most of the industrial unrests, as indicated by

strikes and lockouts, are primarily caused by

issues relating to indiscipline & violence,

wages & allowances and personnel matters

Closures of units and workers affected (both

in Central and State spheres) during 2017-

2022

14. 14.Closure

(i)

Source: Data on Industrial Disputes is based on

returns received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States/Union Territories and

Regional Labour Commissioner (Central)

Year Strikes Lockouts Total

Man-days

lost

2017

87 25 112

5,233,467

2018(P)

69 17 86

3,149,554

2019(P)

95 10 105

2,782,546

2020(P)

56 5 61

1,353,717

2021(P)

6 41 984,186

2022 (P)

(Jan. to

Sept)

43 349,353

Year

No. of Units

affected by

Closures

No. of Workers

affected

2017

22 2740

2018(P)

12 2143

2019(P)

6 1631

2020(P)

15 1753

2021(P)

7 709

2022 (P)

(Jan to Sept)

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(ii)

14.15. Lay-Off

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

14.16. Retrenchment

(i)

Financial Stringency, shortage of raw

materials, question of pollution and others are

the main reasons for closures during the

period

Lay-off can be defined as the failure, refusal or

inability of an employer to give employment to

a workman whose name is borne on the

muster rolls of his industrial establishment and

who has not been retrenched. Supply side

bottlenecks such as shortage of power,

shortage of raw materials, financial stringency

and others as well as seasonal fall in demand

for products may result in lay-offs.

The number of units effecting lay-off and the

number of workers affected due to such lay-off

during 2017-2022 were as follows:

Layoffs and workers affected during 2017 –

2021 (both in Central and State spheres)

As per the provisions contained in Chapter V-B

of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947,

establishments employing 100 persons or

more are required to seek prior permission of

the appropriate Government in the prescribed

application form before effecting closure,

retrenchment or lay-off. In the Ministry of

Labour & Employment, applications are

Source: Data on Industrial Disputes is based on returns

received every month from the Labour Departments of the

States/Union Territories and Regional Labour

Commissioner(Central)

received for such closures/retrenchments/lay-

offs from establishment falling in the Central

sphere. These applications are examined and

hearing is held in order to provide an

opportunity to both the management and the

workers to make submissions on issues

pertaining to the proposed action of the

management. Based on the oral and written

submissions made by the parties, and

considering the reasonableness/

genuineness of the management's

application, a decision to grant/not grant

permission for closure, retrenchment or lay-off

is taken. Whenever permission is granted, it is

ensured that workers' interests are protected

as far as possible.

The number of units effecting retrenchment

and workers retrenched therein during the

period 2017-2022 are as follows:

Retrenchment and workers affected during 2017-

2022 (both in Central and State spheres)

The Trade Unions Act, 1926 is a Central Act, but

administered by the State Governments. This

Act provides for registration of Trade Unions of

workers and in certain respects, it defines the

law relating to registered Trade Unions.

(ii)

14.17.

(i)

(P) = Provisional and based on the

returns/clarifications received in the Bureau till

22nd November, 2022.

Source:- Industrial Disputes is based on returns

received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States/Union Territories and

Regional Labour Commissioner(Central).

The Trade Unions Act, 1926

year Lay-offs Workers

affected

2017 40 6274

2018(P) 31 6561

2019(P) 43 6443

2020(P) 38 6140

2021(P)

(Jan. to Nov.)

15 2967

2022

(Jan to Sep)

4 672

Year Retrenchment Workers

affected

2017 4 87

2018(P) 9 116

2019(P) 2 98

2020(P) 11 481

2021(P) 7 66

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

(ii)

(iii)

Monitoring of Industrial Relations

SAMADHAN Portal for Industrial Dispute under

Section 2-A and 2(k) of Industrial Disputes Act,

1947. (https://samadhan.labour.gov.in/)

The Trade Unions Act, 1926 was last amended

2001 and enforced w.e.f. 9.1.2002. The

objective of this amendment is to ensure

orderly growth of Trade Unions and reduce

multiplicity of Trade Unions and promote

internal democracy.

The Trade Unions Act, 1926 has been merged

in the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.

The prime responsibility of Ministry of

Labour & Employment has always been to protect,

preserve and uplift the interests of workers. The

primary objective of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

(ID Act) is to make provisions for the investigation

and settlement of Industrial Disputes (IDs) which

are defined under section 2-A and 2(k) of the

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, by way of mediation

by the Conciliation Officer of the Appropriate

Government. The ID Act, 1947 has been

subsumed in Industrial Relations Code 2020 which

is yet to be implemented.

In the present scenario of digitalization, the

Ministry developed an e-dispute portal i.e.

SAMADHAN (Software Application for Monitoring

and Disposal, Handling of Apprehended/Existing

Industrial Disputes) for filing disputes by a

workman in a very simple and lucid way which has

made the filing of the dispute easy.

SAMADHAN, the web portal, was launched

by Secretary (Labour & Employment) on 6

February, 2019 in the 5 pilot regions i.e. Ajmer,

Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Delhi and Raipur, and in

May 2019 in the 6 region too i.e. Jabalpur.

Thereafter, in order to ensure timely delivery of

justice to all the workmen throughout the country,

on 17 September, 2020, the Portal was launched

on Pan India basis.

This initiative has ushered in a new era of

Industrial Relations by hassle free and timely

handling of Industrial Disputes in a very simple,

useful and transparent manner resulting into a

simplified, standardized and streamlined process

which is faster and easier to monitor. The

paradigm shift in governance of Industrial Dispute

statute ensures maintenance of peaceful work

culture in the industry so that industrial growth

doesn't suffer and rights of the employee remain

protected.

As on date, there are total 18,400 User IDs

of which 16,110 are Individual Users and 2290 are

Trade Union Users. Since the launch of portal, a

total of 9382 cases have been raised through the

portal and out of which 6751 cases have been

disposed of.

Regular monitoring and analysis of MIS is

done by the Program Management Unit (PMU) in

the Ministry for which weekly and monthly reports

are sought from the Conciliation officers. The

review meetings are also conducted by the senior

officers from time to time to appraise the

performance of the portal. Besides Indusrial

Disputes, now workers, trade union and other

stakeholders can also file claims under (a) the

Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (b) The Payment

Wages Act, 1936 (c) The equal remuneration Act,

1976 (d) The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (e)

The maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and can raise

grievances not covered under any of the

aforementioned Acts. A module integrating the

aforementioned provisions have been developed

and launched on 3.10.2022 for workers.

1. This online portal is devised to make it workers'

friendly, easy to understand for filing dispute,

transparent in a way that status will be visible

to all stake holders at all times. Moreover, the

Portal ensures accountability which makes

process more effective and efficient.

2. Encourages transparency which ensures

timely justice and trust by workers on the

governance of the Government.

3. The aggrieved worker can handle his own

case independently by himself without taking

assistance.

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

4. Cases falling under Section 2-A are directly

referred to CGIT after lapse of 45 days before

Conciliation officer which would reduce the

time taken in manual application for redressal.

5. System enables automatic distribution of

disputes to the concerned Conciliation

Officers and make dispute redressal faster.

6. Being an integrated portal, the workers,

Conciliation Officers, CGIT and Government

have access to the documents for analysis

and doing away with missing and repeated

submission of document thus reducing the

gap in communication.

7. It gives a bird's eye view of the status of cases

files, disposed of, pending, implemented,

including statistics and thus will strengthens

the monitoring system.

Based on the information received from

Labour Bureau on the number and spatial

dispersion of strikes/lockouts, number of workers

involved and mandays lost, number of units

reporting retrenchment and the extent of layoffs,

the Ministry monitors the industrial harmony

prevalent in the country.

The total number of strikes and lockouts

and man-days lost during the period 2018-2022

are as follows:

No. of Strikes and Lockouts and Man-days lost

during 2018-2022(P)

Source: Data on Industrial Disputes is based on

returns received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States/Union Territories and

Monitoring of Industrial Relations

Regional Labour Commissioner (Central)

The spatial/industry wise dispersion of the

number of strikes and lockouts and the workers

consequently affected is not uniform. Man-days

lost is a direct measure of the impact of industrial

unrest on industrial production.

Most of the industrial unrests, as indicated

by strikes and lockouts, are primarily caused by

issues relating to indiscipline & violence, wages &

allowances and personnel matters.

Closures of units and workers affected (both

in Central and State spheres) during 2017-2021

Financial Stringency, shortage of raw

materials, question of pollution and others are the

main reasons for closures during the period.

Lay-off can be defined as the failure, refusal

or inability of an employer to give employment to a

workman whose name is borne on the muster rolls

of his industrial establishment and who has not

(P):Provisional and based on the returns

/clarifications received in the Bureau till 22

November, 2022.

Closure

Lay-Off

Source: Data on Industrial Disputes is based on

returns received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States/Union Territories and

Regional Labour Commissioner (Central)

(P): Provisional and based on the returns/

clarifications received in the Bureau till 22

November, 2022.

Year Strikes Lockouts Total

Man-days

lost

2018(P)

69 17 86

3,149,554

2019(P)

95 10 105 2,782,546

2020(P)

56 5 61

1,353,717

2021(P)

6 41 984,186

2022 (P)

(Jan to

Sep)

38 5 43 349,353

Year No. of Units

affected by

Closures

No. of Workers

affected

2018(P) 12 2143

2019(P) 6 1631

2020(P) 15 1753

2021

7 709

2022 (P)

(Jan to Sep)

243

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

been retrenched. Supply side bottlenecks such as

shortage of power, shortage of raw materials,

financial stringency and others as well as seasonal

fall in demand for products may result in lay-offs.

The number of units effecting lay-off and the

number of workers affected due to such lay-off

during 2018-2022 were as follows:

Layoffs and workers affected during 2018 –

2022 (both in Central and State spheres)

As per the provisions contained in Chapter V-

B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947,

establishments employing 100 persons or more are

required to seek prior permission of the appropriate

Government in the prescribed application form

before effecting closure, retrenchment or lay-off. In

the Ministry of Labour & Employment, applications

are received for such closures/retrenchments/lay-

offs from establishment falling in the Central sphere.

These applications are examined and hearing is

held in order to provide an opportunity to both the

management and the workers to make submissions

on issues pertaining to the proposed action of the

management. Based on the oral and written

submissions made by the parties, and considering

the reasonableness/ genuineness of the

management's application, a decision to grant/not

grant permission for closure, retrenchment or lay-off

Retrenchment

Source: Data on Industrial Disputes is based on

returns received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States/Union Territories and

Regional Labour Commissioner(Central)

(P): Provisional and based on the

returns/clarifications received in the Bureau till

22nd November, 2022.

is taken. Whenever permission is granted, it is

ensured that workers' interests are protected as far

as possible.

The number of units effecting retrenchment

and workers retrenched therein during the period

2017-2021 are as follows:

Retrenchment and workers affected during 2017-

2021 (both in Central and State sph

eres)

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 provides

for investigation and settlement of industrial

disputes. The main objectives of the Act are :

promotion of measures for securing and

preserving amity and good relations

between the employer and workmen;

investigation and settlement of industrial

disputes between employers and

employers, employers and workmen or

workmen and workmen, prevention of illegal

strikes and lock-outs; relief to workmen in

the matter of lay-off and retrenchment; and

collective bargaining.

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was lastly

Source: Data on Industrial Disputes is based on

returns received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States/Union Territories and

Regional Labour Commissioner(Central)

-- Not available

(P): Provisional and based on the

returns/clarifications received in the Bureau

till 22 November, 2022

(i)

(ii)

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

year Lay-offs Workers affected

2018(P) 31 6561

2019(P) 43 6443

2020(P) 38 6140

2021(P)

5 2967

2022(P)

672

Year Retrenchment Workers

affected

2017 4 87

2018(P) 9 116

2019(P) 2 98

2020(P) 11 481

2021(P) 7 66

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amended in 2010 and enforced w.e.f.

15.9.2010 enhancing the wage ceiling of

supervisors, providing direct access for the

workman to the Labour Court or Tribunal and

establishing of Grievance Redressal

Machinery.

During 2018, the First Schedule to the

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was amended

by inserting “Chemical Fertilizers Industry'

as item 33, vide notification No.S.O.6362(E)

dated 28.12.2018.

To reduce the time taken in processing of an

Industrial dispute, Ministry of Labour &

Employment delegated the power of

appropriate Government conferred by

Section 39 of the Industrial Disputes Act,

1947 to the Conciliation Officer to directly

refer the industrial disputes under Section

2A of the I.D. Act to Labour Court or Tribunal

for adjudication instead of filing a report to

the appropriate Government, if no

settlement could be arrived at in the course

of conciliation proceedings vide Notification

No. S.O.1936(E) dated 10.06.2019.

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 has been

merged in the Industrial Relations Code,

2020.

The Plantations Labour Act, 1951 is a

Central Act but administered by the State

Governments. The Act provides for the

welfare of plantation labour and it regulates

the conditions of work in plantations. This

Legislation is applied to all tea, coffee,

rubber, cinchona and cardamom plantations

which measures 5 hectares or more in

which 15 or more persons are working. The

State Governments are also vested with

powers to extend all or any of the provisions

of the Act to any plantation notwithstanding it

measures less than 5 hectares or the

number of persons employed therein is less

than 15. The Act covers Offices, hospitals,

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

34.

(i)

The Plantations Labour Act, 1951

dispensaries, schools and crèches within

the plantation premises. The Act contains

important provisions related to health,

welfare, hours of work, rest intervals,

prohibition on employment of children etc.

Keeping in view the changing social,

economic and industrial relations scenario in

the country, the Government amended the

Plantations Labour Act, 1951 which was

enforced w.e.f. 7.6.2010. The objectives of

these amendments are to make the Act

more welfare oriented for the workers in the

plantations sector.

The Plantations Labour Act, 1951 has been

merged in the Occupational Safety, Health

and Working Conditions (OSH) Code 2020.

The Sales Promotion (Employees) (Conditions

of Service) Act, 1976 is a Central Act which came

into force w.e.f. 6.3.1976. The main purpose of

the Act is to regulate certain conditions of service

of sales promotion employees in certain

establishments. Initially this Act was applicable

only to the sales promotion employees engaged

in pharmaceutical industry. Thereafter the

schedule of the Act has been amended and the

Act was made applicable to additional 10

Industries vide Notification No.S.O.217(E) dated

31.1.2011 which are as under:

(i) Cosmetics, soaps, household cleaners

and disinfectants.

(ii) Readymade garments

(iii) Soft drink manufacturing industries

(iv) Biscuits and confectioneries

(v) Ayurvedic, Unani and Homeopathic

Medicines

(vi) Automobiles including accessories and

spare parts

(vii) Surgical equipments, artificial prosthesis

(ii)

(iii)

35. The Sales Promotion Employees

(Conditions of Service) Act, 1976.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

and diagnostics

(viii) Electronics, computers including

accessories and spares

(ix) Electrical appliances

(x) Paints and varnishes

2. The Act stipulates that provision of

Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, the

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Minimum

Wages Act, 1948, the Maternity Benefit Act,

1961, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, the

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 may apply to the

sales promotion employees.

3. Central Government is empowered to

make rules under the Act.

4. A meeting of the Industrial Tripartite

Committee for Sales Promotion Employees was

held on 8.8.2017 under the chairmanship of

Hon'ble Minister of State for Labour &

Employment (IC) wherein it was decided to

frame statutory working rules for sales promotion

employees. The statutory working rules for

sales promotion employees are under

consideration of this Ministry.

5. The Sales Promotion (Employees)

(Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 has been

merged in the Occupational Safety, Health and

Working Conditions (OSH) Code 2020.

The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 provides

for the welfare of motor transport workers and to

regulate the conditions of their work like medical

facilities, welfare facilities, hours of work spread

over, period of rest, overtime and annual leave

with pay etc. This Act has been merged in the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions (OSH) Code 2020

36. The Motor Transport Workers Act,

1961:

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4.1

1) Prime Minister's Shram Awards (PMSA)

4.2

4.3

2) Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP)

4.4

The DGFASLI on behalf of the Ministry of

Labour & Employment has been implementing the

Prime Minister's Shram Awards, Vishwakarma

Rashtriya Puraskar (earlier known as Shram Vir

National Awards) and the National Safety Awards

scheme since 1965. These schemes were

modified in 1971, 1978 and again in 2007. The

schemes presently in operation are as under:

The Prime Minister's Shram Awards (PMSA)

were instituted in 1985, for the workers (as defined

in Industrial Disputes Act, 1947) in recognition of

their outstanding contributions in organizations

both in public and private sector and who have

distinguished record of performance, devotion to

duty of a high order, specific contribution in the field

of productivity, proven innovative abilities,

presence of mind and exceptional courage and

also to the workmen who have made supreme

sacrifice of laying down their lives in the

conscientious discharge of their duties.

It has been decided from the year 2004

onwards that the private sectors shall also be

included within the ambit of Prime Minister's Shram

Awards and the workers in the private sector units

employing 500 or more workers and engaged in

manufacturing and productive processes will be

eligible to apply for these awards. The number of

awards has been increased from 17 to 33. The

awards, in order of sequence are Shram Ratna,

Shram Bhushan, Shram Vir/Veerangana and

Shram Shri/Devi. The recognition consists of a

Sanad and cash award of Rs. Two lakh (1 award),

Rs. One lakh (4 awards), Rs. 60,000 (12 awards)

and Rs. 40,000 (16 awards) respectively.

VRP is awarded in recognition of outstanding

suggestions given by a worker or group of workers

and implemented by the management during the

previous calendar year resulting improvement in

quality, productivity and working conditions such

as safety, health and environmental conservation

in the industrial undertakings where “Suggestion

Schemes” are in operation. It is designed to give

recognition at the national level to outstanding

suggestions resulting in

(i) Higher Productivity

(ii) Improvement in safety and working

conditions

(iii) Savings in foreign exchange (import

substitution as well as quality and safety of

products)

(iv) Improvement in overall efficiency of the

establishments.

The prizes are grouped in three classes:

(a) Applications ranked 1 to 5 (5 Awards) - Class

“A”Awards Rs.75, 000/- each

(b) Applications ranked 6 to 13 (8 Awards) -

Class “B”Awards Rs.50, 000/- each

Class “C”Awards RS.25, 000/- each

These awards are applicable to the workers of

Industrial establishments covered under the

Factories Act, 1948, the employees covered under

the Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act

1986, the Building and Other Construction

Workers (Regulation of Employment and

Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and Installations

underAtomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).

National Safety Awards are given in

recognition of outstanding safety performance on

the part of the industrial establishments covered

under the Factories Act 1948, the employers

covered under the Dock Workers (Safety, Health

and Welfare) Act 1986, the Building and Other

4.5

4.6

3) National Safety Awards

4.7

Chapter-4

NATIONAL LABOUR AWARDS

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment

and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and

Installations under Atomic Energy Regulatory

Board (AERB).

The awards are given under twelve schemes,

out of which ten are meant for Factories

/Construction sites /Installations under AERB and

two are for Ports. Under each award, a Shield and

a Certificate of Merit is given to each of the Award

Winners and Runners-up. The establishments are

classified in different schemes based on working of

highest man-hours.

The Prime Minister's Shram Awards (PMSA)

for the performance year 2018 are to be awarded

to 69 workers employed in the Departmental

Undertakings & Public Sector Undertakings of the

Central and State Governments and Private

Sector Units employing 500 or more workers in

recognition of their distinguished performance,

innovative abilities, outstanding contribution in the

field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional

courage and presence of mind.

This year the Prime Minister's Shram Awards

are given in three categories namely:

i. Shram Bhushan Awards which carry a cash

prize of Rs.1,00,000/- each

ii. Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana Awards

which carry a cash prize of Rs. 60,000/-

each

iii. Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards which

carry a cash prize of Rs. 40,000/- each

For the year 2018, four (4) nominations for

the Shram Bhushan Awards, twelve (12)

nominations for Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana

awards and seventeen (17) nominations for Shram

Shree/Shram Devi Awards have been selected.

While the total numbers of Shram Awards

conferred this year are thirty-three (33), the

number of workers receiving the Awards is sixty-

nine (69) as some of the awards have been shared

by workers and/or teams of workers consisting of

4.8

I. Prime Minister's Shram Awards

4.9

4.10

4.11

Awards for the performance year 2018

more than one worker. Out of the total awardees,

forty-nine (49) workers are from the public sector

while twenty (20) workers are from the private

sector. The awardees include eight (8) women

workers. The details of the awards are as follows:

: Total number of

Shram Bhushan Awards are four (4). It

carries a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000/- and

a 'Sanad'. Total numbers of Shram

Bhushan Awardees are ten (10) for the year

2018 in respect of Public Sector

Undertaking and Private Sector.

Tot al

numbers of Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana

Awards are twelve (12). It carries a cash

award of Rs. 60,000/- and a 'Sanad'. Total

numbers of Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana

awardees are twenty-one (21) including

one (1) women worker for the year 2018.

Total numbers of

Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards are

seventeen (17). It carries a cash award of

Rs. 40,000/- and a 'Sanad'. Total numbers

of Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awardees are

thirty-eight (38) including seven (7) women

workers

For the performance year 2018, a total of 28

Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar awards are

to be given in three categories A, B and C for 96

awardees. The details of which are as follows:

For the performance

year 2018, the National Safety awards are to be

given to a total of 80 winners and 61 runners-

up.

1. SHRAM BHUSHAN

2. SHRAM VIR/VEERANGANA:

3. SHRAM SHREE/DEVI:

II Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP):

. National Safety Awards:

III

Sl. Class

No. of

Awards

No. of

Awardees

1. Class “A” 5 14

2. Class “B” 8 26

3. Class “C” 15 56

Total 28 96

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5.1

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

5.2

In a labour surplus country like India, it is

difficult to have a uniform and comprehensive

wage policy for all sectors of the economy. Wages

in the organized sector are generally determined

through negotiations and settlements between the

employer and the employees. In the unorganized

sector, however, labour is vulnerable to

exploitation due to illiteracy and lack of effective

bargaining power.

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948,

safeguards the interests of the workers as they

are vulnerable to exploitation due to illiteracy and

lack of bargaining power and binds the employers

to pay the minimum wages to the workers as fixed

under the statute for the work performed during a

given period, which cannot be reduced by

collective agreement or an individual contract. The

provisions of the Act are gender neutral and thus

do not discriminate between male and female

workers. Under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948

(the Act) both the Central and the State

Governments are “Appropriate Governments” for

fixation/revision of minimum rates of wages for

the scheduled employments at an interval not

exceeding five years. There are 45 scheduled

employments in the Central sphere while in the

State sphere the number (cumulative) of such

employments is 1709. The Central Government

has notified increase in the basic rate of minimum

wages for all sectors in the Central sphere w.e.f.

19.01.2017. For the first time minimum wages for

all sectors in the Central sphere, namely

agricultural, non- agricultural, construction, etc.

have been increased by 42% approximately.

The minimum rates of wages also include

Special Allowance i.e. Variable Dearness

Allowance (VDA) linked to Consumer Price Index

Number, which is revised twice a year effective

from 1 April and 1 October. The Central

Government and twenty-seven States/UTs have

adopted VDA as a component of minimum wage.

Both the Central and the State Governments have

been revising the minimum wages in respect of

scheduled employments from time to time. Latest

revised rates of minimum wages including VDA

applicable in Central Sphere are

at .

5.3

w.e.f. 01.10.2022

Table 5.1

Chapter-5

WAGES

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Name of Scheduled

Employment

Category of Workers Rates of Wages including V.D.A per day (in Rs.)

Area A Area B Area C

Agriculture

Unskilled 454 414 409

Semi-skilled/Unskilled

Supervisory

495 456 419

Skilled/Clerical 539 495 455

Highly-skilled 596 554 495

Sweeping and Cleaning+ Unskilled 711 595 477

Watch and Ward

Without Arms ( Upgraded

to skilled with training)

866 788 671

With Arms( Upgraded to

highly skilled for

supervision)

940 866 788

Loading & Unloading` Unskilled 711 595 477

Construction^ Unskilled 711 595 477

Semi-skilled/Unskilled

Supervisory

788 671 557

Skilled/Clerical 866 788 671

Highly-skilled 940 866 788

Workers engaged in Stone

Mines for Stone Breaking

and Stone Crushing

1.Excavation & removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters

lift:*

(a) Soft Soil 481

(b) Soft Soil with Rock 722

2. Removal and Staking of

rejected stones with 50

metres lead/1.5 metres

lift*

386

3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size of category**

(a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches 2938

(b) Above 1.5 Inches to

3.0 Inches

2513

Inches

1475

(d) Above 5.0 Inches 1212

Non - Coal Mines$ Above Ground

{Rates of Wages

including V.D.A per

day (in Rs.)}

Below Ground

{Rates of Wages

including V.D.A per day

(in Rs.)}

Unskilled 477 595

Semi-skilled/Unskilled

Supervisory

595 711

Skilled/Clerical 711 829

Highly-skilled 829 926

Table 5.1

Area wise Rates of Minimum Wages for Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere.

As on 01.10.2022

*Employees engaged in the employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment

of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993.

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Employees engaged in the employment of Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel

Offices of Railways;

(ii) Other Goods Sheds, Godowns, Warehouses and other similar employments; (iii) Docks and

Ports; and (iv) Passengers Goods and Cargo Carried out at Airports (Both International and

Domestic).

Employees engaged in the employment of construction or maintenance of Roads or Runways or

in Building Operations including laying down Underground Electric, Wireless, Radio, Television,

Telephone, Telegraph and Overseas Communication Cables and similar other Underground

Cabling Work, Electric Lines, Water Supply Lines and Sewerage Pipe Lines.

Employees engaged in the employment of Gypsum Mines, Barytes Mines, Bauxite Mines,

Manganese Mines, China Clay Mines, Kyanite Mines, Copper Mines, Clay Mines, Magnesite

Mines, White Clay Mines, Stone Mines, Steatite Mines (including the mines producing Soap Stones

and Talc), Ochre Mines, Asbestos Mines, Fire Clay Mines, Chromite Mines, Quartzite Mines,

Quartz Mines, Silica Mines, Graphite Mines, Felspar Mines, Laterite Mines, Dolomite Mines, Red

Oxide Mines, Wolfram Mines, Iron Ore Mines, Granite Mines, Rock Phosphate Mines, Hematite

Mines, Marble and Calcite Mines, Uranium Mines, Mica Mines, Lignite Mines, Gravel Mines, Slate

and Magnetite Mines.

CLASSIFICATION OF AREA

AREA – “A”

Ahmedabad (UA) Hyderabad (UA) Faridabad complex

Bengaluru (UA) Kanpur (UA) Ghaziabad

Kolkata (UA) Lucknow (UA) Gurgaon

Delhi (UA) Chennai (UA) Noida

Greater

Mumbai

(UA) Nagpur (UA) Secunderabad

Navi Mumbai Pune (UA)

AREA – “B”

Agra (UA) Gwalior (UA) Port Blair (UA)

Ajmer (UA) Hubli-Dharwad (M.

Corpn)

Puducherry (UA)

Aligarh (UA) Indore (UA) Raipur (UA)

Allahabad (UA) Jabalpur (UA) Raurkela (UA)

Amravati (M.Corpn) Jaipur (M.Corpn) Rajkot (UA)

Amritsar (UA) Jalandhar (UA) Ranchi (UA)

Asansol (UA) Jalandhar-Cantt. (UA) Saharanpur (M.Corpn

)

Aurangabad (UA) Jammu (UA) Salem (UA)

Bareilly (UA) Jamnagar (UA) Sangli (UA)

Belgaum (UA) Jamshedpur (UA) Shillong

Bhavnagar (UA) Jhansi (UA) Siliguri (UA)

Bhiwandi (UA) Jodhpur (UA) Solapur (M.Corpn)

Bhopal (UA) Kannur (UA) Srinagar (UA)

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Bhubaneshwar (UA) Kochi (UA) Surat (UA)

Bikaner (M.Corpn) Kolhapur (UA)

Thiruvanantapuram

(UA)

Bokaro SteelCity

(UA) Kollam (UA) Thrissur (UA)

Chandigarh (UA) Kota (M.Corpn) Tiruchirappalli (UA)

Coimbatore (UA) Kozhikode (UA) Tiruppur (UA)

Cuttack (UA) Ludhiana (M.Corpn) Ujjain (M.Corpn)

Dehradun (UA) Madurai (UA) Vadodara (UA)

Dhanbad (UA) Malappuram (UA) Varanasi (UA)

Durgapur (UA) Malegaon (UA) Vasai- Virar City (M.Corpn)

Durg-Bhilai

Nagar

(UA)

Mangalore (UA) Vijayawada (UA)

Erode

(UA)

Meerut (UA) Vishakhapatnam (M.Corpn)

Firozabad Moradabad (M.Corpn) Warangal (UA)

Goa Mysore (UA) Gorakhpur (UA)

NandedWaghala

(M.Corpn)

GreaterVisakhapatnam

(M.Corpn) Nasik (UA)

Gulbarga

(UA)

Nellore (UA) Guntur (UA)

Panchkula (UA) Guwahati (UA) Patna (UA)

Area ‘C’ will comprise all areas not mentioned in thislist.

NB: U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.

Sl.

No.

Name of the State/UT which

Adopted VDA Did not adopt

VDA

Andhra Pradesh Arunachal

Pradesh

Assam Goa

Bihar Himachal

Pradesh

Chhattisgarh Jammu and

Kashmir

Gujarat Manipur

Haryana Meghalaya

Jharkhand Mizoram

Karnataka Nagaland

Kerala Sikkim

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Telengana

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

Andaman and

Nicobar Islands

Chandigarh

Dadra and Nagar

Haveli

Daman and Diu

Delhi

Lakshadweep

Tripura

Puducherry

States/Union Territories Which Adopted/ Did not

Adopt the system of Variable Dearness

Allowance (VDA

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National Floor Level Minimum Wage

5.4

Central Advisory Board (CAB)

5.5

Minimum Wages Advisory Board (MWAB)

5.6

5.7

5.8

In order to have a uniform wage structure and

to reduce the disparity in minimum wages across

the country, the concept of National Floor Level

Minimum Wage as a non-statutory measure was

mooted on the basis of the recommendations of

the National Commission on Rural Labour (NCRL)

in 1991. On the basis of increase in the Consumer

Price Index, the Central Government has revised

the National Floor Level Minimum Wage from Rs.

160/-to Rs.176/-per day with effect from

01.06.2017.

The Central Government has re-constituted

the Central Advisory Board (CAB) vide Notification

No. S.O. 898 (E) dated 27 February, 2019 under

Section 8 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

The Central Government has re-constituted

the Minimum Wages Advisory Board (MWAB)

vide Notification No. S.O.527 (E) dated 29

January, 2019 under Section 7 of the Minimum

Wages Act, 1948.

The proposal for amendment of the Minimum

Wages Act, 1948 for omission of Section 2(g) of the

Act relating to definition of “scheduled

employment” is not being pursued presently as the

Payment of Bonus (Amended) Act, 2015 has been

challenged in various High Courts. Department

of Legal Affairs has opined to wait till vacation of

stay and disposal of the writ petitions as definition

of the “scheduled employment “ is common in both

the Minimum Wages Act,1948 and the Payment of

Bonus (Amendment)Act, 2015.

In the meanwhile, the Code on Wages, 2019

has been notified on 08.08.2019, wherein the

provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the

Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Payment of Bonus

Act, 1965 and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

have been subsumed. The provisions of the Code

on Wages, 2019, have not come into effect except

the provisions relating to the Central Advisory

Board.

The Payment of Wages Act, 1936

5.9

5.10

5.11

5.12

The Payment of Wages (Nomination) Rules,

2009

5.13

The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 regulates

payment of wages to workers employed in

industries and to ensure speedy and effective

remedy to them against illegal deductions and/or

unjustified delay caused in paying wages in current

coin, or currency notes or by cheque or by crediting

in the bank account of the workers.

The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act,

2017- Section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act,

1936 has been amended on 16.02.2017 to enable

making payment of wages in current coin or

currency notes or by cheque or by crediting in the

bank account of the workers. The amendment

made also enables that the appropriate

Government may, by notification in the Official

Gazette, specify the industrial or other

establishment, the employer of which shall pay to

every person employed in such industrial or other

establishment, the wages only by cheque or by

crediting the wages in the bank account.

Provision for making payment only by

cheque or by crediting in the bank account of an

employee, in respect of industrial or other

establishments namely Railways, Air transport

services, Mines and Oil fields in the Central Sphere

has been notified on 26.04.2017.

The wage ceiling for applicability of the

Payment of Wages Act, 1936, was fixed at Rs.

1600/- p.m. in 1982. This wage ceiling has

been periodically revised on the basis of the

Consumer Expenditure Survey brought out by the

National Sample Survey Office, after every five

years. The Central Government has enhanced the

wage ceiling from Rs.18,000/- to Rs. 24,000/- per

month w.e.f. 29.08.2017 for applicability of the Act.

In pursuance of the recommendation of the

Special Task Force set up by the Ministry of Women

and Child Development for providing complete

equality to women vis-a-vis men in terms of payment

of wages, the Central Government, in exercise of

powers conferred in sub-section (3) of section 26 of

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, has notified the

Payment of Wages (Nomination) Rules, 2009, vide

notification GSR No 822 (E) dated 29 June, 2009

defining the procedure for nomination and restricting

the nomination by workers to his /her family

members as far as applicable.

The Government is committed to enhance

the welfare and well-being of workers in the

organised and unorganised sector and ensure

implementation of the Payment of Wages Act,

1936 and the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 The

enforcement of various labour laws including the

Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and the Minimum

Wages Act, 1948 is ensured at two levels. While

in the Central Sphere the enforcement is secured

through the Inspecting officers of the Chief Labour

Commissioner (Central) commonly designated as

Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM),

the compliance in the State Sphere is ensured

through the State Enforcement Machinery.

In the 1950s and 60s, when the organized

labour sector was at a nascent stage of

development, the Government in appreciation of

the problems of wage fixation in some sectors,

constituted need based Wage Boards from time to

time in line with the accepted policy of the Ministry

of Labour. The Wage Boards are tripartite in

character in which representatives of workers,

employers and independent members participate

and finalize the recommendations. At present,

there is provision for only two Wage Boards, one

for the Working Journalists and the other for the

Non-Journalist Newspaper Employees which are

in operation as statutory Wage Boards. All other

Wage Boards have ceased to exist.

The Working Journalists and Other

Enforcement of the Payment of Wages Act,

1936 and the Minimum Wages Act, 1948

5.14

5.15

5.16

Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service)

and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 has been

subsumed in Occupational, Safety, Health and

Working Conditions, 2020 (OSH Code) which has

been notified on 29.09.2020.

The Working Journalists and Other

Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service)

and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (the Act)

provides for regulation of conditions of service of

working journalists and other persons employed in

newspaper establishments. Section 9 and Section

13C of the Act, inter-alia, provide for setting up of

Wage Boards for fixation and revision of rates of

wages in respect of working journalists and non-

journalist newspaper/news agency employees

respectively. According to the Act, Wage Boards

shall consist of the following:

Three persons representing employers in

relation to newspaper establishment;

Three persons, representing working

journalists for Wage Board under Section 9

and three persons representing non-

journalist newspaper employees for Wage

Board under Section 13 C of theAct.

Four independent persons, one of whom

shall be a person who is or has been a

Judge of a High Court or the Supreme

Court, and who shall be appointed by the

Government as the Chairman thereof.

The Act does not lay down the periodicity for

constituting the Wage Board. In the past, various

Wage Boards for Working Journalists and Non-

Journalist Newspaper Employees were set up

from time to time as shown in the Table below:-

The Working Journalist and Other Newspaper

Employees (Conditions of Service) and

Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955.

5.17

5.18

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Sl.

No.

Name of the Industry Date

of appointmen

t of Wage Board

Date

on which

final report

was

submitted to

the

Government

Date

of acceptance

of the

recommendatio

nbythe

Government

Name of the

Wage Board

12 3 4 5 6

I. Wage Board for Working

Journalists

02-05-1956 NA 11-05-1957 Divatia

Wage Board

II. (a) Wage Board for

Working Journalists

12-11-1963 17-07-1967 27-10-1967 Shinde

Wage Board

(b) Wage Board for Non-

Journalist Newspaper

Employees

25-02-1964 17-07-1967 18-11-1967

III. (a) Wage Board for

Working Journalists

11-06-1975

13-08-1980

26-12-1980

20-07-1981

Palekar

Wage Board

Wage Board for Non-

Journalist Newspaper

Employees

06-02-1976

IV. Wage Board for Working

Journalists and Non-

Journalist Newspaper

Employees

17-07-1985 30-05-1989 31-08-1989 Bachawat Wag

e Board

V. Wage Board for Working

Journalists and Non-

Journalist Newspaper

Employees

02-09-1994 25-07-2000 05-12-2000

15-12-2000

Manisana Wage

Board

VI. Wage Board for Working

Journalists & Non-

Journalist Newspaper

Employees

24-05-2007 31-12-2010 11-11-2011 Majithia Wage

Board

5.19 The Government constituted two Wage

Boards – one for Working Journalists and other for

Non-Journalist Newspaper Employees under

Section 9 and Section 13C respectively of the

Working Journalists and Other Newspaper

Employees (Conditions of Service) &

Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 and appointed

Justice G. R. Majithia, retired Judge of the High

Court of Bombay as common Chairman vide

notification in the Gazette of India (Extra Ordinary)

S.O. Nos. 809 (E) and 810(E) dated 24.5.2007.

The Wage Boards submitted their final Report to

the Government on 31.12.2010. The

recommendations of the Majithia Wage Board

were notified in the Official Gazette vide S. O. No.

2532 (E) dated 11.11.2011.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

5.20

5.21

5.22

As the implementation of the

recommendations rests with the State

Government/UTs, this was communicated to the

State Governments and Union Territory

Administrations for compliance. The Majithia

Wage Board Recommendations are presently in

vogue.

In order to monitor the implementation of the

notification, a Central Level Monitoring Committee

(CLMC) has been set up. The present composition

is as under:

The Committee meets periodically from time

to time both at Regional and National Level (New

Delhi). The last meeting of the Committee was held

at New Delhi on 24.01.2022 & 27.01.2022 covering

all States/UTs to review the implementation of the

Wage Board Awards in the country. In the last

CLMC meeting the representatives of States/ UTs

were directed to gear up the monitoring

mechanism at the State Level and to conduct

regular inspections. The implementation status is

obtained from the States/ UTs through Quarterly

Progress Reports. 27 States, excluding the States

having one-man establishments, have intimated

constitution of Tripartite Committee in order to

monitor the state level implementation status. The

implementation status of Majithia Wage Board

recommendations in the States/ UTs as on date is

30.82%. Uttarakhand (100%), Puducherry

(100%), A&N Island (100%), Tamil Nadu (99.01%),

Andhra Pradesh (83.67%) and Rajasthan

(82.81%) are the leading States in implementing

the Majithia Wage Board recommendations.

The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (the Act)

provides for the payment of bonus to persons

employed in certain establishments, employing 20

or more persons, on the basis of profits or on the

basis of production or productivity and for matters

connected therewith. The Payment of Bonus Act,

1965 has been subsumed under Code on Wages,

2019 which has been notified on 08.08.2019.

The minimum bonus of 8.33% is to be paid by

every industry and establishment under Section 10

of the Act. The maximum bonus including

productivity linked bonus that can be paid in any

accounting year shall not exceed 20% of the

salary/wage of an employee under Section 31 A of

the Act.

Two ceilings are available under the

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. Firstly, the limit

specified under Section 2 (13) of the Act defines

eligibility of an employee to get the Bonus.

Secondly, Section 12 prescribes limit for

calculation of bonus to be paid to an employee.

The two ceilings are revised to keep pace with the

price rise and increase in the salary structure. The

revisions of the two ceilings over the years are as

follows:

The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

THE PAYMENT OF BONUS ACT, 1965

5.23

5.24

5.25

i. Special Secretary/Additional

Secretary, Ministry of Labour

& Employment

- Chairman

ii. Joint Secretary, Ministry of

Labour & Employment (in-

charge of Wage Board

Section)

- Member

iii. Joint Secretary, Ministry of

Information &

Broadcasting

- Member

iv. Chief Labour

Commissioner (Central)

- Member

v. Director/Deputy Secretary,

Ministry of Labour

& Employment (in-charge

of Wage Board Section)

- Member

Secretary

Sl.

No.

Year

Amend

ment

Eligibility

limit

(Rupees

per

month)

Calculating

Ceiling (Rupees per

month)

1. 1965 1,600 750

2. 1985 2,500 1,600

3. 1995 3,500 2,500

4. 2007 10,000 3,500

5. 2016

(w.e.f.

01.04.

2014)

21,000 7,000 per mensem or

the minimum wage for

the scheduled

employment, as fixed

by the appropriate

Government,

whichever is higher.

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6.1

Social Security Laws

6.2

Administration of Social Security Acts

6.3

The social security schemes in India cover

only a small segment of the organized work-force,

which may be defined as workers who are having

a direct regular employer–employee relationship

within an organization. The social security

legislations in India derive their strength and spirit

from the Directive Principles of the State Policy as

contained in the Constitution of India. These

provide for mandatory social security benefits

either solely at the cost of the employers or on the

basis of joint contribution of the employers and the

employees. While protective entitlements accrue

to the employees, the responsibilities for

compliance largely rest with the employers.

The principal social security laws enacted for

the organised sector in India are:

The Employees' State Insurance Act,

1948;

The Employees' Provident Funds &

Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

(Separate provident fund legislations exist

for workers employed in coal mines and tea

plantations in the state of Assam and for

seamen);

The Employee's CompensationAct, 1923;

The Maternity BenefitAct, 1961;

The Payment of GratuityAct, 1972

The provisions of the Employee's

Compensation Act, 1923 are being administered

exclusively by the State Governments. Cash

benefits under the Employees' State Insurance

Act, 1948 are administered by the Central

Government through the Employees' State

Insurance Corporation (ESIC), whereas the State

Governments and Union Territory Administrations

are administering medical care alongwith ESIC

under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948.

The Employees' Provident Funds and

Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 is

administered by the Government of India through

the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation

(EPFO). In mines and circus industry, the

provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 are

being administered by the Central Government

through the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)

and by the State Governments in factories,

plantations and other establishments. The

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is administered by

the Central Government in establishments under

its control, establishments having branches in

more than one State, major ports, mines, oil-fields

and railway companies and by the State

Governments and Union Territory Administrations

in all other cases. This Act applies to factories and

other establishments.

The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 applies

to factories employing 10 or more persons. The

provisions of the Act are being brought into force

area-wise in stages. The Act contains an enabling

provision under which the “Appropriate

Government” is empowered to extend the

provisions of the Act to other classes of

establishments, industrial, commercial agricultural

or otherwise. Under these provisions, the

appropriate Governments have extended the

provisions of the Act to shops, hotels, restaurants,

cinemas including preview theatres, road motor

transport undertakings, newspaper establish

ments, educational & medical institutions,

establishments engaged in insurance business,

The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

6.4 Coverage

Chapter-6

SOCIAL SECURITY

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Non-Banking Financial Companies, Port Trust,

Airport Authorities and warehousing

establishments etc. employing 10 or more

employees. Employees of factories and

establishments covered under the Act drawing

monthly wages up to Rs 21000 per month and Rs

25,000/- per month for persons with disabilities are

covered under the scheme. The ESI Scheme is

now extended to 35 States/ Union Territories. As

on 31.03.2022 a total of 3.10 crore Insured

persons and 12.04 crore beneficiaries are covered

under the Scheme.

The ESI Scheme is administered by a statutory

body called the Employees' State Insurance

Corporation (ESIC) which has members

representing Employers, Employees, Central and

State Governments, Medical Profession and the

Parliament. The Union Minister for Labour &

Employment is the Chairman. A Standing

Committee constituted from among the members

of the Corporation, acts as the executive body for

administration of the Scheme and is chaired by the

Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment.

There are 26 Regional Boards and 222 Local

Committees. The Director General is the Chief

Executive Officer of the Corporation and is also an

ex-officio member of the Corporation as well as its

Standing Committee. The headquarters of the

ESIC is located at New Delhi. The Corporation has

64 field offices, 24 Regional Offices, 40 Sub-

Regional Offices. Besides, there are 598 Branch

Offices, 89 dispensary Cum Branch Offices

(DCBOs) for administration of cash benefits to

Insured Persons.

The ESI Scheme is financed by contributions from

the employers and employees as per provisions of

ESI Act, 1948. The rate of contribution is 4% of the

monthly wages out of which the employer's and the

employee's share of contribution are 3.25% and

0.75% respectively. The Corporation makes an 'on

account payment' to the State Government' for

providing Medical care to ESI beneficiaries. At

6.5 Administration

6.6 Funding and operating of the ESI

Scheme

present the prescribed ceiling is Rs 3,000/-per

Insured Persons family unit per Annum. The

expenditure on medical care benefit is shared

between ESI Corporation and State Government

in the ratio of 7:1 within the ceiling. Formation of

State ESI under section 58(5) of ESI Act has been

initiated where additional incentive of bearing

100% expenditure up to the ceiling is proposed.

Further, all capital expenditure on construction of

ESI Hospital and other building including their

maintenance is borne exclusively by ESIC. The

expenditure on tertiary care is also borne entirely

by the ESIC.

“All contribution received under ESI Act and all

other money belonging to the Fund

which are not immediately required for defraying

day to day expenses are invested in the manner

prescribed under Rule 27 of the ESI (central)

Rules, 1950. Investment of ESIC

Fund is done in State Development Loans (SDLs),

Govt. securities (G-Sec), AAA rated PSU

Bonds, Fixed Deposits etc. as per the approved

Investment Policy of ESIC through

Portfolio Managers appointed by the ESI

Corporation. As on 31st October, 2022 the total

investment of Fund stands at Rs.1,29,812.49

crore including Special Deposit account (SDA).

A sum of Rs. 4459.69 Crore is due as arrears as on

31.3.2021 on account of default/dues by the

employers of covered factories/establishments. An

amount of Rs.2163.49 Crore was immediate not

recoverable, due to various reasons, such as

factories having gone into liquidation. BIFR/NCLT

cases, whereabouts of employers not known,

disputes in Courts, etc. The balance amounting to

Rs.2296.20 Crores, represents immediate

recoverable arrears. The ESI Corporation has

been taking necessary recovery action through

Recovery Machinery, Legal and penal actions, and

prosecution, under the provision of the Employee's

State insurance Act-1948 and under Penal Code

for recovery of ESI dues.

6.7 Investment

6.8 Arrears of ESI Dues

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6.9 Health benefit under ESI Scheme including

list of hospitals ESIC / ESIS

Annexure I.

6.10 Medical Education

Rationale of Medical Education:

The Employees' State Insurance Scheme

provides comprehensive medical care in the form

of medical attendance, treatment, drugs and

dressings, specialist consultation and

hospitalization to Insured Persons and also to their

dependants. An Insured Persons and his

dependants are entitled to medical benefits from

the day of entry into insurable employment.

Insured Persons and their families are being

provided medical care which includes outpatient

care/inpatient care, specialized medical care and

super specialty medical care as per requirement of

the patients. Besides, medical facilities under

AYUSH i.e. Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and

Homeopathy are also provided. Medical care to

beneficiaries is provided through a large

infrastructure comprising Hospitals, Dispensaries,

Dispensary-cum-Branch Office (DCBO),

Specialist centers, Insurance Medical

Practitioners (IMP) clinics, and Employees

Utilisation Dispensaries (EUD) and tie-up

arrangements with other health institutions. The

range of medical services provided covers

preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative

services. In-patient services are provided through

ESI Hospitals and through empanelment with

private and Govt. hospitals. The list of ESIC/ESIS

Scheme (ESIS) hospitals are at

ESI Corporation (ESIC) has established Medical

Education Institutions, across the country which

includes Medical Colleges, Dental Colleges,

Nursing Colleges and Paramedical College. To

improve the quality of services, the Employees'

State Insurance Scheme, THE EMPLOYEES'

STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948 was amended in

2010, and section 59-B inserted, relating to

'Medical and Para-medical education', which

enabled the Corporation to establish Medical

Colleges, Nursing Colleges and Training institutes

for its para-medical staff and other employees.

Medical

Education in ESIC fulfils the objectives of (1)

Augmentation of scarce qualified medical

manpower to serve beneficiaries (2) Carry out

research especially in occupational diseases and

training to medics and para-medics and (3)

Promotes inclusivity as specified seats in medical

colleges are earmarked for the wards of Insured

Persons / workers ( ).

Initially, each of the medical colleges began

functioning with 100 MBBS seats. In 2020, the

number of seats for all the six medical colleges

were increased to 125 each, with the approval of

National Medical Commission.

In the year 2021, two new ESIC Medical Colleges

have been established, viz., ESIC Medical College

& Hospital, Alwar and ESIC Medical College &

Hospital, Bihta with initial permission of 100 seats

by the National Medical Commission which will be

gradually increased to higher number of seats.

: The existing six medical colleges have

750 seats (125 X 6) and two additional Medical

Colleges have been initially allotted 200 seats (100

X 2). Therefore, currently, the total annual intake

of ESIC Medical Colleges is 950 MBBS seats

which is set to increase to 1200 by the year 2027.

There are 343 MBBS seats each year earmarked

for wards of IPs in eight ESIC Medical Colleges.

The seats for wards of IPs at each of the Medical

College at Faridabad and Hyderabad (43 each),

Joka (65), Gulbarga and Bengaluru (56 each),

Chennai (25), Bihta (35) and Alwar (20). Further,

Dental College Gulbarga has 28 BDS seats for

Wards of Ips.

The Medical Colleges at (i) Coimbatore, Tamil

Nadu; (ii) Paripally, Kerala and (iii) Mandi,

Annexure 2

Annual intake of MBBS candidates in Medical

Colleges

Earmarked seats for wards of Insured Persons:

ESIC MEDICAL

COLLEGE ALWAR

ESIC MEDICAL

COLLEGE BIHTA

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

Himachal Pradesh have been transferred to

respective State Government who have started

MBBS courses at their location. These colleges

contribute seats to the ESIC pool' for 'Seats

allocated for wards of insured persons (IPs)

namely, Government Medical College,

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (20), Government

Medical College, Kollam, Paripally (38/39), Shri Lal

Bahadur Shastri Medical College, Ner Chowk,

Mandi, Himachal Pradesh (36). Thus making the

total number of wards of IPs MBBS seats 437/438.

In the academic year 2021-22, Post-graduate

seats (MD/MS) and DNB seats in ESIC Medical

Institutions have been increased from 123 to 251

and from 21 to 70 respectively.

All efforts are being made to develop the

educational institutions as tertiary care centres to

provide state of art facilities to ESI beneficiaries.

Various super speciality services in the field of

cardiology, neurology, oncology and transplant

services have been developed in ESIC Medical

College Hospitals

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, an

autonomous body under the Ministry of Labour &

Employement (MoL&E), Government of India,

administers the Employees' Provident Fund and

Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and the

Schemes framed there under. The Employees'

6.11 EMPLOYEES' PROVIDENT FUND

ORGANISATION

Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions

Act, 1952 is a welfare legislation enacted for the

purpose of instituting provident funds, pension

fund and deposit linked insurance fund for

employees working in factories and other

establishments. The Act aims at providing social

security and timely monetary assistance to

industrial employees and their families when they

are in distress and/or unable to meet family and

social obligations and to protect them in old age,

disablement, early death of bread winner and

similar contingencies.

Following three Schemes have been framed under

theAct:-

i. The Employees' Provident Funds Scheme,

1952 (EPF) – (w.e.f 1 November, 1952)

ii. The Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995

(EPS) (w.e.f 16 November, 1995)

{replacing the Employees' Family Pension

Scheme, 1971}

iii. The Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance

Scheme, 1976 (EDLI) (w.e.f. 1 August,

1976)

Presently, the Act is applicable to

industries/classes of establishments specified in

Schedule I of the Act or any activity notified by the

Central Government in the Official Gazette and

employing twenty or more persons. Apart from the

provision for compulsory coverage, provision also

exists under Section 1(4) of the Act for voluntary

6.12 SCHEMES FRAMED UNDER THE EPF &

MPACT, 1952

6.13 COVERAGE OF ESTABLISHMENTS

AND MEMBERS

Provident Fund is based on a defined

contribution scheme where both the

employees and the employers contribute

their mandated share

A mix of “defined

contribution” and “defined benefit” forms

the Pension Scheme. The employees do

not have to contribute to this scheme.

Insurance Scheme is a deposit

linked Scheme that provides for benefits up

to Rs. 7,00,000/- without any contribution

from employees.

Cath lab at ESIC Medical College Hospital, Fbd.

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coverage. With effect from 01-09-2014, an

employee, on joining employment in a covered

establishment and getting pay upto Rs. 15,000/- is

required to become a member of the fund.

Following table shows the reach of EPFO and its

services during 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022:

The data pertaining to corpus managed by EPFO

under the three Schemes EPF, EPS and EDLI

excluding the Corpus managed by exempted

Provident Fund Trusts is as follows-

The rate of Interest declared on the deposits of

members to the Employees' Provident Fund was

8.10% (on monthly running balance) for 2021-22.

The Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 has been

introduced with effect from 16.11.1995. The

6.14 CUMULATIVE CORPUS UNDER THE

ACT

6.15 RATE OF INTEREST

6.16 EMPLOYEES' PENSION SCHEME 1995

Scheme is financed by transferring 8.33% of the

Provident Fund contributions from employers'

share and by contribution at the rate of 1.16% of

basic wages of employees by the Central

Government. All accumulations in the ceased

Employees' Family Pension Fund constitute the

corpus of the Pension Fund.

The Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 provides

the following benefits to the members and their

families:

Monthly member pension

Disablement pension

Widow/widower pension

Children pension

Orphan pension

Disabled Children/Orphan Pension

Nominee pension

Pension to dependent parents

Withdrawal benefit

The category-wise break up of pension

claims (all benefits) settled by the Employees'

Provident Fund Organization during the year 2021-

22 is indicated in the following table:

The EPS has since its inception grown in terms of

the beneficiaries at a rapid pace. In the last five

years the overall growth-in-terms of the pensioners

6.17 BENEFITS UNDER THE PENSION

SCHEME

6.18

6.19 PENSIONERS

*Form 10 D settled

** 10C claims settled including Scheme Certificate

i. Total No. of

Establishments

covered

2,73,870

ii. New joined EPF

Membership

(Exempted)

3,67,157

iii. New joined EPF

Membership

(Unexempted)

1,19,47,203

iv. Total Contributing

members

6,31,13,491

v. Total Contributing

establishments

7,10,058

vi. Total Claims settled 3,97,62,910

31.03.2022 18,64,136.00 31.03.2022

30.11.2022 19,95,408.44

*(Provisional

and Un-

Audited)

30.11.2022

31.03.2023 20,83,466.13

**(Estimated)

31.03.2023

Category

of Claims

Number of Claims

Settled for period

01.01.2022 to

31.12.2022

Projections

for period

Jan –Mar

2023

* Monthly

Pension

Benefits

2,95,794 73,949

Other

than

Monthly

Pension **

31,16,561 7,79,140

Total 34,12,355 8,53,089

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being benefited by the scheme has increased at

more than 5% to 10% year on year. The increase in

the number of pensioners in the last five years is

given in the table and the graph below:-

Distribution of Pension Categories under the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995

Year

Member

Pension

Spouse

Pension

Children

Pension

Nominee

Pension

Parent

Pension

Orphan

Pension

Total

Pensioners

2017-18 4211685 1431613 556510 10562 41740 21080 6273190

2018-19 4325413 1477583 573580 10538 43264 21368 6451746

2019-20 4477710 1565361 562352 10424 46922 19948 6682717

2020-21 4627733 1657184 555785 10402 49791 18928 6919823

2021-22

4798457 1805966 579400 10360 54675 18541

7273898*

01.01.2022 to

31.12.2022

4939581 1901423 593526 10290 58785 18199 7521804

Projections for

Jan -Mar 2023

4985138 1944100 599830 10279 60226 18105 7617678

*The above Total for FY 2021-22 does not include

ROC pensioners which are 6499 in nos. Taking

them into account, total pensioners for FY 2021-22

are 72,73,898.

Among the pensioners, the category of member

pensioners constitutes almost 66% of the total

number of pensioners with the spouse and children

pensioners constituting about 33% of the

pensioners.

The distribution of pensioners in the year

2021-22 is shown in the figure below:-

6.20

6.21 EPS FUND RECEIPTS, PAYMENTS AND

CORPUS

With the increase in the number of pensioners the

amount disbursed as pension has also shown a

steady increase over the years. However, the Fund

has not witnessed any cash flow problems till now,

in spite of there being a projected actuarial deficit in

the valuation of the Fund. The outgo from the EPS

in the last five years is as below:

EPS Payments ( Rs. in crores )

Year Pension

Disbursed

Withdrawal

Benefits

Total

2017-2018 9,613.59 6,983.45 16,597.04

2018-2019 11,207.34 7,636.41 18,843.75

2019-2020 11,320.89 6,796.62 18,117.51

2020-2021 12,172.56

8,206.41 20,378.97

2021-2022

12,933.12 7,989.01 20,922.14

01.01.2022

31.12.2022

(A)

14,061.05 7,167.16 21,228.21

Projections

for

Jan-Mar

2023 (A/4)

3,515.26

1,791.79 5,307.05

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6.22

6.23

6.24 I MP LE ME N TATION OF MINIMUM

PENSION PROVISION

Along with the increase in the pension and

withdrawal benefit payments there has been a

continuous increase in the receipts and corpus

given the growth in the membership as well as

general increase in wages. The growth in the

receipts and corpus in the previous five years is

given in the table:-

The accumulated corpus of the EPS has

grown steadily and since the year 2017-18, the

corpus has increased by almost 75.10%.

During the year 2014-15, one of the long-awaited

demands for implementation of the minimum

pension was given effect to. The Central

Government had issued Gazette Notification No.

593(E) dated 19.08.2014 providing a minimum

pension of Rs. 1,000/- per month for

member/widow(er)/disabled/ nominee/dependent

parent pensioners, Rs. 750/- per month for orphan

pensioners and Rs. 250/- per month for children

pensioners.

The payment of pension with the revised minimum

pension applicable has commenced from

September, 2014. The details of pensioners

affected and the amount disbursed in respect of

them in the last five years are as follows:-

After implementation of the minimum

pension notification, the pension for all

member/widow(er)/disabled/nominee/dependent

parent pensioners whose original pension were

less than Rs.1,000/- per month have been fixed at

the minimum of Rs.1,000/- per month. Deductions,

on account of benefits, availed by members on the

basis of choice exercised at the time of making

claims like commutation, Return of Capital and

Short Services are applied on the minimum

pension of Rs.1,000/- per month. The

determination of pension under EPS, 1995 after

implementation of the minimum pension

notification is in consonance with the provisions of

the scheme as well as the amendments introduced

thereto vide the minimum pension notification

referred above. Allowing the minimum pension of

Rs.1,000/- per month without regard to deduction

on account of Commutation and Return of Capital

etc. would be iniquitous and unfair vis-à-vis the

members/pensioners who had not taken these

6.25

Pension Fund Receipts & Corpus (Rs in crores)

Year

Contribution

(Employer's

share)

Contribution (Govt.

share)

Total Contribution

received during

the year

Interest

Corpus as at the end of

Financial Year

2017-18 36,618.23 5,757.42 42,375.65 30,260.66 3,93,604.40

2018-19 40,259.74 6,401.90 46,661.64 32,982.68 4,37,762.54

2019-20 44,448.55 7,504.59 51,953.13 39,042.05 5,30,846.39

2020-21 44,009.53 6,552.48 50,562.01

,472.14 6,02,319.81

2021-22

49,719.98 7,806.20 57,526.18 50,613.95

6,89,210.72

*It included the amount received for minimum pension as well.

2019-20 - 1400.00 Crore

2020-21 - 1491.40 Crore

2021-22 - 1119.13 Crore

Year No. of Pensioner

benefited

Amount paid as

original pension

(Rs. In crores)

Amount paid as per

minimum pension

notification

(Rs. In crores)

Difference amount

(Rs. in crores)

2016-17

18,34,624 1333.63

2146.69

813.06

2017-18

17,21,904 1,342.47

2,177.30

834.83

2018-19

20,03,143 1,433.64

2,354.07

920.43

2019-20

19,82,612 1,403.97

2,311.83

907.86

2020-21

19,70,670 1415.03

2315.70

900.67

2021-22

20,44,136 1,421.57

2,348.31

926.74

01.01.2022 to

31.12.2022

20,47,337 1,448.35

2,406.67

958.32

Projections for

Jan-Mar 2023

20,66,418 362.09

601.67

239.58

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

benefits at the time of claim and opted to take only

the original pension without any optional benefits.

Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 is a funded

scheme with combined features of Defined

Benefit and Defined Contribution. Accordingly,

the scheme prescribes the rate of contribution

payable as well as the scale of benefits admissible.

A provision has been made under Para 32 of the

Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 for annual

valuation of Employees' Pension Fund by a Valuer

appointed by the Central Government. The Valuer

appointed for the 22nd and 23rd valuation of

Employees' Pension Fund for the year 2017-18

and 2018-19 has completed the valuation and the

report for the said valuation has been approved by

the Government. The Valuer for 24th, 25th & 26th

valuation for the year 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22

has been appointed.

The disbursement of pension is being carried out at

present using the Core Banking System (CBS)

platform of the pension disbursement banks.

Instructions have been issued to the field offices to

ensure that pension is credited to the pensioners'

accounts on the last working day of the month.

The disbursement of monthly pension

benefits is carried out through the network of

branches of banks with which agreements have

been made. The Regional Offices have entered

into arrangements with Nationalized Commercial

Banks for this purpose. Centralized pension

disbursement arrangement agreements have also

been made with HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis

Bank and Post offices to disburse pension and

other benefits all over India.

EDLI Scheme came into force on 1st August, 1976.

This Scheme is supported by nominal contribution

of 0.5% by the employers. No contribution is

payable by the employee for availing the benefits of

the scheme. Only 0.005% Administrative charge

6.26 ACTUARIAL VALUATION OF THE

EMPLOYEES' PENSION SCHEME, 1995

6.27 PENSION DISBURSEMENT

6.28

6.29 EMPLOYEES' DEPOSIT LINKED

INSURANCE SCHEME, 1976

was payable by the employer but this has also

been discontinued w .e .f 01.06.2018. However in

case the establishment is exempted under EDLI

Scheme , inspection charges @0.005% minimum

rupee 1 is payable.

This Scheme is applicable to all factories/

establishments to which the EPF Act 1952 applies.

All the employees who are members of the

Employees Provident Fund are also members of

this Scheme.

The following benefits are provided in case of

death of an employee who was a member of the

scheme at the time of his/her death:-

i. The family will get an amount equal to the

average balance in Provident Fund account

during preceding 12 months or during the

period of his membership, whichever is

less; except where the average balance

exceeds rupees fifty thousand, the amount

payable shall be rupees fifty thousand plus

40% of the amount in excess of rupees fifty

thousand subject to a ceiling of rupees one

lakh. The benefit will be further increased by

twenty percent..

ii. Where the deceased member was in

employment for a continuous period of

twelve months, preceding the month in

which he died, the quantum of benefits will

be the average monthly wages drawn

(subject to a maximum of Rs.15,000/-)

during the twelve months preceding the

month in which employee died, multiplied

by thirty five times plus fifty percent of the

average balance in the Provident Fund

account of the deceased during the

preceding twelve months subject to a

ceiling of one lakh and seventy five

thousand rupees.

Provided that where the member has rendered

continuous service of one year, the assurance

benefit shall not be less than two lakh and fifty

thousand rupees and shall not exceed seven lakh

6.30 APPLICATION AND COVERAGE

6.31 BENEFITS UNDER THE SCHEME

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

rupees.

This is a new digital interface of EPFO with

employers whereby list of establishments not filing

ECRs is generated on 21st of each calendar month

and SMS is sent immediately to such

establishments. In case of no response, message

is sent in employer login. e-Inspection Form is

deployed in Login of estts. which fail to respond to

SMS & message & continue to default for three

months or more.

Through e-inspection Form, Employer can:

I Intimate closure of business & upload proof

there of

ii. Declare amount in default and seek

instalments to pay the outstanding dues

iii. Report and remit the outstanding dues

The e-inspection system is a step to reduce the

cost of compliance for non-wilful defaulters and

increase the ease of doing business for the

employers. It nudges the employers for compliant

behaviour. It also helps EPFO to better utilize the

limited resources available with its enforcement

machinery and is a cost, time, and effort saving

mechanism to ensure better default management.

Each Zonal Office of EPFO now functions as an

extended arm of CAIU (HO) to accord permissions

to Regional Offices for carrying out inspections in

all types of cases other than the mandatory

inspections as listed in the EPFO. Further the ZOs

are required to scrutiny the cases on the basis of

the extant guidelines and grant permissions.

The portal allows real time tracking of the

status of complaints relating to evasion and non-

compliance as well as the status of inspections for

other cases. This would lead to greater

transparency in the inspection process as the

6.32 C E N T R A L ANALYSIS AND

INTELLIGENCE UNIT

Centralized, faceless digital interactive system

for default management:

6.33 Complaint and Optional Inspection

Portal:

6.34

pendency at each level (i.e., inspection

registration, grant of permission by zones, conduct

of inspection and uploading of inspection report)

could be tracked. It would also lead to better

efficiency as the process of granting inspection

permissions has been moved online for smooth

processing. It would lead to quicker resolution of

complaints regarding evasion of PF by

establishments.

To allow enrolment in the Schemes by workers

themselves and also to generate intelligence data

in regards to evasion in extension of membership

and non-coverage of eligible establishments.

GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM IN

EPFO:

EPFO, in tune with its objectives, lays strong

emphasis on customer service and the redressal of

grievances of all stakeholders. The Organization

has a robust mechanism to handle the grievances

of its stakeholders i.e. employers, employees and

pensioners through a network of its offices spread

throughout the country. The Customer Service

Division existing in EPFO Head Office, New Delhi

and field formations in 21 Zones and 138 Regional

Offices across the country are equipped with full-

fledged Facilitation Centres, PROs and supporting

staff with an aim to provide quality service to all

stakeholders of the organisation. The various

modes of registering and resolving grievances are-

CPGRAMS

GrievanceAppeals

EPFiGMS

Call Center

Whatsapp Business Helpline

Twitter and FB account of EPFO & MoL&E

FAQs

Facilitation Centers

6.35 Facility for Online Self-Generation of

UAN to employees joining in EPF covered

establishments:

CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

6.36

6.37 G O V E RNANCE OF CUSTOMER

SERVICE DIVISION:

6.38 CENTRALIZED PUBLIC GRIEVANCE

REDRESSAL AND MONITORING SYSTEM

(CPGRAMS):

Grievances are received from subscribers,

pensioners, account holders of EPFO and from

employers of establishments both exempted and

unexempted, directly and also through President's

Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office

(PMO),Directorate of Public Grievances (DPG),

Directorate of Administrative Reforms and Public

Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Labour and

Employment, National Human Rights commission

(NHRC) and Social Media like Twitter and

Facebook. During COVID-19 pandemic despite

countrywide lockdown and only 50 percent staff

attending office the momentum in the resolution of

the grievances was maintained despite the number

of grievances having increased by a large

percentage.

The Customer Service Division in Head Office is

headed by an ACC(HQ) level officer, who is

assisted by, CC(CSD), RPFC-1s, RPFC-2s,

APFCs, and other staff officials. The Nodal Officers

looking after grievance resolution, have been

nominated in each Zonal Office and Regional

Office.

Centralized Public Grievance Redressal and

Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is available on

PG portal of Govt of India. ( ).

This is an online web-enabled system over

NICNET developed by NIC, in association with

Directorate of Public Grievances (DPG) and

Department of Administrative Reforms and Public

Grievances (DARPG). CPGRAMS is the platform

based on web technology which primarily aims to

enable submission of grievances by the aggrieved

citizens from anywhere and anytime (24x7) basis

to Ministries/Departments/Organisations who

scrutinize and take action for speedy and favorable

redress of these grievances which has been

successfully implemented in EPFO. All the offices

are regularly using CPGRAMS to monitor &

www.pgportal.gov.in

redress the grievances.

The grievances under CPGRAM Portal are

received by Customer Service Division

(CSD) in EPFO Head Office through

Ministry of Labour. After receipt of

grievances, they are forwarded to the

concerned field office as well as ACC's of

the concerned Division in Head Office for

redressal.

The field offices redress the grievances

within the stipulated time and upload their

reply on the PG Portal of CSD at Head

Office.

The CSD in turn forwards the reply to

Ministry of Labour for its final disposal. The

Ministry of Labour then replies to the citizen

except in case of grievances pertaining to

DPG which are disposed by DPG itself.

Vigorous monitoring of grievances are done

at all levels .Reports of pendency and

disposal are generated regularly and

followed up with field offices and different

sections of Head Office through multiple

modes like Emails, whatsapp, calls etc

With respect to grievances registered on

CPGRAMS Portal, feedback also taken

over calls from 20 complainants every

month to know the quality of redressal of

grievances on CPGRAMS portal.

Utmost priority is given to Covid-19

grievances registered on CPGRAMS Portal

which are to be resolved within 3 days.

6.39 Monitoring of grievances received

under CPGRAM Portal:

Receipts and disposal of grievances through

CPGRAMS

(01.01.2022 to

31.12.2022)

124044 121903 98.27

Year Number of

Grievances

received

Number of

Grievances

disposed

Percentage of

disposal

Average

Time Taken

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

Disposal of grievances received from various

offices of Government of India:

6.40 REGULAR REVIEW MEETINGS:

Qualitative Analysis of top 10 categories in

CPGRAMS for the period 01.01.2021 to

31.12.2022:

Disposal of Public Grievances is reviewed by

the Ministry of Labour & Employment every

month.

CPGRAMS Category wise Grievance

Received during 01.01.2021 to 31.12.2022

EMPLOYEE'S

6.41 PROVIDENT FUND ONLINE GRIEVANCE

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EPFIGMS)

6.42

EPFO introduced many new online services to its

stakeholders like ECR, UAN, Passbook, PMPRY,

Online Transfer, Online Claim processing etc. With

the extension of service areas of EPFO, the earlier

EPFiGMS launched in 2010 was not meeting the

challenges and new issues faced by the members

necessitating its revamping. The revamped

EPFiGMS was launched by Hon'ble Minister of

State for Labourand Employment on 21 August,

2019 at Hyderabad.

This system has not only provided convenience to

subscribers to register their grievances/queries but

has also proved to be of immense value to field

offices in managing grievances. Subscribers can

from anywhere and at anytime. The grievance can

be lodged by the Members, Pensioners,

Establishments and Others.

EPFiGMS has been developed with a view

to provide a single window platform that is able to

record, acknowledge and track/monitor

grievances till it is finally redressed. Besides the

revamped EPFiGMS is citizen centric and

facilitates EPFO in monitoring the redressal of

grievances efficiently, transparently and with

greater accountability. It has helped EPFO in

streamlining its processes and improving the

ease of business for the subscribers.

S. No. Grievance Source Total Receipt Disposed Disposal

Percentage

1. DPG

3953 3852 97.44

2. DARPG

2139 2109 98.59

Local/Internet

105109 103407 98.38

4. President Secretariat 285

283 99.29

5. Pension 3736

3666 98.12

6. PMO

8822

8584 97.3

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

The revamped EPFiGMS2.0 has several

innovative features, as below:-

Bilingual, as the grievances can be

registered both in English and Hindi.

OTP verification to authenticate the user.

Online lodging of grievance/complaint

based on UAN

UAN integrated with master database of

EPFO resulting in identification ofEPF

office for redressal of grievance

Quick resolution - the lodged grievance is

directed to the officer who is handling the

account of the member.

Comprehensive Categorization – 59

categories introduced to identify exact

nature of grievance

Grievance closure only after satisfaction of

complainant

Feedback by complainant on (a)Portal

Interface (b)Quality of Redressal

Multiple document upload - Up to 3

documents can be uploaded in one

grievance

Interactive system - Complainant can

send online comments/clarifications when

asked

Interim reply to complainant can be sent in

case redress is delayed

Dedicated Email and SMS facility to provide

communications and alerts.

3-level escalation of grievances-RO, Zonal

and HO

Daily Monitoring through dashboard and

MIS reports

During the period 01.01.2022 to

31.12.2022, within 30 days, 93.42% of grievances

were redressed. 10.38% redressed within 3 Days,

34.56% between 4 to 7 Days, 31.45% between 8 to

15 Days and 17% redressed between 16 to 30

Days. Further, the top management reviews the

grievance redressal mechanism periodically.

Three Categories of Grievances incorporated in

EPFiGMS during the Covid- 19 Pandemic period.

a. Covid-19Advance related

b. PMGKY related

c. Claims rejected more than once

During the period 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022,

Covid-19 Pandemic Period, 88,819 grievances

related to COVID-19 advances were received and

88,299 were disposed with 99.41% of disposal.

Category Analysis is being done regularly as it is a

tool to assist Management in improving the system

so as to minimize the grievances

Grievances Registered & Disposed in

EPFiGMS during 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022

6.43

6.44 COVID-19 grievances of EPFiGMS

6.45 Qalitative analysis of grievances

inEPFiGMS during the period 01-01-2022 to

31.12.2022.Top 10 Categories of Grievances

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

6.46 EPFiGMS in UMANG APP

Top 5 Category Analysis of Employer

Grievances registered in EPFiGMS for the

period 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022

Top 5 Category Analysis of Pensioner

Grievances in EPFiGMS For the period

01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022

EPFiGMS has been on-boarded in UMANG app

and the data has been obtained from UMANG app

01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022

6.47 S TA R RATI NG O F OFFICES IN

EPFiGMS:

6.48 Grievance Appeals:

6.49 Santusht:

6.50 Call Centre:

The feedback has been obtained from the

stakeholders for the disposal of grievances to

evaluate the quality of the grievance disposal. Out

of 14,40,115 Total grievance receipt during 2022,

13,84,566 grievances have been disposed i.e.

(96.14%).As per EPFiGMS portal as of 01.01.2022

to 31.12.2022 out of 13,84,566 grievance disposal,

EPFO received 2,80,420 feedback from the

stakeholders i.e. (20.25%). Further, out of that

2,80,420 feedback, 64251(22.91%) feedbacks are

5 Star. Further 1,30,004 (46.36%) feedbacks are 3

star and above. Hence, it is presumed that more

than 46% of stakeholders are satisfied with

grievance resolution mechanism in EPFO. The

feedback also obtained from the stakeholders for

the portal performance and improvement. During

the period 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022, 81%

feedbacks are 3 star and above with respect to

performance of the EPFiGMS portal.

Ministry of Labour & Employment forwarded 20790

Appeal Cases as on 31.12.2022. Out of that 19432

have been disposed and 1358 were pending on

31.12.2022.

After creation of Santush Cell in Ministry for

Grievance resolution, the emails are being

received on regular basis for taking up the same

with field offices

EPFO has a Call Centre at NDC, Dwarka to

address the queries received on Toll Free Number

1800118005 from its stakeholders across India.

The Call Centre remained functional even during

the COVID-19 pandemic. During the year 2022,

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

32,67,488 calls were replied in the Call Centre. Call

Centre is functional in three shifts from morning

7.00 AM to Evening 9.00 PM in all days of the week.

Further the Call Centre has been revamped in

January,2021 by implementing the CSC VCC

(virtual contact centre), which has following

advantages over the earlier system:-

Call Recording Facility

Call Monitoring Facility

Real Time Dashboard

Provision to store Missed Calls

Call Back Facility

Provision to send SMS

Feedback from stakeholders

Provision for detailed report

The capacity of the revamped call centre

has increased by almost 100%. Now

approximately 9336 calls replied per day as

compared to 2000 calls earlier. The call Centre

facilities are extended at Zonal Level to help the

stakeholders in local vernacular language in

addition to English and Hindi. Constant monitoring

of live calls by utilizing the feature of interception

has ensured the quality of reply furnished to the

stakeholders.

The Zonal Call Centre facility has been tested and

implemented from September, 2021 onwards in

the following Zonal Offices. The calls are being

answered in Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu,

Bengali,and Marathi in addition to Hindi and

English.

6.51

6.52 Zonal Call Centre:

The facility of recording all calls with a time shelf of

six months ensures the complaint verification. Real

time and interactive dashboard ensures the smooth

functioning of Call Centre with respect to the number

of total agents, login agents, active agents, free

agents, agents on break, customer waiting in queue

etc. 45 agents are working in bilingual Hindi and

English from 7AM to 9 PM in 3 shifts.

EPFO has introduced WhatsApp Business

Helpline Call number in all 138 Regional

Offices from July, 2020 to resolve the

queries raised by stakeholders from the

comfort of their homes. These WhatsApp

Business Helpline numbers are posted on

EPFO website so that stakeholders can

easily access the numbers of their

respective PF Office.

A dedicated team in each Regional Office

ensures the reply to the queries within 24

hours.

15.12.2022, 3,85,060 Grievances/ Queries

through WhatsApp Helpline were received

of which 3,78,554 have been resolved

Frequently Asked Questions/Self-

explanatory texts and standardized

infographic has been shared in different

regional languages in the catalogue

6.53 Whatsapp Business Helpline:

ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

features on the helpline for the benefit of all

stakeholders.

End to end encryption of WhatsApp

Helpline assures total security.

The WhatsApp Helpline ensure seamless

and un-interrupted service delivery to the

subscribers.

EPFO has an impressive presence in Social Media.

Social media queries are replied from the social

media handles of EPFO and the queries related to

EPFO which are received on the handle of MoL&E

are also replied and sent to the MoL&E, to post on

their handle. The number of queries received and

replied through Social Media Platform.

The grievances/queries received on Social Media

Account of Ministry of Labour& Employment and

Minister of State (Labour & Employment)

(Independent Charge) pertaining to EPFO

have also been redressed. During the period

01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022, 1689 grievances

/queries have been received and the same have

been redressed.

EPFO has an impressive presence on Social

Media on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and Quora.

EPFO onboardedQuora also in October, 2020.The

replies furnished on Social Media on Facebool

page and Twitter handle of EPFO from 01.01.2022

to 31.12.2022 is as under:-

6.54 Social Media:

6.55 Social Media Grievances (Received

from Ministry OF Labour & Employment /

MoS(IC)):

6.56 FAQs:

6.57 PRO AND FACILITATION CENTRES:

6.58 WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT DESKS:

6.59 SYSTEMIC CHANGES:

A total of 375 FAQs have been updated by

various Head Office Divisions.

These FAQs are available in both English

and Hindi version of the EPFO website.

375 FAQs are uploaded on Quora platform

of EPFO.

FAQs have been translated in 13 Regional

Languages so far, for the benefit of

Stakeholders.

In ABRY, FAQs in 19 languages including

English and Hindi has been translated so

far.

Every office in the organization has a PRO (Public

Relation Officer) and a Facilitation Center. All

visitors are received at the facilitation centre and

proper guidance/clarifications are given to them

about various services/benefits extended by the

organization. Their grievances, if any, are also

redressed.

On the occasion of International Women's day (8th

March 2022), the Hon'ble Minister virtually

launched a Women Empowerment Desk to cater to

all women stakeholder interactions with EPFO

under which 25 helpdesks have been setup for

facilitation of Women stake holders of EPFO

Comprehensive policy guidelines have been

issued from time to time reiterating commitment to

improve service standards in the EPFO and they

are being monitored intensively by the Head Office

and the Zonal offices. The following policy changes

have been initiated in an effort to streamline the

services of EPFO making them more customer

friendly.

An SMS is sent to all PF Subscribers in

whose account the Employers Share of PF

has not been credited.

In order to bring more transparency and

minimise grievances, calculation sheets are

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

provided to subscribers at the time of PF

withdrawal and also to pensioners

explaining the pension amount sanctioned.

The COMMUNICATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS

DIVISION (C&PR) division represents the nodal

desk for public relations to establish and maintain

relationships with stakeholders especially the

media, and other opinion makers of the society. Its

responsibilities include designing communications

campaigns, issuing press releases, coordinating

with the press, maintaining the website and social

media content, and building brand image of EPFO

thereby improving the image of the Government as

a citizen centric unit.

Press releases were issued from time to time for

bringing developments in EPFO for citizens. The

efforts of EPFO in truly acting as an “essential

services” arm of the Government, earned the trust

of the citizens while handling service requests.

National media carried out news of EPFO

extensively giving confidence about the

Government's commitment for ensuring Social

Security delivery seamlessly.

EPFOhas under taken various initiatives out of

which,major initiatives having a larger impact are

as under:

As a part of celebration of

to spread the awareness among the

stakeholders about e-nomination, creative's,

videos and GIF are being regularly posted on the

social media. C&PR during the month of March

2022 successfully led celebrations of ICONIC

Week with 2 star events at New Delhi and

Guwahati. At New Delhi in a special programme it

celebrated Women's day on 8 March 2022. A

function was jointly organized by EPFO, ESIC &

DGMS on the theme “value and empower the

women workforce” in New Delhi graced by Shri

Bhupender Yadav, Hon'ble Union Minister for

6.60 C O M M U N I C ATIONS & PUBLIC

RELATIONS DIVISION

6.61 New Initiatives Undertaken by EPFO

from Jan, 2022 to December, 2022

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM)

Azadi ka Amrit

Mahotsav

Labour & Employment & Chairman, CBT (EPF).

The Hon'ble Union Minister for Labour &

Employment had virtually launched a “Women's

Empowerment Desks” to cater specifically to all

women stakeholders interactions with EPFO.

At Guwahati on 12 March in a public function,

Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon'ble Union Minister

for Labour & Employment & Chairman, CBT (EPF)

in the presence of Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma,

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assamhad launched/

inaugurated the following:-

PE Portal 2.0: Through this upgraded portal

the Contractors can now declare their

Principal Employers (PEs) and particulars

like contract tenure, contract/work order

and UANs of the employees deployed. It is

a step towards ease of compliance for PEs

and the Contractors.

Virtually launched e-Office at Regional

office Guwahati. This facility is a step

towards e-governance enhancing the

productivity of offices while maintaining

transparency in functioning. An additional

benefit of this step is accrual of carbon

credit to EPFO contributing to the mission of

environmental protection.

Inaugurated the 8 Zonal Call Centre at

Zonal Office Guwahati: With this

launch, EPFO call center attends call in

Seven (7) local vernacular languages viz

Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu,

Kannadanow Assamese in addition to Hindi

and English.

Released a compilation of 75 success

stories of the functioning of field offices of

EPFO

Released a digital version of the

compilation of relevant circulars of EPFO in

the form of an e-Compendium of circulars

for easy search and access of relevant

circulars by all.

The Chairman CBT gave away awards to

the best performing offices in e-nomination,

Swachhta and ISO certification.

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(ii)

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Virtually inaugurated office building of

Chikmagalur & Shimoga Regional Offices

Virtually laid foundation stone for the

construction of an office building in Naroda

(Ahmedabad)

Further weekly activities were chosen and carried

out by field offices. It was concluded with Har Ghar

Tiranga Campaign which was from 13.08.2022 to

15.08.2022 in which various activities like posting

of creative, uploading of photographs of campaign

on Social Media/website were carried out.

Media Outreach of Special Campaign 2.0

&Swachhta Drive was conducted from 02

October to 31 October 2022. Several photographs

showing “Before and After” of the cleanliness drive

were posted on Social Media everyday for the

whole duration of the campaign.

A Chintan Shivir' was organized by EPFO on 8

September 2022 at Surajkund, Haryana which

was chaired by ShriBhupenderYadav Union

Minister for Labour & Employment, Environment,

Forest& Climate Change. ChintanShivir of EPFO

themed 'EPFO@AmritKal – BehtarKal', first of its

kind in the history of EPFO concluded with

landmark discussions and far reaching

recommendations for expansion and

Special Campaign 2.0 & Swachhta Drive :

Chintan Shivir

A glance at the visit by Shri Bhupender Yadav, Minister of

Labour & Employment, Govt. of India at EPFO Head Office

accompanied by Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of

Labour & Employment, Govt. of India regarding the

inspection of #Specialcampaign2.0.

improvement in Services & Service Delivery

Mechanism to it's subscribers. It was attended by

domain experts, officers of Ministry of Labour &

Employment and EPFO.

Following Five themes were discussed in Chintan

Shivir :-

Mission 10 crore – Growing EPFO scope

Ease of Compliance – Service Expansion

EPFO Karmayogi – Capable Organization

Satisfied Members – Seamless Services

Preparing for future – Pensioners Our

Priority

EPFO celebrated its 70th Foundation Day on 01st

November 2022 which was held at Dr. Ambedkar

International Centre, New Delhi. Union Minister for

Labour & Employment, Environment, Forest &

Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav

inaugurated the 70th Foundation Day. He

congratulated everyone on the occasion and

emphasized the role of EPFO in nation-building

and being an important part of nationwide Amrit

Mahotsav celebrations. Hon'ble Minister also

inaugurated an exhibition named “EPFO @70 –

The journey “, displaying the 70 years of EPFO

history. A documentary film on the 70 years of

existence of the organization titled EPFO @70 was

also played on the occasion highlighting the

70 Foundation Day Function

On the juncture of the 70th EPFO Foundation Day, Shri

Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Labour & Employment, Govt.

of India unveiled "EPFO @ 70 The Journey Exhibition" and

emphasized the role of EPFO in nation-building.

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organization's achievements over the decades. A

special cover commemorating 70 years of

organization was released by Hon'ble Minister in

collaboration with the Department of Post. On this

occasion, Hon'ble Minister launched the document

EPFO Vision @ 2047, Welcome Kit for Employers

and Employees and a booklet on the

ChintanShivirHon'ble Minister also laid the

foundation stone of the Regional Office building,

Pune in virtual mode.. He also inaugurated the

Regional Office building in Ranchi in virtual mode.

C&PR Division educated the stakeholders &

created awareness through social media by

posting of creative's, cartoons, GIF and videos on

Facebook, Twitter, Public App, Koo, Instagram and

Youtube. Koo & Instagram accounts were

opened in the month of April 2022. As on

31 December-2022, EPFO had 2,20,468

followers in Twitter, 3,07,595 in Facebook,

5,51,000 in Public App, 25,488 in Youtube, 5,772 in

Instagram and 3,260 followers in Koo. The key

areas of information dissemination and

popularization by C&PR division during the year

2022 were: - What is SSA, Provisions under SSA,

How to apply for Certificate of Coverage, Services

on Pensioners Portal, Encouraging to file

nomination, Annexure-K, Online facility to avail

Annexure- k, Pension Adalat, JeevanPramaan

Submission through Face Recognition, Pension &

EDLI Calculator, Documents needed in case of

death of member, Facilities to Pensioners, Salient

Features of EPS, Principal Employer Functionality.

In addition to this, creative's are being shared in

Regional languages also.

Webinars are being conducted by Field Offices for

creating awareness and educating the

stakeholders. From January to December 2022,

total numbers of webinars organized were 30,043

with 1,58,457 stakeholders participating.

The Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan

Yojana ( ) was launched on 9

Social Media Activities

Webinars

PRADHAN MANTRI ROJGAR PROTSHAN

YOJNA (PMRPY)

6.62

PMRPY

August,2016. In order to incentivise creation and

generation of new jobs in formal sector, the

Scheme provided that Government of India will pay

the Employee's Pension Scheme (EPS'95)

contribution of 8.33% for all new employees

enrolling under the Employees' provident Fund

Scheme,1952 (with EPFO) for the first three years

of their employment. This was intended to

incentivise the employers to recruit unemployed

persons and also to formalize the employment. In

order to channelize this intervention towards the

target group of semi-skilled and unskilled workers,

the Scheme was applicable to those with

salary/wages upto Rs15000/-per month and who

had not worked in any establishment registered

with EPFO prior to 01/04/2016 and did not have

UANpriorto01/04/2016.This Scheme had a dual

benefit, where, on the one hand, the employer is

incentivised for increasing the employment base of

workers in the establishment, and on the other

hand, these workers will have access to social

security benefits of the organized sector. To check

duplication errors and prevent unscrupulous

members from availing the benefit, it was

mandated that the UAN of beneficiaries will be

seeded withAadhaar.

In case of the textile (apparel) sector where

the establishment particularly dealt with

manufacturing of wearing apparel, the employers

were also eligible to get 3.67% of employers' share

of EPF contribution paid by the Government (in

addition to paying the EPS' 95 contribution of

8.33%) under the Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar

ProtsahanYojana ( ).

With effect from 01/04/2018, the whole of

employer's share of EPF& EPS contribution (10%

or 12% as the case may be) is being provided to the

employers for a period of three years in respect of

the new employees and the existing employees for

their remaining period of three years. Hence, the

establishments and the employees therein which

were getting twin benefits under both PMRPY &

PMPRPY now are eligible for the full benefit of 12%

(or 10%) under PMRPY since 01.04.2018. The

terminal date for registration of beneficiary through

establishment was 31st March, 2019. However,

the beneficiaries registered up to 31.03.2019 were

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PMPRPY

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eligible to continue to receive the benefits for 3

years from their date of registration under the

scheme.

The Scheme received good response from

the employers. Though a little slow initially, but with

the effective and large scale publicity by Head

Office and the field offices of EPFO through

conduct of Seminars and workshops with both the

employers & Employers' Associations and

employees & Union representatives, the response

picked up fast and by the terminal date of

registration, 185022 establishments had

registered with 13791049 employees under the

scheme. Out of this, 152900 establishments had

been benefitted in respect of 12169960 employees

amounting to Rs. 927717 Crore. The year wise

details are given as under:

The Government has revised the Scheme

guidelines dated 23.02.2017 vide their order dated

07.03.2019. This has produced the effect that for

any establishment to avail upfront benefit under

PMRPY for a particular wage month, it is now

mandatory that the ECR is filed by 15 of the

subsequent month.

6.65

PMRPY

6.66

PMPRPY

6.67

6.68

On the initiative of the ACC (HQ) PMRPY

and the help of Concurrent Audit Cell as well as IS

Division, a scrutiny of the data of beneficiaries

under PMRPY scheme was taken up and the same

was validated with the legacy data of members

exiting before 01.04.2016 on different parameters

like, PAN, Aadhar, Name, Father's Name, Date of

Birth and Gender of the beneficiaries. The outcome

located a large member of duplicate cases who

were suspected to be in-eligible beneficiaries

under the PMRPY scheme. Such accounts were

blocked and further flow of benefited under the

PMRPY scheme in respect of the suspected UANs

was disallowed.

The lists of such cases were pushed into

the logins of the respective establishments for

verification and certification of their authenticity. A

notice to the effect was also issued to all the related

establishments by the respective RPFCs with a

request to either confirm their authenticity or block

those cases permanently.

During the Financial Year 2019-20, the de-

duplication exercise was completed involving

verification of about 8.98 lakh UANs registered

under PMRPY. Out of this, employers had availed

benefit under PMRPY in lieu of a total of 7,62,013

ineligible member beneficiaries. Accordingly, a

recovery module was prepared by the IS Division

for recovering the principal amount along with

interest and damages. The details of recovery

effected from employers are as follows:-

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6.70

6.71 ELIGIBILITY

This exercise has led to massive savings

for the Government of India, firstly by recovering

the subsidy already disbursed in respect of

ineligible beneficiaries, and secondly by

preventing further subsidy disbursal into such

accounts. We can safely assume that the total

savings would be in excess of Rs 500cr.

Any Establishment registered with EPFO

and having LIN

Any new employee

Registered with EPFO on or after 01-April-

2016

Having UAN generated after01-April-2016

UAN seeded withAadhaar

Earning up to (and including) Rs.15,000/-

per month.

Benefit will continue against an employee

on changing of job if other conditions

satisfied

Maximum 3 years benefit against an

employee from the first date of joining in the

scheme.

6.72 Assam Tea Employees Provident Fund

Organisation (ATEPFO)

6.73 Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme

Social Security for Plantation workers in Assam is

operated through the State Government of Assam.

Following schemes are dealt by ATEPFO:-

Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme

Family Pension cum Life Assurance Scheme

(i)

(ii)

The Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme introduced in

the year 1984. Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme

provides assurance benefit to the family of a deceased

member of the Fund who dies while in service. The

quantum of the DLI Benefit admissible to the family

of the deceased member is Rs. 1,00,000/- (minimum)

to Rs. 2,00,000/-(maximum) from April, 2020. Central

Government pays contribution towards Deposit Linked

insurance (DLI) Scheme under DLI Fund @ 0.25%

(Contribution) and 0.05% (Administrative Charges) of

the wages of the PF members. Government of India

had released a sum of Rs.10.37 crore for the year

2021-2022 under the Deposit Linked Insurance

Scheme for the Plantation workers in Assam. Further,

a sum of Rs. 9.28 crore has been released during the

year 2022-2023 (upto 31.01.2023) under the said

scheme. Family Pension cum Life Assurance Scheme

The Family Pension Scheme came into force with

effect from 01-04-1972. Family Pension cum Life

Assurance Scheme provides family pension to the

family of a deceased member of the Scheme who dies

while in Service. The quantum of the Family Pension

admissible to the family of the deceased member is

Rs.1000/-(minimum) to Rs.1500/- (maximum). The

Central Government pays contribution towards Family

Pension Scheme @ 1.16% of the wages of the PF

members. The Central Government is also paying

Administrative Cost towards the Scheme fully.

Government of India had released a sum of Rs. 39.63

crore for the year 2021- 22 under the Family Pension

cum Life Assurance Scheme for the Plantation workers

in Assam. Further, a sum of Rs. 35.72 crore has been

released during the year 2022-2023 (upto 16.01.2023)

under the said scheme

Around 20,000 new P.F. Members has been

enrolled under ATEPFO during 2021-22

30 Nos. of Tea Estate/Tea Factory has been

brought under ATEPFO during 2021-22.

Online deposit of P.F. and other allied dues under

ATE

Major Achievements

6.74 THE EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION

ACT, 1923

6.75

6.76

The Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 enables

the dependents of an employee to secure

compensation at the cost of his employer after the

death of employee due to employment injury. It also

provides for compensation in case of employment

injury during the course of employment.

If an employee contracts an occupational

disease while in employment, it is also treated

under theAct as injury caused by accident.

Through the Employee's Compensation

(Amendment) Act, 2017, Section 17A has been

added. Now, “Every employer shall immediately at

the time of employment of an employee, inform the

employee of his rights to compensation under this

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Act, in writing as well as through electronic means, in

English or Hindi or in the official language of the area

of employment, as may be understood by the

employee”. Further, under Section 18A, penalty for

contravention of Act has been increased from

present Rs.5,000/- Rs.50,000/-

which may extend to one lakh rupees.As per Section

30, the amount of dispute has been revised to go for

an appeal from Rs. 300/- to Rs.10,000/- or such

higher amount notified by the Central Government,

so as to reduce litigation.

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 regulates

the employment of women in factories, mines, the

ciprcus industry plantation units and shops or

establishments employing 10 or more persons

except the employees covered under the

Employees State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 for

certain period before and after birth and provides

for maternity and other benefits. It extends to the

whole of India. Following benefits are available

under the Maternity Benefit Act 1961:-

26 Weeks of maternity leave out of which

eight weeks before the expected date of

delivery for upto 2 surviving children. For

more than two children and for

adopting/commissioning mothers, 12

weeks of paid maternity leave.

One month maternity leave to a woman

worker suffering from illness arising out of

pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child

(miscarriage, medical termination of

pregnancy or tubectomy operation).

Two nursing breaks of 15 minutes until the

child attains the age of 15 months.

Medical Bonus of Rs.3500/- if no prenatal

confinement and post-natal care is

provided by the employer free of charge.

Light works for 10 weeks.

Immunity from dismissal during absence of

pregnancy.

Ne deduction of wages of woman entitled

for maternity benefit.

Facility of work from home'.

to not less than

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6.77

· Facility of crèche if 50 or more employees

are working in the establishment with daily

four visits.

The Payment of Gratuity (PG) Act, 1972 provides

for a Scheme of compulsory payment of gratuity to

employees engaged in factories, mines, oilfields,

plantations, ports, railway companies, motor

transport undertakings, shops or other

establishments on the termination of his

employment after he has rendered continuous

service for not less than five years on his

superannuation, or on his retirement or

registration, or on his death or disablement due to

accident or disease, provided that the completion

of continuous service of five years shall not be

necessary where the termination of the

employment of any employees is due to death or

disablement. Payment of Gratuity is an employer's

liability under the extant provisions of the PGAct.

Every factory, mine, oil-field, plantation,

port and railway company.

Every shop or establishment within the

meaning of any law for the time being in force

in relation to shops and establishments in a

State, in which ten or more persons are

employed or were employed on any day of

the preceding twelve months.

Such other establishments or class of

establishments in which ten or more

employees are employed or were

employed on any day of the preceding

twelve months as the Central government

may, by notification, specify in this behalf.

A shop or establishment once covered shall

continue to be covered notwithstanding that

the number of persons employed therein at

any time falls below ten.

Every employee, other than apprentice irrespective

of his wages is entitled to receive gratuity after he has

THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITYACT, 1972

6.78 Objective

6.79 Coverage

6.80 Entitlement

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rendered continuous service for five years or more.

Gratuity is payable at the time of termination of his

service either (i) on superannuation or (ii) on

retirement or registration or (iii) on death or

disablement due to accident or disease. Termination

of services includes retrenchment. However, the

condition of five years' continuous service is not

necessary if services are terminated due to death or

disablement. In case of death of the employee, the

gratuity payable to him is to be paid to his nominee,

and if no nomination has been made, then to his

heirs.

For every completed year of service or part thereof

in excess of six months, the employer pays gratuity

to an employee at the rate of fifteen days' wages

based on the rate of wages last drawn. As per

section 4(3) of the Act, the amount of the gratuity

payable to an employee shall not exceed such

amount as may be notified by the Central

Government from time to time. At present the

ceiling under theAct is Rs.20,00,000/-.

The Act is enforced both by the Central and State

Government. Section 3 authorizes the appropriate

government to appoint any officer as a controlling

authority for the administration of the Act. Mines,

major ports, oilfields, railway companies and

6.81 Calculation of Benefits

6.82 Administration

establishment owned or controlled by the Central

Government and establishment having branches in

more than one State are controlled by the Central

Government. The remaining factories and/

establishments are looked after by the State

Governments.

The Central/State Governments appoint

the Controlling Authorities and Inspectors for

different areas, to ensure that the provisions of the

Act are complied with. The Central/State

Governments also frame rules for administration of

the Act. In Maharashtra, the labour courts in

different localities are notified as Controlling

Authorities for the administration of theAct.

In pursuance to a judgment of Hon'ble

Supreme Court, the definition of 'employee' as per

the section 2(e) of the Act, in order to cover the

teachers in educational institutions under the Act,

has been amended vide the Payment of Gratuity

(Amendment) Act, 2009, notified on 31.12.2009,

with effect retrospectively i.e. from 3 April, 1997.

Consequent upon the Payment of Gratuity

(Amendment) Act, 2018, notified on 29.03.2018,

Ministry of Labour and Employment has enhanced

the ceiling on amount of gratuity from Rs.10 lakh to

Rs. 20 lakh under the Act, vide Notification No.

S.O.1420 (E) dated 29.03.2018, with effect from

29.03.2018.

6.83

6.84

6.85

Sr. No.

Name of State Location of ESIS

hospital

Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam

II Rajamahendravaram

III Tirupati

IV Vijayawada

2 I Goa Margao

Gujarat

Vadodara (General Hospital)

II Bhavnagar

III Jamnagar

IV Kalol

VRajkot

VI Rajpur,Hirpur

VII Surat

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Haryana

Ballabgarh (Faridabad)

II Bhivani

III Jagadhari

IV Panipat

5 I Himachal Pradesh Parwanoo

6 I Jharkhand Maithan

Karnataka

Indira Nagar

II Mysuru

III Mangalore

IV Davanagere

V Hubli

VI Belgaum

VII Dandeli

Kerala

Alleppy

II Ernakulam

III feroke

IV Mulamkunnathukavu

V Olarikkara

VI Palakkad

VII Peroorkada

VIII Thottada

IX Vedavathoor

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

II Dewas

III Gwalior

IV Indore (TB)

V Nagda

VI Ujjain

Maharashtra

Aurangabad

II Chinchwad

III Kandivali

IV MGM

V Mulund

VI Nagpur

VII Nasik

VIII Sholapur

IX Thane

X Ulhasnagar

XI Washi

XII Worli

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VI Phagwara

Rajasthan

Bhilwara

II Jodhpur

III Kota

IV Pali

Tamilnadu

Ayanavaram, Chennai

II Hosure

III Madurai

IV Salem

V Sivakasi

VI Tirucharapally

VII Vellore

VIII Coimbatore (Govt. Medical College)

Telangana

Nacharam

II R.C. Puram

III Sirpurkagarnagar

IV Warangal

Uttar Pradesh

Sarwodyanagar

II Pandunagar

III Kidwai Nagar

IV Azadnagar

V Agra

VI Prayagraj

VII Modinagar

VIII Aligarh

IX Saharanpur

X Pipri

Odisha

Kansbahal

II Bhubaneswar

III Choudwar

IV Jaykapur

12 I Puducherry Gorimedu Hospital

Punjab

Amritsar

II Hoshiarpur

III Jalandhar

IV Mandigobindhgarh

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West Bengal

Asansol

II Baltikuri

III Bandel

IV Bellur Belly

V Budge-Budge

VI Durgapur

VII Gourhati

VIII Kalyani

IX Kamarhati

X Manicktola

XI Sealdah

XII Serampore

XIII Uluberia

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Labour Welfare (Health) Scheme

7.1

7.2

Labour Welfare Organisation under the

Ministry of Labour & Employment administers

Welfare Funds for the Welfare of (i) Beedi, (ii) Cine,

Iron Ore / Manganese Ore / Chrome Ore, (iv)

Limestone and Dolomite Mine Workers which were

set up under various Acts of Parliament. The

concept of Labour Welfare Fund was evolved in

order to extend a measure of social assistance to

workers in the unorganized sector. Towards this

end, separate legislations were enacted by

Parliament to set up five Welfare Funds to be

administered by Ministry of Labour & Employment

to provide medical care to workers employed in

beedi industry, certain non-coal mines, and cine

workers.

The scheme of Welfare Funds is outside

the framework of specific employer and

employee relationship in as much as the

resources are raised by the Government on a

non-contributory basis and delivery of welfare

services affected without linkage to individual

worker's contribution. Welfare funds, which

follow a sectoral approach, are in addition to a

large number of various other poverty alleviation

and employment generation programmes, which

follow a regional approach and for which most of

these workers are eligible.

The basic objective of this scheme is to

provide Health to more than 50 lakh poor and

illiterate Beedi/ Cine/ Iron, Manganese, Chrome/

Limestone & Dolomite/ Mica Mine workers and

their family members. These workers belong to

unorganized and economically weaker sections of

the society. These workers have very low literacy

rate, poor health standards and low per capita

income. The Scheme becomes a medium to

enhance the living standards of this section of

workers.

Health care facilities are being provided to

Beedi, Cine and Non Coal Mine workers and to

their families through Hospitals and

Dispensaries located across the country.

Conducting welfare activities for Beedi /

LSDM / MICA / IOMC / Cine workers and their

dependents in the field of Health, Education and

Housing.

Health care facilities have been provided

to approx. 50 Lakh Beedi / LSDM / MICA / IOMC /

Cine workers and their families.

7.3

7.4

10 277

7.5

7.6

S.No HEALTH SCHEME Salient Features

Health care facilities are

being provided to

Beedi, Cine and Non

Coal Mine workers and

to their families through

10 Hospitals and 2 77

Dispensaries located

across the country.

Reimbursement of expenditure for specialized

treatment taken under Government recognized

Hospitals in case of critical disease.

Cancer Re-imbursement of expenditure

up to Rs. 7,50,000/ - on

treatment, medicines and diet

charges incurred by workers

and their dependents.

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7.8 The Labour Welfare Organization is

headed by a Director General (Labour Welfare).

He is assisted by eighteen (18) Regional Welfare

Commissioners for the purpose of administration

of these Funds in the States. The jurisdiction of

each Welfare Commissioner has been shown in

the Table below:

Heart Diseases

Reimbursement of expenditure

up to Rs. 1,30,000/- to workers.

Kidney

Transplantation

Reimbursement of expenditure

up to Rs. 2,00,000/- to workers.

Sl.No. Name of Region Name of State/UT Total

1. Ahmedabad Gujarat

39011

2. Ajmer Rajasthan

38791

3. Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

412757

4. Bangalore Karnataka

295501

5. Bhubaneswar Odisha

208212

6. Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh/

Telangana

458040

7. Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh

440556

8. Kolkata West Bengal

1829203

9. Guwahati Assam

24398

10. Thiruvananthapuram Kerala

40276

11. Nagpur Maharashtra

155089

12. Patna Bihar

296972

13. Raipur Chhattisgarh

3893

14. Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu

603076

15. Ranchi Jharkhand

136519

Total 49,82,294

7.7 State/UT wise details of registered Beedi Workers

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Skill Development Programme

7.9 Ministry of Labour & Employment in

collaboration with NSDC and MoSDE have been

providing Skill Development training to the Beedi

Workers and their dependants to engage them in

alternative jobs in all 17 Labour Welfare Regions.

Total of 7262 beneficiaries have availed the Skill

Development Training till December 2021 out of

which 2746 beneficiaries have been provided

placement in alternate jobs. Further, a joint

committee of the officials of MoLE, MSDE and

NSDC has also formulated the 'Healthy Option'

special project for promotion of alternative

occupations through skill development of Beedi

Workers and their dependents under Pradhan

Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) (2016-

2020). 'Healthy Option' special project has been

forwarded to all the Welfare Commissioners to

provide inputs for incorporation in the project.

Salient features of programme:

7.10

Vocational Training Providers (VTP)

The salient features of the programme

include the following:

Payment of Stipend to the registered Beedi

worker to compensate him for loss of

wages suffered while the worker attended

the training.

Travel expenses of the trainee, whether the

worker or his dependent to cover the cost of

travel from his place of residence to the

and

back.

Support for Lodging & boarding expenses

in case the worker or his dependent is

required to stay away from his residence for

attending the training.

Training to beedi rollers and their

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S.NO. Name of the Region States Covered

01 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

02 Ahmedabad Gujarat, Diu

03 Ajmer Rajasthan

04 Bangalore Karnataka

05 Bhubaneswar Orissa

06 Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

07 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh

08 Nagpur

Maharashtra , Goa, Dadar Nagar Haveli &

Daman

09 Ranchi Jharkhand

10 Patna Bihar

11 Raipur Chhattisgarh

12 Dehradun Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh

13 Kolkata West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar, Sikkim

14 Guwahati

Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura,

Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram

15 Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

16 Chandigarh Punjab, Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana,

17 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala, Lakshadweep

18 Srinagar

UT of Jammu and Kashmir & UT of

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dependents to be provided in VTPs

approved under the Skill Development

Programme being implemented by the

Central/ State Govt.

Certification under the Skill Development

Programme being implemented by the

Central/ State Govt. having national validity

for the skill certified thereunder.

Placement and tracking of trainees to

ensure that they sustain in the alternative

employment after the training. Payment of

final installment of stipend made

conditional upon successful placement and

tracking.

All payments to be made direct to the

trainees through online transactions i.e.

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to ensure

financial inclusion of the beedi rollers.

1. Account Using Tally

2. CNC Operator

3. Hotel Management (Front OfficeAssociate)

4. Sewing Machine Operator

5. Food & Beverages Service

6. A/C & Fridge Mechanic

7. Customer Care Executive

8. Solar PV Installation

9. Tailoring

10. Solar Panel Installation

11. Asstt. Electrician

12. Asstt. Beauty Therapist

13. Basic Computer Course

14. General Duty Asstt.

15. Field Technician

16. Automobile Repairing

7.11 Various Courses in which Skill

Development Training has been imparted

17. Plumbing

18. Beautician

19. Mushroom Cultivation

20. Banking & Accountancy

21. Medical & Nursing Course

22. Hand Embroidery

23. Jam & Jelly Making

24. Computer Hardware

25. Pickle Making

26. Stitching & Fashion Designing

27. Soft Toys Making

28. Agarbatti Making

29. Bag Making

30. LED Technician

31. CCTV Technician

A revamped housing scheme (RIHS, 2016)

has been introduced from December, 2016 with a

subsidy of Rs.1, 50,000 per beneficiary household.

RIHS, 2016 is applicable to the workers engaged

in Beedi/Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore &

Chrome Ore Mines (IOMC)/Limestone Ore Mines,

Dolomite Ore Mines (LSDM) /Mica Mines and Cine

Industries registered with the Labour Welfare

Organization (LWO).

In the scheme, a subsidy of Rs.1,50,000/- is

released in three instalments on 25:60:15 ratio

(First as advance, second on reaching the lintel

level and third after receipt of inspection report that

the construction of houses has been completed in

all respect).

Under this scheme subsidy is released through

DBT.

Details during 2022-23 under the Revised

Integrated Housing Scheme (RIHS) are as

under:

Revised Integrated Housing Scheme, 2016

7.12

7.13

01.04.202 2 to

31.12.2022

1.1.2023 to 31.3.2023

(Estimates)

Expenditure Beneficiary Expenditure Beneficiary

8.85(Crore) 3593 135.46 Crore 32009

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

7.14 Convergence of Housing Scheme

In meeting of Expenditure Finance Committee

(EFC) under the Ministry of Finance for appraisal

and continuation of the Labour Welfare Scheme

held on 11.05.2018 under the Chairmanship of

Secretary (Expenditure), it was decided that the

Ministry of Labour & Employment will explore the

possibilities to converge the RIHS with the

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojna (PMAY) of the

Ministry of Urban Development poverty (URBAN)

and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojna (Rural) of the

Ministry of Rural Development. It was suggested to

frame a timeline and to draw a transition plan, when

all new sanctions under RIHS will be stopped and

housing subsidy will be drawn from PMAY and a

transition plan may be drawn up when all new

sanction under RIHS will be stopped and housing

subsidy will be drawn from PMAY. Accordingly all

Welfare Commissioner were directed not to

release subsidy towards 1 instalment under RIHS

and send pending applications to the concerned

Blocks /ULBs for sanction under PMAY. The

Sunset for Housing Scheme is 31.03.2023

Financial Assistance is given to the wards

of Beedi/Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore &

Chrome Ore Mines (IOMC)/Limestone Mines,

Dolomite Mines (LSDM)/Mica Mines and Cine

Workers, varying from Rs. 250/- to Rs. 15,000/- per

student per year. SFC has approved the revision of

rate of scholarship and now w.e.f AY 2022-23, the

revised rate are ranging from Rs. 1000/- to

Rs.25000/- per student per annum. The benefits

under the scheme are being transferred through

DBT system and the applications under this

scheme are invited and processed through the

National Scholarship Portal (NSP). Every year

more than one Lakh applications are received in

the NSP portal for the above mentioned

scholarship.

Scholarship

7.15

Scholarship

Old Benefits

(Amount in Rs. Per annum)

Scholarship rate w.e.f.

2022-23

(Amount in Rs. Per

annum per student)

Class Girls Boys

Both girls and boys

I to IV (for purchase of

dress/books etc.)

250 250

1000

V to VIII 940 500

1500

IX 1140 700

2000

X 1840 1400

Class XI & XII 2440 2000

3000

ITI 10,000 10,000

6000

Polytechnic N.A. N.A.

6000

Degree Course (Including

B.Sc.-Agri)

3000 3000

6000

Professional

Courses(BE/MBBS/MBA)

15000 15000

25000

01.04.2022-31.12.2022 1.1.2023-31.3.2023(Estimates)

Expenditure Beneficiary Expenditure Beneficiary

9.01 (Crore) 58,329 23.15 (Crore) 1,00,832

*Students promoted to the next class is eligible to apply for the scholarship.

Revised rate of scholarship from the year 2022-23

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8.1

8.2

8.3

The term unorganised worker has been

defined under the Code on Social Security, 2020,

means a home-based worker, self-employed

worker or a wage worker in the unorganised sector

and includes a worker in the organised sector who

is not covered by the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

or Chapters III to VII of the Code i.e. Employees

Provident Fund, Employees' State Insurance

Corporation, Gratuity, Maternity Benefit,

Employee's Compensation.

As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey

(PLFS) carried out by the National Sample

Survey Organisation of the Ministry of Statistics &

Programme Implementation, in the year 2017-

18, the total employment in both organized and

unorganised sector in the country was around 47

crores. Out of this, around 9 crores are engaged

in the organized sector and the balance of 38

crores are in the unorganized sector. The

workers in the unorganized sector constitute

more than 81 per cent of the total employment in

the country. A large number of unorganized

workers are home based and are engaged in

occupations such as beedi rolling, agarbatti

making, papad making, tailoring, and embroidery

work. workers who are working or engaged as

street vendors, mid-day meal workers, head

loaders, brick kiln workers, cobblers, rag pickers,

domestic workers, washermen, rickshaw pullers,

landless labourers, own account workers,

agricultural workers, construction workers,

handloom workers, leather workers, audio- visual

workers and similar other occupations.

The unorganised workers suffer from

cycles of excessive seasonality of employment,

lack of a formal employer-employee relationship,

absence of adequate social security protection and

other welfare schemes such as sickness and

unemployment allowances.

COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION FOR

WORKERS IN THE UNORGANIZED SECTOR

8.4

The Unorganised Workers' Social Security

Act 2008 has been subsumed in the Code on

Social Security, 2020. The Code is yet to be come

into force. For the first time, provisions have been

made to register all the unorganized workers on a

National Portal. Accordingly, the e-shram portal

was launched on 26.8.2021 for creation of a

comprehensive National Database of

Unorganized Workers, which is seeded with

Aadhaar. It has details of name, occupation,

address, educational qualification, skill types and

family details etc. for optimum realization of their

employability and extend the benefits of the social

security schemes to them. It is the first-ever

national database of unorganised workers

including migrant workers, construction workers,

gig and platform workers, etc. As on 31.12.2022,

more than 28.5crores workers have been

registered on eSHRAM portal. It is expected that in

coming months more workers of unorganised

sectors will be registered under this portal. The key

objective of the Portal is as under: -

Creation of a centralized database of all

unorganized workers (UWs) including

Construction Workers, Migrant Workers, Gig

and Platform workers, Street Vendors,

Domestic Workers, Agriculture Workers, etc.,

to be seeded withAadhaar.

To improve the implementation efficiency of

the social security services for the

unorganized workers.

Integration of Social Security Schemes meant

for UWs being administered by MoLE and

subsequently those run by other ministries as

well.

Sharing of information in respect of registered

unorganised workers with various

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MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

stakeholders such as Ministries/

Departments/ Boards/ Agencies/

Organisations of the Central & State

Governments through APIs for delivery of

various social security and welfare schemes

being administered by them.

Portability of the social security and welfare

benefits to the migrant and construction

workers.

Providing a comprehensive database to

Central and State Governments for tackling

any National Crises like COVID-19 in future.

Further, India is leading the world in

providing the social security schemes on the

subject of life and disability cover; health and

maternity benefits; old age protection and any

other benefit as may be determined by the Central

Government to the Gig Workers and Platform

workers. These floating workers shall also be

registered on the same national portal, with the

Aadhaar and aggregators of such workers shall

also play very important role in the welfare of the

Gig and Platform workers.

Learning with the experiences on migrant

workers during the Covid pandemic, the State

Government and the State Building Workers

Welfare Board have been made responsible to

Worker, working within their geographical areas

and to provide them benefits of the social security

schemes in the states. To facilitate the registration,

renewal and updation of the building and other

construction workers, provision for the Nodal

Officer is being made in the Rule on code of Social

Security 2020 to make them accountable for

registration, renewal and updation of particulars.

Further, enabling provision for the portability of the

benefits for the building and other construction

workers, process of their registration, de-registration

and manner of obtaining the benefits in the State,

where they are working as building and other

construction workers, are being made in the rules.

The Salient features of the Code on Social

Security, 2020 pertaining to the Unorganised

Sector Workers are as under:

In the Social Security Code, under Section

8.5

8.6

8.7

109, provisions have been made for the

Central Government, to formulate the

schemes for the benefit of unorganised

workers, on the life and disability cover;

health and maternity benefits; old age

protection and any other benefit as may be

determined by the Central Government

and similar provisions have been also

made for the State Government to

formulate schemes, on provident fund;

employment injury benefit; housing;

educational schemes for children; skill

upgradation of workers; funeral assistance;

and old age homes.

In the Social Security Code under Section

109 (3), and (4), every scheme formulated

under this provision shall be required to be

notified by the Central Government. The

notification shall cover the scope of the

scheme, eligibility condition, authority to

implement the scheme, beneficiary of the

scheme, resources of the scheme,

implementing agency, grievance redressal

mechanism, etc.

Similar provisions have also been made for

the gig workers and platform workers under

section 114 of the Code.

, a pension scheme for unorganised workers

has been introduced by the Government of India to

provide old age protection to the Unorganised

Workers. The enrolment under the scheme started

since 15 February, 2019 and was formally

launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on the 5

March, 2019. As on 31.12.2022, over 49.19 Lakhs

beneficiaries have been registered under the

scheme.

The unorganised workers who are mostly

engaged as home based workers, street vendors,

mid-day meal workers, head loaders, brick kiln

workers, cobblers, rag pickers, domestic workers,

washer men, rickshaw pullers, landless labourers,

own account workers, agricultural workers,

construction workers, beedi workers, handloom

8.8 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan

(PM-SYM):

Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-

SYM)

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workers, leather workers, audio- visual workers and

similar other occupations, may join the scheme. It is

a voluntary and contributory pension scheme. It is

available to all unorganised workers in the age group

of 18 years to 40 years with monthly income not

exceeding to Rs 15,000. Further he should not be a

member of New Pension Scheme (NPS),

Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

scheme or Employees' Provident Fund

Organisation (EPFO) and he should not be an

income tax payee. The monthly contributions of the

beneficiaries range from Rs.55 to Rs.200 per month

depending upon their entry age. The equal

matching contribution is also being paid by the

Central Government. Under the scheme,

contribution amount for the first month is being paid

in cash and subsequent month's contribution is auto

debited through linked bank account.

Enrolment to Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi

Maandhan is done through the Common Service

Centres (CSC), with its network of 4 lakh Centres

across the country. In addition eligible persons can

also self-enroll through visiting the portal

www.maandhan.in . Life Insurance Corporation of

India (LIC) is the Pension Fund Manager and shall

be responsible for pension pay-out.

The features of the scheme is as given

below :

1. Minimum Monthly Assured Pension of Rs

3000/- shall be provided after attaining the age

of 60 years.

2. During the receipt of pension, if the subscriber

dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be

entitled to receive 50% of the pension as

family pension.

3. If a beneficiary has given regular contribution

and died due to any cause (before age of 60

years), his/her spouse will be entitled to join

and continue the scheme subsequently by

payment of regular contribution or exit the

scheme as per provisions of exit and

withdrawal of the money with interest as

applicable in the scheme.

National Pension Scheme for Traders,

8.10

8.11

8.12 National Pension Scheme for Traders,

Shopkeeper and Self Employed Persons:

Shopkeeper and Self-Employed Persons

(Erstwhile name was Pradhan Mantri Karam

Yogi) was launched on 12.09.2019 by the Hon'ble

Prime Minister. The eligibility and other features of

the scheme are similar to PM-SYM Scheme. It is

also a voluntary and contributory pension scheme.

In this scheme the annual turnover should not

exceed Rs. 1.5 Crore and the subscribers

should not be member of EPFO/ESIC/NPS/

PM-SYM and he should not be an income tax

payee. . As on 13.09.2022 more than 51 thousand

beneficiaries have been registered under the

prescribed scheme.

The Scheme is being implemented through LIC of

India and Common Services Centres –SPV.

Enrolment of the beneficiaries is done through the

Common Service Centres (CSC), with its network

of 4 lakh Centres across the country and also self-

enroll through visiting the portal www.

maandhan.in. Life Insurance Corporation of India

(LIC) is the Pension Fund Manager and shall be

responsible for pension pay-out.

The progress of these Schemes are being

reviewed regularly in the Ministry for taking

initiatives under Mission Mode and it is expected

that in coming months the more workers of

unorganised sector will be covered under both the

schemes. The Exit module, Donate-a-Pension

module etc are under active consideration of this

Ministry and these modules are likely to be

operationalized shortly. Further the possibility of

integration of eSHRAM portal with www.

maandhan.in is also being explored so that the

eligible unorganised workers coming for eSHRAM

registration could also be enrolled under PM-SYM

Pension Scheme simultaneously.

The construction workers constitute one of

the largest categories of workers in the

unorganized sector. Based on the Sample Survey

conducted by NSSO, MoSPI in 2011-12, about

5.02 crore workers are employed in construction

activities. In order to safeguard the interest of the

workers of this sector, Government has enacted

the following legislations for the construction

workers: -

8.13

8.14

THE BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION

WORKERS

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

101

The Building and Other Construction Workers'

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service)Act, 1996.

The Building and Other Construction Workers'

Welfare Cess, Act, 1996;

Further, the Building and Other

Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Rules, 1998

and the Building and Other Construction Workers

(Regulation of Employment & Conditions of

Service) Central Rules, 1998 have been notified on

26.03.1998 and 19.11.1998 respectively.

These legislations regulate the

employment and conditions of service, safety and

health measures for the construction workers

through State Welfare Boards constituted at the

State level. All State Governments and Union

Territories have constituted State Welfare Boards.

The Government of Tamil Nadu has been

implementing its own Act. Welfare measures are

financed by levy of cess on cost of construction

work incurred by an employer (the Government

has notified the cess @ 1%).

The funds so collected are used for

providing social security and welfare benefits to the

registered workers and their families. An amount

of approx. Rs. 78521.24 Crore (cumulative) has

been collected as Cess by the State Governments

and Union Territories till date and an amount of

approx. Rs. 35399.40 Crore (cumulative) has been

spent on the Welfare Scheme for Building and

Other Construction workers by the State

Governments and the Union Territories.

The Central Government has been issuing

directions from time to time, under Section 60 of

the Building and Other Construction Workers'

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service) Act, 1996, to all the State Governments

and UT Administrations for proper implementation

of the Act. To monitor the implementation of these

directions, specifically with reference to utilization

of Cess fund for Welfare Schemes enumerated

under Section 22 of the Act, by the State Building

and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Boards,

a Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary

(Labour and Employment) has been constituted.

The Monitoring Committee holds its meeting from

8.15

8.16

8.17

8.18

time to time with the Principal Secretaries/

Secretaries of Labour departments of the State/

Uts.

Implementation of the Building and Other

Construction Workers (RECS) Act, 1996 and the

Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare

Cess Act, 1996 was under close scrutiny of the

Hon'ble Court in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 318 of 2006

between M/s National Campaign Committee for

Central Legislation on Construction Labour V/s

Union of India and others. Pursuant to the judgment

dated 19.03.2018 and Order dated 04.10.2018 of

the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter, Model

Scheme for Building and Other Construction

Workers and Action Plan (for strengthening

Implementation Machinery) were framed and

circulated to all States/UTs for implementation. The

model scheme is also available on the website of

Ministry. Further, as per the directions of the Hon'ble

Supreme Court a framework for social audit of

implementation of BOCW Act was developed in

consultation with the State Governments and other

stake holders and has been circulated to all

States/UTs for carrying out social audit as directed

by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

The Mission Mode Project (MMP) was

prepared and forwarded to all the States / UTs

Governments with the advice to implement the MMP

immediately to register all the left out BOC workers

who have not been registered with the State Building

and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards

which will ensure that all the registered BOC workers

get all the benefits of welfare schemes of the State

Welfare Boards and social security schemes of the

Central/State Governments like Health Insurance

Scheme through PM-JAY (Ayushman Bharat), Life

and Disability Cover through PM-Jivan Jyoti Beema

Yojana, PM-Suraksha Beema Yojana and Life-long

Pension after 60 years through PM-Shram Yogi

MandhanYojana and subsistence allowance during

unemployment, illness, epidemics, natural

calamities by using cess fund for the welfare of BOC

workers.

The matter of convergence of BOCW and

Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY is under process to bring

all BOC Workers under the fold of Ayushman Bharat

PM-JAY and therefore Ministry of Labour &

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8.20

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Employment, National HealthAuthority (NHA), State

BOCW Welfare Boards and State Health Agencies

(SHAs) have been pro-actively engaging in various

deliberations to augment the implementation of the

said convergence at the State level. In the Phase-I,

States/ UTs of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh

have started implementing the scheme relating to

extending the benefits of Ayushman Bharat –

PradhanMantri Jan ArogyaYojana (AB PM-JAY) to

Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW)

and their families registered with State BOCW

Welfare Boards. Further, all other States/ UTs are

advised to take it up in Phase-II.

An Order under Section 60 of BOCW Act,

1996 has been issued to the Chief

Secretary/Administrators of all States/UTs; All

Principal Secretary/Secretary/Commissioner of

Labour; and, All Secretary, BOCW State Welfare

Boards regarding use of Direct Benefit Transfer

(DBT) for cash assistance and restriction on

distribution of benefits in-kind to the registered

BOCW workers by the State Building and Other

Construction Workers' Welfare Board. The said

Order, inter-alia, directs the States/UTs that any

monetary assistance under the welfare schemes

are to be provided through Direct Benefit Transfer

(DBT) only in the beneficiary's bank account; and,

No benefit is to be provided in-kind except in extra-

ordinary circumstances such as natural calamities,

epidemics, fire, accidents caused due to

occupational hazard or similar other crisis, and

with prior approval of the State Government and

intimation to DG Labour Welfare, Govt. of India.

The Building and Other Construction

Workers (Regulation of Employment and

Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and the Building

and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess,

Act, 1996 have been repealed and consequently

subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and

Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code,

2020) and the Code on Social Security, 2020 (SS

Code, 2020) respectively, which have been

notified on 29.09.2020.

All the concerned of States/UTs were

apprised about the Notification of Section 142 of

Code on Social Security, 2020 vide Order u/s 60 of

BOCW(RE&CS) Act, 1996 that the provisions of

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8.23

8.24

Section 142 of the Code ensure the benefit of

welfare schemes is given to the genuine

beneficiary by establishing his identity through Bio-

metric authentication of Aadhaar. The State/UT

BOCW Welfare Boards were, therefore, directed to

take cognizance of the Section 142 of the Code

while providing benefits of social security and

welfare schemes to the BOC workers.

In order to safeguard the interest of the

Migrant workers, the Central Government has

enacted the Inter-State Migrant Workmen

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Services) Act, 1979 to protect the interest of the

migrant workers who migrate within India for

Jobs/better employment opportunities. The Act

provides for registration of certain establishments

employing Inter State Migrant Workers, licensing

of contractors etc. Workers employed with such

establishment are to be provided payment of

minimum wages, journey allowance, displacement

allowance, residential accommodation, medical

facilities and protective clothing etc.

The Inter-state Migrant Workmen

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service) Act, 1979 has now been subsumed in the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020 and the Code has been

notified on 29.09.2020 . The above mentioned

code commonly known as OSH Code, provides for

decent working conditions, minimum wages,

grievances redressal mechanism, protection from

abuse and exploitation, enhancement of skills and

social security to all category of organised and

unorganised workers including migrant workers.

The Code is applicable to every establishment in

which 10 or more inter-state migrant workers are

employed or were employed on any day of the

preceding twelve months.

However, the OSH Code will come into

force on such date as notified by the Government.

With the enforcement of the OSH Code Inter-State

Migrant Workmen(Regulation of Employment and

Conditions Services) Act, 1979 shall stand

repealed. Provision relating to ISMW Workers

have been included in section 59-65 of Chapter XI

(Part-II).

Migrant Workers & Inter-State Migrant Workers

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8.26

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8.28

8.29

8.30

(a)

(b)

In the OSH Code, 2020 inter-state migrant

worker has been defined as a person who is

employed in an establishment who:- (i) has been

recruited directly by the employer or indirectly

through contractor in one State for employment in

such establishment situated in another State or (ii)

has come on his own from one State and obtained

employment in an establishment of another State

or has subsequently changed the establishment

within the destination State Under an agreement or

other arrangement for such employment and

draws wages not exceeding the amount of

Rs.18000/- per month.

An inter-state migrant worker is entitled to

all the social security and welfare measures like

EPFO, ESIC, insurance, pension and other

benefits which is available to the similarly placed

workers in any establishment in the State.

In the OSH Code, 2020 (Section 59 to 65)

the following provisions have been made:-

Contractor/ Employer of an establishment

employing inter-state migrant worker has to

ensure suitable conditions of work having

regard to the fact that the migrant worker is

required to work in a state other than his own

State.

In case of fatal accident or serious bodily injury,

employer/ contractor has to report to the

specified authorities of both the States and

also to the next of kin of the worker.

Migrant worker is eligible to avail all the

benefits which is available to a regular worker

of that establishment including benefits of

ESIC, EPFO and other benefits.

He is eligible for journey allowance once in a

year.

He is eligible for benefits of Public Distribution

System (PDS) in his native State or the

destination State where he is employed, under

the initiative named One Nation One Ration

Card.

He is eligible for the defined benefits from the

cess fund if he is working as the Building &

Other Construction (BOC) worker.

There is a provision of a toll free helpline

number.

There is also a provision for study of inter-state

migrant worker.

No suit or other proceeding in Court for

recovery of debt of the past liability will lie

against the migrant worker after completion of

his employment.

The main responsibility for enforcement of

the provision of the Act lies with the Central and the

State Governments / Union Territories in the

establishment falling in the Central and State

Sphere respectively.

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

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9.1

9.2

The Bonded Labour System stands

abolished throughout the country with effect from

25.10.1975 with the enactment of Bonded Labour

System (Abolition) Act, 1976. It freed unilaterally all

the bonded labourers from bondage with

simultaneous liquidation of their debts. It made the

practice of bondage a cognizable offence

punishable by law.

The Act is being implemented by the State

Governments concerned. Salient features of the

Act are given below:

On commencement of this Act, the bonded

labour system stood abolished and every

bonded labourer stood freed and

discharged free from any obligation to

render bonded labour.

Any custom, agreement or other instrument

by virtue of which a person was required to

render any service as bonded labour was

rendered void.

Liability to repay bonded debt was deemed

to have been extinguished.

Property of the bonded labourer was freed

from mortgage etc.

Freed bonded labourer was not to be

evicted from homesteads or other

residential premises which he was

occupying as part of consideration for the

bonded labour.

District Magistrates have been entrusted

with certain duties and responsibilities for

implementing the provisions of thisAct.

Vigilance committees are required to be

constituted at district and sub-divisional

levels.

Offences for contravention of provisions of

the Act are punishable with imprisonment

for a term, which may extend to three years

and also with fines, which may extend to

two thousand rupees.

Powers of Judicial Magistrates are required

to be conferred on Executive Magistrates

for trial of offences under this Act. Offences

under thisAct could be tried summarily.

In order to assist the State Governments in

their task of rehabilitation of released bonded

labourers, the Ministry of Labour launched a

Centrally Sponsored Scheme for rehabilitation of

bonded labourers in May, 1978. Originally the

Scheme provided for rehabilitation assistance up-

to ceiling of Rs. 4000/- per freed bonded labour,

which was shared by the Central Government and

State Governments on (50:50) basis; in the case of

North Eastern States, 100% central assistance if

they expressed their inability to provide their share.

Subsequently the scheme was modified from

time to time. In 2016, the scheme was revamped

and known as 'Central Sector Scheme for

Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer - 2016. Further,

the scheme was modified in January 2022 and

came into effect from 27.01.2022. The salient

features of the Scheme are as under:

Financial assistance for rehabilitation of a

rescued bonded labourer is Rs. one lakh

per adult male beneficiary, Rs. 2 lakh for

special category beneficiaries such as

children including orphans or those

rescued from organized & forced begging

rings or other forms of forced child labour,

and women and Rs. 3 lakh in cases of

bonded or forced labour involving extreme

cases of deprivation or marginalization

Central Sector Scheme for Rehabilitation of

Bonded Labourer, 2021

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such as trans-genders, or women or

children rescued from ostensible sexual

exploitation such as brothels, massage

parlours, placement agencies etc., or

trafficking, or in cases of differently abled

persons, or in situations where the District

Magistrate deems fit.

The State Governments are not required to

pay any matching contribution for the

purpose of cash rehabilitation assistance.

The Scheme provides for financial

assistance of Rs. 4.50 lakh per district for

conducting survey of bonded labourers

once in every three years per sensitive

district, Rs. 1.50 Lakh for Evaluatory

studies (maximum of five Evaluatory

Studies per year) and Rs. 10 Lakhs per

annum for awareness generation per state.

The release of rehabilitation assistance is

linked with conviction of the accused.

However, immediate cash assistance up-to

Rs.30,000/- may be provided to the

rescued bonded labour by the District

Administration irrespective of the status of

conviction proceedings. Further, in cases

where the trial has not been concluded, but

the District Administration has arrived at a

prima facie finding and proof of bondage,

then the proposal for cash assistance shall

not be stopped for want of details of

conviction. However, final disbursement of

cash assistance and non-cash assistance

shall be made upon proof of bondage and

other legal consequences as per judicial

process.

The Scheme provides for creation of a

Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Fund at

District level by each State with a

permanent corpus of at least Rs.10 lakh

at the disposal of the District Magistrate for

extending immediate help to the released

bonded labourers.

The above benefits are in addition to other

land and housing elements provided by the

States.

A total no. of 3,15,302 bonded labourers

have been released till date and Rs.

10367.10 Lakhs has been released/

reimbursed to the State/UT Governments

under Scheme for rehabilitation of bonded

labourers till 31.12.2022. Further, Rs.

1127.94 lakh has also been provided to

State /UT Govt towards conducting Survey,

Awareness Generation and Evaluatory

Studies till 31.12.2022.

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10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

Contract labour generally refers to workers

engaged by a contractor for user enterprises. It is a

significant and growing form of employment.

These workers are millions in number and are

engaged primarily in agricultural operations,

plantation, construction industry, ports and docks,

oil fields, factories, railways, shipping, airlines,

road transport etc.

The Contract Labour (Regulation and

Abolition) Act, 1970 was enacted to protect and

safeguard the interests of these workers. It applies

to every establishment /contractor in which 20 or

more workmen are employed. It also applies to

establishments of the Government and local

authorities.

The Central Government has jurisdiction

over establishments like railways, banks, mines

etc. and the State Governments have jurisdiction

over the units located in that State.

The Central Government and State

Governments, in their capacity as “appropriate”

Governments, are required to set up Central and

State Advisory Contract Labour Boards to advise

respective Governments on matters arising out of

the administration of the Act as are referred to

them. The Boards are authorized to constitute

Committees as deemed appropriate.

The Central Advisory Contract Labour

Board (CACLB) is a Statutory Body, tripartite in

constitution and quasi-judicial in nature. The

non-official members hold office for a term of

three years. The last Central Advisory Contract

Labour Board has been re-constituted on 29th

May 2019 and tenure of the Board has expired

on 28th May 2022. Constitution of New Central

Advisory Contract Labour Board is under

process. Till 28th May, 2022, 101 meetings of

the Central Advisory Contract Labour Board

have been held.

10.6

10.7

10.8

10.9

So far, 95 notification has been issued u/s

10 of the Act abolishing employment of contract

labour in specified establishments in consultation

with the Central advisory Contract labour Board.

Every establishment and contractor, to

whom the Act applies, has to register itself/obtain a

license for execution of the contract work. The

interests of contract workers are protected in terms

of wages, hours of work, welfare, health and social

security. The amenities to be provided to contract

labour include canteen, rest rooms, first aid facilities

and other basic necessities at the work place like

drinking water etc. The responsibility to ensure

payment of wages and other benefits is primarily that

of the contractor, and, in case of default, that of the

principal employer. So far, 33 notifications have been

issued u/s 31 of the Act granting exemption to

establishment form the purview of theAct.

In the Central sphere, the Central Industrial

Relations Machinery (CIRM) headed by Chief

Labour Commissioner (Central) and his officers

have been entrusted with the responsibility of

enforcing the provisions of the Act and the rules

made there under.

The Contract Labour (Regulation and

Abolition) Act, 1970 has been subsumed in the OSH

Code, 2020 and the Code has been notified on

29.09.2020 (Section 45 to Section 58) however, it will

come into force from the date of notification by the

Central Government. In the OSH Code the threshold

of the number of contract labours in any

establishment has been enhanced from 20 to 50

workers for the purpose of applicability of the Code in

respect of contract labour. In the OSH Code core

activity of an establishment has been defined as any

activity for which the establishment is set up and

includes any activity which is essential or necessary

to such activity. The following activity shall not be

considered as essential or necessary activity, if the

establishment is not set up for such activity, namely:-

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( ) sanitation works, including sweeping,

cleaning, dusting and collection and

disposal of all kinds of waste;

( ) watch and ward services including security

services;

( ) canteen and catering services;

( ) loading and unloading operations;

( ) running of hospitals, educational and

training Institutions, guest houses, clubs

and the like where they are in the nature of

support services of an establishment;

( ) courier services which are in nature of

support services of an establishment;

( ) civil and other constructional works,

including maintenance;

( ) gardening and maintenance of lawns and

other like activities;

( ) housekeeping and laundry services, and

other like activities, where these are in

nature of support services of an

establishment;

( ) transport services including, ambulance

services;

( ) any activity of intermittent nature even if

that constitutes a core activity of an

establishment.

To promote ease of doing business and

remove multiplicity & duplicity in various

forms/reports/returns, the Ministry of Labour &

Employment notified the “Rationalisation of Forms

and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules,

2017” in the official gazette of India on 28th March,

2017. In effect, the number of forms and reports

prescribed under the Contract Labour (Regulation

and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), the Inter-

State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979

(30 of 1979) and the Building and Other

Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment

and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996)

have been reduced from 36 to 12.

In order to further simplify and reduce the

number of forms prescribed under the above

iii

vii

viii

10.10

10.11

mentioned three Acts, the Ministry has also notified

the Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under

Certain Labour Laws (Amendment) Rules, 2017

vide G.S.R 1593(E) dated 29th December, 2017

reducing a total of 8 other Forms regarding

registration of establishment and filing of unified

annual return to 2. Now, the number of forms and

reports/returns prescribed under the above three

Acts have been reduced from 44 to 14.

Taking forward the Government's “Digital

India” initiative and to ensure that various

Government Services are made available to the

citizens electronically, Ministry of Labour &

Employment has further made available the

following facilities:-

i. Filing of unified annual return mandatory

online on the Shram Suvidha Portal under the

above three Acts vide notification(s) G.S.R.

1593 (E) to G.S.R. 1596 (E) notified in the

Gazette of India on 29th December, 2017.

ii. Publication of the Building and Other

Construction Workers (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service)

Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018 in the

Gazette of India vide notification

number G.S.R. 828(E) dated 4th

September, 2018 so as to make filing of

application(s) for registration of

establishments and granting of certificate of

registration under the Building and Other

Construction Workers (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service)

Act, 1996 (27 of 1996) mandatorily online

on the Shram Suvidha Portal.

iii. Filing of applications and granting of

certificate of registration/license under the

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)

Act, 1970 (37 of 1970) and the Inter-State

Migrant Workmen (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service)

Act, 1979 (30 of 1979) have been made

mandatorily online on the Shram Suvidha

Portal vide Gazette of India notification(s)

G.S.R. 1125(E) and G.S.R. 1126(E) dated

15th November, 2018.

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PROFILE OF WOMEN WORKERS

11.1

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)

11.2

EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT, 1976

11.3

Women form an integral part of the Indian

workforce. The total number of female workers in

India is 149.8 million and female workers in rural

and urban areas are 121.8 and 28.0 million

respectively (source: census, 2011). Out of total

149.8 million female workers, 35.9 million females

are working as cultivators and another 61.5 million

are agricultural labourers. Of the remaining female

workers, 8.5 million are in household Industry and

43.7 million are classified as other workers. As per

Census 2011, the work participation rate for

women is 25.51 per cent as compared to 25.63 per

cent in 2001.

As per the results of Periodic Labour Force

Survey (PLFS) conducted by National Statistics

Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation during 2020-21, the Worker

population Ratio (WPR) (in percent) for women in

the age group 15 years & above according to usual

status (principal status +subsidiary status) was

31.4% at all India level and it was 35.8% rural areas

as compared to 21.2% in urban areas. The overall

Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for the

women in the age group 15 & above according to

usual status (principal status + subsidiary status)

basis was 32.5% at all India level, and it was 36.5%

in rural areas as compared to 23.2% in urban

areas. The overall unemployment rate of women in

the age group 15 years and above according to

usual status (principal status + subsidiary status)

was 3.5% at all India level, and it was 2.1% in rural

areas as compared to 8.6% in urban areas.

The ILO Convention No.100 of 1951

relating to equal remuneration for men and women

was ratified by the Government of India in the year

1958. To give effect to the Constitutional

provisions and also to ensure the enforcement of

ILO Convention No.100, the Equal Remuneration

Act was enacted on 1976.

The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

provides for payment of equal remuneration to men

and women workers for same work or work of

similar nature without any discrimination and also

prevent discrimination against women employees

while making recruitment for the same work or

work of similar nature, or in any condition of service

subsequent to recruitment such as promotions,

training or transfer. The provisions of the Act have

been extended to all categories of employment.

The Act is implemented at two levels viz. Central

level and State level. At the Central sphere, the

enforcement of the act is entrusted to the Chief

Labour Commissioner (Central) who heads the

Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM).

In cases where the State Government is

“appropriate authorities”, the enforcement of the

provisions of Equal Remuneration Act is done by

the officials of State Labour Departments. The

State Governments/Union Territories are being

advised from time to time to ensure more rigorous

enforcement of the Act so as to improve the

condition of women workers. However, this Act has

now been subsumed in the Code on Wages, 2019,

which has been notified on 08.08.2019. The Code

on Wages, 2019 will come into force on such date

as notified by the Government.

The Government is sensitive to the need for

family and social policies aimed at reconciling work

and family obligations. The Government has

amended the Maternity Benefit Act 1961 in the year

2017 vide enactment of Maternity Benefit

(Amendment) Act 2017 which inter-alia provides

for increased paid maternity leave from 12 weeks

11.4

11.5

MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961

11.6

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to 26 weeks and provisions for facility of crèche in

the establishments having 50 or more employees.

Detailed provisions of the amended Maternity

Benefit Act have been given in the box attached to

this chapter.

The Act also provides where the nature of

work assigned to a woman is such, nature that she

may work from home, the employer may allow her

to do so after availing of the maternity benefit for

such period and on such conditions as the

employer and the woman may mutually agree.

Statutory provisions have been made in

certain Labour laws for organizing child care

centers for the benefit of women workers. These

include Factories Act, 1948, the Beedi & Cigar

Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966,

the Mines Act, 1952, the Plantation Act, 1951 and

the Building and other Construction Workers

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service)Act, 1996.

A complaint Committee to deal with the

complaints of sexual harassment of women

employees at workplace of Ministry of Labour &

Employment and its attached offices has been

constituted.

In tune with the Government of India's

stress on empowering the women workers, special

efforts were made by Dattopant Thengadi National

Board for Workers Education & Development

(erstwhile Central Board of Workers Education) to

have more participation of Women Workers in

Board's various training programmes. During the

year 2021-22 (upto December, 2022) 1,91,628

women participated in Board's various training

Programmes. Of these 1,91,628 total women

workers, 52,057 were from SC category and

26,370 were from ST Category.

The Dattopant Thengadi National Board for

Workers Education & Development (formerly

CBWE) also conducts 2-days special training

11.7

CHILD CARE CENTRES

11.8

COMPLAINT COMMITTEE

11.9

Training of Women Workers

11.10

11.11

programmes for women workers in which only

women participants of various categories in

unorganized sector are enrolled. Till 31.12.2022,

282 such special programmes for women workers

participated. The women are made aware about

their rights and duties, and provisions under

various Labour Legislations in respect of women

and child, and various other welfare provisions of

the Central and State Government related to

women for upliftment of women and children i.e. on

health, hygiene and total care etc.

The V.V. Giri National Labour Institute

(VVGNLI), which is the training, research and

policy institute of the Ministry of Labour &

Employment, conducts various customized

training programmes on labour and employment

issues for women workers on regular basis.

Training for gender parity and women's

empowerment is a vital component of VVGNLI's

Commitment to promote gender equality for

creating gender inclusive societies. Considering

training as a transformative process aiming to

provide knowledge, skills, altitudinal and

behavioural change, the Institute conducts training

programmes on various dimensions of gender.

Thirteen training programmes conducted

exclusively on various issues related to gender,

gender budgeting & mainstreaming and women

empowerment in which 341 women participated

are as follows:

1. Gender and Labour Issues – July 04-08, 2022

2. Online Facilitating Gender Sensitive

Environment : A Behavioural Appraoch – July

11-15, 2022

3. Online Gender Responsive Budgeting –

August 01-05, 2022

4. Training Programme on Gender, Poverty and

Employment –August 08-12, 2022

5. Emerging Perspectives on Gender, Labour

Codes and International Labour Standards –

August 30- September 02, 2022

6. Gender, Decent Work and Social Protection –

September 19-23, 2022

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7. Research Methods on Gender, Poverty and

Informal Economy – Oct. 17-21, 2022

8. Research Methods on Gender Issues in

Labour – November 14-25, 2022

9. Gender Issues in Labour : A Behavioral

Approach – Nov. 28 – Dec. 02, 2022

10. Gender Equality and Climate Change s (BMS)

– December 12-16, 2022

11. Online Training of Trainers Programme on

Gender and Social Security – December

19-23, 2022

12. Training of Trainers Programme on Gender

and Social Security – December 19-23, 2022

13. Emerging Perspectives on Gender, Labour

Codes and International Labour Standards

(SLI, Odisha) – December 27-29, 2022

The proposed training programmes to be

organized from January, 2023 to March, 2023

1. International Labour Standards and

Promotion of Gender Equality at the

Workplace - January 16-February 03, 2023

2. Gender, Work and Social Protection -

January 16-20, 2023

11.13

3. Gender Unpaid Work and Care in India:

Changes and Policy - February 17, 2023

4. Mainstreaming Gender Issues in the

Employment - March 20-24, 2023

5. Gender and Labour Issues (GIDR, Gujarat)

- March 20-22, 2023

In order to promote women empowerment,

National Career Service (NCS) has various

features for helping women connect with the right

opportunities. A specific title “Jobs for Women” has

been featured on NCS Portal Home page to help

them easily search and apply to relevant jobs.

Women candidates are encouraged to participate

in the Job Fairs and Recruitment drives conducted

by Model Career Centres. Also, a functionality has

been provided on NCS wherein household users

can reach out to Local Service Providers like

plumbers, electricians, cooks, beauticians etc. in

their locality.

The Employment Exchanges take special

care to cater to the job needs of women registered

with them. During the year 2020, total 45.8

thousand women, and during 2021 total 81.1

thousand women were placed through various

employments.

The placement made by the employment6

exchanges is given at

which is shown below:

ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN JOB SEEKERS

NCS Features for Women

11.14

11.15

11.16

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Year Registration Placement Live Register

Of Women

Total Live

% Of Live Register Of

Women To Total Live

2011 2122.6 85.7 13694.8 40171.6 34.1

2012 3511.0 67.8 15645.8 44790.1 34.9

2013 2233.2 58.7 16549.1 46802.5 35.4

2014 2189.4 60.8 17078.3 48261.1 35.4

2015 2532.7 59.9 15540.0 43502.7 35.7

Table 24.2

(In Thousands)

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2017 635.5 49.8 15649.5 42809.1 36.6

2018 1437.0 58.2 15611.0 42122.3 37.1

2019 1375.2 55.2 15709.8 42405.1 37.0

2020 748.8 45.8 15873.2 42829.2 37.1

2021 1327.5 81.1 15829.7 44071.7 35.9

2016 2256.8 59.7 15731.4 43376.1 36.3

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INTRODUCTION

12.1

Constitutional Provisions:

Right to Education

Prohibition of employment of children in

factories, etc.

The State shall, in particular, direct its policy

towards securing:-

12.2

Our Constitution provides for protection of

children from involvement in economic activities

and avocations unsuited to their age and this is

provided for in the Fundamental Rights (Article-

24). Directive Principles of State Policy in the

Constitution also strongly reiterate this

commitment.

The State shall provide free and compulsory

education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years

in such manner as the State, by law, may

determine.

No child below the age of 14 years shall be

employed in work in any factory or mine or

engaged in any other hazardous employment.

The health and strength of workers, men and

women, and the tender age of children are not

abused and that citizens are not forced by

economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited

to their age or strength.

Constitutional and legislative provisions

providing protection to children against

employment has been elaborated in the National

Child Labour Policy announced in 1987. The

policy addresses the complex issue of child labour

in a comprehensive, holistic and integrated

manner. The action plan under this policy is multi-

Article 21 A

Article 24

Article 39

pronged and mainly consists of:

(i) A legislative action plan;

(ii) Focuses on general development

programmes for the benefit of the families

of children; and

(iii) Project-based action plan in areas of high

concentration of child labour.

The Child and Adolescent Labour

(Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 as amended

in 2016 inter-alia covers complete prohibition on

employment or work of children below 14 years of

age in all occupations and processes; linking the

age of the prohibition of employment with the age

for free and compulsory education under Right to

Education Act, 2009; prohibition on employment of

adolescents (14 to 18 years of age) in hazardous

occupations or processes and making stricter

punishment for the employers contravening the

provisions of the Act.

The Child Labour (Prohibition &

Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2017, inter-alia,

cover provision for prevention, rescue and

rehabilitation and convergence, definition of “help”

in the family enterprises owned by the family of the

child and regulation of child artists to ensure their

safety and security. The Rules also provides for

District Nodal Officer (DNO) and Task Force under

the chairmanship of District Magistrate to ensure

that the provisions of theAct are properly enforced.

The Act defines the jurisdiction of both

Central and State Governments in implementing

the Act. The Central Government is the

“appropriate Government” in relation to

establishments under the control of the Central

Government or a railway administration or a major

port or a mine or oilfield. In all other cases, the State

Government is the “appropriate Government”. The

Legal Protection of Children at Work

12.3

12.4

12.5

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State Action Plan issued by the Ministry

enumerates the actions arisen on the part of State

Governments/UTs after enactment of the

Amendment Act.

The Schedule of hazardous occupations

and processes of the Act is divided in two parts

namely 'Part A' covering a list of hazardous

occupations and processes in which adolescents

are prohibited to work and children are prohibited

to help in family or family enterprises and 'Part B'

covering an additional list of occupations and

processes where children are prohibited to help in

family or family enterprises (in addition to 'Part A').

The revised schedule of the Act is at

After making suitable amendment in the

Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act 1986

in 2016, India ratified ILO conventions No.138

(minimum age of entry to employment) and 182

(worst form of child labour) on 13.06.2017. By

ratifying these two core conventions, India join

majority of the countries who have adopted the

legislation to prohibit and place severe restrictions

on the employment and work of children.

The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

framed by the Ministry works as a ready reckoner

for trainers, practitioners and monitoring agencies

to ensure complete prohibition of child labour and

protection of adolescents from hazardous labour

ultimately leading to Child Labour Free India. The

online portal PENCIL (Platform for Effective

Enforcement for No Child Labour) developed by

the Ministry provide for a mechanism for both

enforcement of the legislative provisions and

effective implementation of the National Child

Labour Project (NCLP). The Portal has

components like Complaint Corner, Child Tracking

System, and NCLP Scheme implementation and

monitoring. Now complaints of child labour can be

registered electronically on the Portal to the

concerned District Nodal Officers (DNOs) for

taking prompt action.

Government started the National Child

12.6

Annexure

12.1.

12.7

12.8

Project Based action

12.9

Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme in 1988 to

rehabilitate working children in the child labour

endemic districts of the country.

The NCLP scheme is a Central Sector

scheme. Under the scheme, project societies are

set up at the district level under the

Chairpersonship of the Collector / District

Magistrate for overseeing the implementation of

the project. Under the NCLP Scheme, children in

the age group of 9-14 years, withdrawn from work

are put into Special Training Centers, where they

are provided with bridge education, vocational

training, mid-day meal, stipend, health-care

facilities etc. and finally mainstreamed to the formal

education system. Children in the age group of 5-8

years are directly linked to the formal education

system through coordination with the Samagra

ShikshaAbhiyan (SSA).

The NCLP Scheme has now been assimilated

with “Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan” Scheme of

Ministry of Education, Department of School

Education and Literacy in phased manner after

01st April 2021 to avoid the duplication of efforts at

the District and State level. The children rescued /

identified as child labour, after completing the

necessary formalities, may be admitted to Special

Training Centre, operated in the district under SSA

Scheme.

The year-wise budget allocation and

expenditure incurred under the scheme during last

four years are as under:

12.10

12.11

Year Budget

Allocation

(Final

Grant)

Expenditure

2017-18 95.17 94.03

2018-19 89.99 89.99

2019-20 78 77.47

2020-21 49 41.20

2021-22 20 18.45

2022-23 20 15.40

(Upto 21

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Monitoring of the NCLP Scheme

12.12

12.13

12.14

COVERGENCE OF GOVERNMENT

PROGRAMMES

12.15

A Central Monitoring Committee under the

chairpersonship of Secretary, Ministry of Labour &

Employment, exists for the overall supervision and

monitoring of the National Child Labour Project.

State Governments have also been advised to set

up State Level Monitoring Committees similar to

the Central Monitoring Committee.

To ensure involvement of State

Government in implementation and monitoring of

the NCLP Scheme and to make awareness

generation activities to curb the menace of child

labour it has been decided to form State Resource

Centre (SRC) in every State / UT under the

Chairmanship of State Labour Secretary. The

PENCIL portal developed by the Ministry connect

Central Governments, Districts and all Project

Societies. The SRCs will coordinate and monitor

the implementation of the NCLP Scheme in their

respective State through PENCIL portal and also

update its reports on the portal.

Ministry has developed functionalities on

the portal for capturing online attendance through

Pencil portal for the children enrolled in the STCs

under the NCLP Scheme and for speedy payment

of stipend through DBT to children.

The Government is taking very focused and

concerted efforts towards the convergence of the

on-going developmental schemes of the Central

Government, State Government and at the District

level. Government of India initiatives to bestow

certain rights and schemes for Employment

Generation and Social Security are all part of the

efforts to eliminate child labour. Under the NCLP

guidelines, much emphasis has been given for its

convergence with Samgra Siksha Abhiyan (SSA)

and other schemes. School uniforms and text

books to each child in the NCLP schools (STCs) is

sought for under SSA whereas nutritious cooked

mid-day meal is ensured through PM POSHAN

(POshan SHAkti Nirman) Scheme of the

Government. The provision of primary health care

including health check-ups and maintenance of

health cards is also provided through School

Health Programme under NRHM.

As per the scheme guidelines of NCLP Scheme,

NCLP Special Training Centre would be

operational only in those districts where no Special

Training Centre (s) under SSA is operational in that

area. Further, the NCLP scheme guidelines also

envisages the convergence with the annual survey

of 'out of school' children under SSA.

The educational rehabilitation of the

children also needs to be supplemented with

economic rehabilitation of their families. The

Government is adopting a sequential approach

with focus on proper rehabilitation of not only the

working children but their families also through

revised NCLP scheme and convergence of various

developmental schemes of the Government.

Ministry of Women and Child Development is to

provide for food and shelter to the children

withdrawn from work through their schemes of

Shelter Homes, etc as part of the Integrated Child

Protection Programme. Ministry of Rural

Development is to provide employment

opportunities to the parents of the children near

their place of residence under MGNREGA.

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution is to provide subsidized food grains

under the Food SecurityAct.

In order to give the statutory back up for

the rehabilitation Fund, the Government has

made a provision in the Child Labour (Prohibition

& Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 for

constitution of Child & Adolescent Labour

Rehabilitation Fund at district level to ensure that

child and adolescent is not only rescued but his

future is secured by the amount collected in fund

for his welfare and education. The amount of fine

realized from the employer of the child or

adolescent shall be credited in the rehabilitation

Fund and an amount of fifteen thousand will also

be credited by the appropriate Government for

each of the child and adolescents rescued from

the work.

12.16

Provision of Child & Adolescent Labour

Rehabilitation Fund:

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Annexure 12.1

Mines and Collieries (underground and

underwater) and related work in,-

(i) stone quarries;

(ii) brick kilns;

(iii) preparatory and incidental processes

thereof including extraction, grinding,

cutting, splitting, polishing, collection,

cobbling of stones or lime or slate or silica or

mica or any other such element or mineral

extracted from the earth; or

(iv) open pit mines

Inflammable substances and explosives such

as -

(i) production, storage or sale of fire crackers;

(ii) for manufacture, storage, sale, loading,

unloading or transport of explosives as

defined under the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of

1884);

(iii) work relating to manufacturing, handling,

grinding, glazing, cutting, polishing,

welding, moulding, electro-plating, or any

other process involving inflammable

substances;

(iv) waste management of inflammable

substances, explosives and their by-

products; or

(v) natural gas and other related products.

Ferrous Metallurgical Industries

(i) Integrated Iron and Steel;

(ii) Ferro-alloys;

(iii) Special Steels.

“PART A

Hazardous occupations and processes in

which adolescents are prohibited to work and

children are prohibited to help

Hazardous processes (serial numbers (3) to

(31) below are as specified in the First

Schedule of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of

1948))

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

Non-ferrous Metallurgical Industries: Primary

Metallurgical Industries, namely zinc, lead,

copper, manganese and aluminum.

Foundries (ferrous and non-ferrous): Castings

and forgings including cleaning or

smoothening or roughening by sand and shot

blasting.

Coal (including coke) Industries

(i) Coal, Lignite, Coke, similar other

substance;

(ii) Fuel Cases (including Coal Gas, Producer

Gas, Water Gas).

Power Generating Industries.

Pulp and paper (including paper products)

Industries.

Fertilizer Industries:

(I) Nitrogenous;

(ii) Phosphatic;

(iii) Mixed.

Cement Industries: Portland Cement (including

slag cement, puzzolona cement and their

products).

Petroleum Industries:

(i) Oil Refining;

(ii) Lubricating Oils and Greases.

Petro-chemical Industries.

Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industries:

Narcotics, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals.

Fermentation Industries (Distilleries and

Breweries).

Rubber (Synthetic Industries).

Paints and Pigment Industries.

Leather Tanning Industries.

Electro-plating Industries.

Chemical Industries:

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(i) Coke Oven By-products and Coaltar

Distillation products;

(ii) Industrial Gases (nitrogen, oxygen,

acetylene, argon, carbon dioxide,

hydrogen, Sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide,

halogenated hydrocarbon, ozone, similar

other gas);

(iii) Industrial Carbon;

(iv) Alkalies andAcids;

(v) Chromates and dichromates;

(vi) Lead and its compounds;

(vii)Electro chemicals (metallic sodium,

potassium and magnesium, chlorates, per

chlorates and peroxides);

(viii)Electro thermal produces artificial

abrasive, calcium carbide);

(ix) Nitrogenous compounds (cyanides,

cyanamides, and other nitrogenous

compounds);

(x) Phosphorus and its compounds;

(xi) Halogens and Halogenated compounds

(chlorine, flourine, bromine and iodine);

(xii)Explosives (including industrial explosives

and detonators and fuses).

Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides and

other pesticides industries.

Synthetic Resin and Plastics.

Man-made Fiber (Cellulosic and non-

cellulosic) industry.

Manufacture and repair of electrical

accumulators.

Glass and Ceramics.

Grinding or glazing of metals.

Manufacture, handling and processing of

asbestos and its pr oducts.

Extraction of oils and fats from vegetable

and animal sources.

(

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

Manufacture, handling and use of benzene

and substances containing benzene.

Manufacturing processes and operations

involving carbon disulphide.

Dyes and dyestuff including their

intermediates.

Highly flammable liquids and gases.

Process involving handling and processing

of hazardous and toxic chemicals as

specified in Part-II of the Schedule Ito the

Manufacture, Storage and Import of

Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989.

Work in slaughter houses and abattoirs

including work with guillotines.

Work involving exposure to radioactive

substances including electronic waste and

incidental processes therein.

Ship breaking.

Salt Mining or Salt Pan Work.

Hazardous processes as specified in

Schedule IX to the Building and Other

Construction Workers' (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service)

Central Rules, 1998.

Work in beedi-making or processing of

tobacco including manufacturing, pasting

and handling tobacco or any drugs or

psychotropic substance or alcohol in any

form in food processing and beverage

industry and at bars, pubs, parties or other

similar occasions that serve alcoholic

substances.

Any occupation concerned with -

transport of passengers, goods or mails by

railways;

PART B

List of occupations and processes where

children are prohibited to help in family or

family enterprises (in addition to PART A)

Occupations

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10.

11.

12.

13.

15.

Processes

cinder picking, clearing of an ash pit or

building operation in the railway premises;

work in a catering establishment at a railway

station, involving the movement of a vendor

or any other employee of the establishment

from one platform to another or into or out of

a moving train;

work relating to the construction of a railway

station or with any other work where such

work is done in close proximity to or

between the railway tracks;

Aport authority within the limits of any port;

automobile workshops and garages;

handloom and powerloom industry;

plastic units and fiberglass workshops;

domestic workers or servants;

dhabas (roadside eateries), restaurants,

hotels, motels, resorts;

diving;

circus;

caring of Elephant;

power driven bakery machine;

shoe making

Carpet-weaving including preparatory and

incidental process thereof;

Cement manufacture, including bagging of

cement;

Cloth printing, dyeing and weaving

including processes, preparatory and

incidental thereto;

Shellac manufacture;

Soap manufacture;

Wool-cleaning;

Building and construction industry including

processing and polishing of granite stones;

hauling and stacking materials; carpentry;

14.

masonry;

Manufacture of slate pencils (including

packing);

Manufacture of products from agate;

Cashew and cashew nut descaling and

processing;

Metal cleaning, photo engraving and

soldering processes in electronic

industries;

Aggarbatti manufacturing;

Automobile repairs and maintenance

including processes incidental thereto

namely, welding, lathe work, dent beating

and painting;

Roof tiles units;

Cotton ginning and processing and

production of hosiery goods;

Detergent manufacturing;

Fabrication workshops (ferrous and non-

ferrous);

Gem cutting and polishing;

Handling of chromite and manganese ores;

Jute textile manufacture and coir making;

Lime kilns and manufacture of lime;

Lock making;

Manufacturing processes having exposure

to lead such as primary and secondary

smelting, welding and cutting of lead-

painted metal constructions, welding of

galvanized or zinc silicate, polyvinyl

chloride, mixing (by hand) of crystal glass

mass, sanding or scraping of lead paint,

burning of lead in enamelling workshops,

lead mining, plumbing, cable making, wire

patenting, lead casting, type founding in

printing shops. shot making and lead glass

blowing;

Manufacture of cement pipes, cement

products and other related work;

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

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25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

Manufacture of glass, glass ware including

bangles, florescent tubes, bulbs and other

similar glass products;

Manufacturing or handling of pesticides and

insecticides;

Manufacturing or processing and handling

of corrosive and toxic substances;

Manufacturing of burning coal and coal

briquettes;

Manufacturing of sports goods involving

exposure to synthetic materials, chemicals

and leather;

Oil expelling and refinery;

Paper making;

Potteries and ceramic industry;

Polishing, moulding, cutting, welding and

manufacturing of brass goods in all forms;

Processes in agriculture where tractors,

threshing and harvesting machines are

used and chaff cutting;

Saw mill – all processes;

Sericulture processing;

Skinning, dyeing and processes for

manufacturing of leather and leather

products;

Tyre making, repairing, re-treading and

graphite beneficiation;

Utensils making, polishing and metal

buffing;

Zari' making and processes involving the

use of (all processes);zari

41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

51.

52.

53.

54.

Graphite powdering and incidental

processing;

Grinding or glazing of metals;

Diamond cutting and polishing;

Rag picking and scavenging;

Mechanized fishing;

Food processing;

Beverage industry;

Cultivating, sorting, drying and packaging in

spice industry;

Timber handling and loading;

Mechanical lumbering;

Warehousing;

Massage parlours, gymnasiums, or other

recreational centres, or in medical facilities;

Operations involving the following

dangerous machines:-

(a) hoists and lifts;

(b) lifting machines, chains, ropes and

lifting tackles;

(d) power presses;

(e) machine tools used in the metal

trades;

Composing types for printing, printing by

letter press, lithography, photogravure or

other similar process or book-binding, as

specified in sub-clause (iv) of clause (k) of

section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948.”

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Directorate General Factory Advice Service &

Labour Institutes (DGFASLI)

13.1

13.2

13.3

The Directorate General Factory Advice

Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) Mumbai is

an attached office of the Ministry of Labour &

Employment. It functions as a technical arm of the

Ministry in regard to matters concerned with safety,

health and welfare of workers in factories and

ports. It assists the Central Government in

formulation/review of policies and legislations on

occupational safety and health in factories and

ports, maintains liaison with Factory Inspectorates

of States and Union Territories in regard to the

implementation and enforcement of provisions of

the Factories Act, 1948; renders advice on

technical matters, enforces the Dock Workers

(Safety Health & Welfare) Act, 1986; undertakes

research in industrial safety, occupational health,

industrial hygiene etc.; and provides training,

mainly, in the field of industrial safety and health

including one year Diploma Course in Industrial

Safety, three months Certificate Course in

Industrial Health (Associate Fellow of Industrial

Health-AFIH), 4-weeks Specialized Certificate

Course in Safety and Health for Supervisory

Personnel working in Hazardous Process

Industries.

The DGFASLI organisation comprises of

the headquarters; five Labour Institutes and 11

Inspectorates of Dock Safety in Major Ports. The

Headquarters in Mumbai has three divisions/ cells,

namely, Factory Advice Service Division, Dock

Safety Division and anAward Cell.

The Central Labour Institute in Mumbai

started working from 1959 and was shifted to its

present premises in February' 1966. Over the

years, the Institute has grown and assumed the

status of a major National Resource Centre with

the following divisions:

The different divisions at the Institute

undertake activities such as carrying out studies

and surveys, organizing training programmes,

seminars and workshops, rendering services, such

as, technical advice, safety audits, testing and

issuance of performance reports for personal

protective equipment, delivering talks, etc.

The Regional Labour Institutes (RLIs)

located in Chennai, Faridabad, Kanpur and

Kolkata, are serving the respective regions of the

country. Each of these institutes has the following

divisions/ sections:

The Inspectorates of Dock Safety are

established at 11 major ports of India viz. Kolkata,

Mumbai, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip,

Kandla, Mormugao, Tuticorin, Cochin, New

Mangalore and Jawaharlal Nehru Port. The

Inspectorate of Dock Safety at Ennore Port is in the

process of being set up.

The manpower position of the organization

as on 31.12.2022 is given in box as below:

Industrial Safety

Industrial Hygiene

Industrial Medicine

Work Environmental Engineering

Staff Training and Productivity

Major Accident Hazards Control

13.4

13.5

Industrial Safety

Industrial Hygiene

Industrial Medicine

13.6

13.7

Chapter-13

OCCUPATIONAL

SAFETY & HEALTH

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A. ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION

I. Safety and Health in Factories

13.8

13.9.

The Factories Act, 1948 is the principal

legislation for regulating various aspects relating

to safety, health and welfare of workers employed

in factories. This Act is a Central Enactment,

which aims at protecting workers employed in

factories from industrial and occupational

hazards. The State Governments and Union

Territory Administration frame their Rules under

the Act and enforce provisions of the Act and

respective rules through their Factory

Inspectorates/Directorates.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment is

accountable to the Parliament for proper

enforcement of the Act. Uniformity in the

application of the provisions of the Act in various

States and Union Territories is achieved by

circulating the Model Rules prepared by DGFASLI,

which are incorporated by them in their State

Factories Rules with necessary modifications to

suit local needs. In the task of framing the Model

Rules, the DGFASLI, on behalf of the Ministry of

Labour and Employment, enlists the cooperation

and consultation of the State Governments by

convening annually a Conference of Chief

Inspectors of Factories (CIF) of the States and UTs.

The Conference discusses matters relating to the

administration of the Act as well as proposed

amendments. Besides, the Conference also

serves as a forum for discussion on the latest

development in the field of Occupational Safety

and Health.

The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and

Welfare) Act, 1986 came into force on 14 April,

1987. The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and

Welfare) Rules, 1989 and Regulations, 1990 were

framed under this Act. The Act and Regulations

cover the safety, health & welfare aspects of dock

worker engaged in loading, unloading &

transportation of cargo, including the work

incidental to dock work. In addition, the

Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous

Chemicals Rules, 1989 framed under the

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 are also

enforced by DGFASLI in the major ports of India

through the Inspectorates of Dock Safety.

II Inspectorate of Dock Safety

13.10

Name of the

Department

Group A Group B Group C Total

SWVSWVSWV SW V

Head Quarters 15 8 7 24 10 14 18 12 6 57 30 27

CLI, Mumbai 22 18 4 6 5 1 79 46 33 107 69 38

RLI, Chennai 9 6 3 2 1 1 27 11 16 38 18 20

RLI, Faridabad 8 5 3 2 1 1 10 6 4 20 12 8

RLI, Kanpur 9 4 5 2 1 1 29 12 17 40 17 23

RLI, Kolkata 9 7 2 2 1 1 27 9 18 38 17 21

Inspectorates

of Dock Safety

14 6 8 11 7 4 31 8 23 56 21 35

Total 86 54 32 49 26 23 221 104 117 356 184 172

Manpower position of DGFASLI

Note - S: Sanctioned Strength, W: Working, V: Vacant

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13.11

13.12

13.13

13.14

Annexure-I

III. TRAINING PROGRAMMES

13.15

Administration of the Act and the

Regulations in major ports is carried out by the

Ministry of Labour & Employment, through

DGFASLI, Mumbai. The Director General is the

Chief Inspector of Dock Safety appointed under the

Act. The Chief Inspector of Dock Safety is also an

authority for enforcement of the Manufacture,

Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals

Rules, 1989 framed under the Environment

(Protection) Act, 1986 in the major ports.

The above statutes are enforced by the

Inspectors posted at Inspectorate of Dock Safety at

all the major ports viz. Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai,

Kandla, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin,

Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Jawaharlal

Nehru Port except Ennore where the Inspectorate

is being set up. Presently, the enforcement in this

Port is carried out by the Inspectors posted in

Inspectorate Dock Safety, Chennai.

The main function of the Inspectorates is to

ensure the compliance with the provisions under

the statutes. The statutory responsibilities of

Inspector include inspection of ships, tankers,

loose-gears, container-handling equipment,

docks, container-yard and terminal, hazardous

installations and isolated storages, tanks; carrying

out the investigation of accidents (fatal and

serious) and dangerous occurrences; prosecution

of employers, attending to complaints, providing

advisory services and conducting safety

promotional activities like training programmes,

workshops, celebration of safety week etc. The

Inspectorate also prosecutes the agency

responsible for violation of any provision of the Act

and Regulations framed there under.

The details of the enforcement activities

(various inspections, investigations, prosecutions,

promotional activities, etc.) carried out by the Dock

Safety Inspectorates at all major ports for the

administration and enforcement of the Dock Safety

statutes is given in

DGFASLI regularly conducts a number of

training programmes of varying duration for the

awareness and effective compliance of

standards/measures to ensure Safety and Health

at workplace. Through its Central/Regional Labour

Institutes, the DGFASLI conducts the following

programmes:

Advance Diploma in Industrial Safety

(ADIS), one-year diploma courses are held

at CLI Mumbai, RLI Chennai, RLI

Faridabad, RLI Kanpur and RLI Kolkata,

wherein candidates from various private

and government organisations participate

to become qualified Safety Officers as

required under section 40(B) of the

Factories Act, 1948 and Rules made there

under.

Associate Fellow of Industrial Health

(AFIH), three-months certificate course for

qualified medical practitioners to be

engaged as Factory Medical Officers in

Occupational Health Centres in the

Factories.

4-weeks Specialized Certificate Course for

Supervisors employed in Hazardous

Process industries under section 41C (b) of

the Factories Act, 1948.

10-days Basic Course for newly recruited

Inspectors of factories.

5-days Refresher Course for Senior

Inspectors of factories.

15-days full time certificate course on

Safety in Working at Height & Scaffolding.

15-days full time certificate course on

Safety in Excavation and Tunneling.

15-days full time certificate course on

Safety in Material Handling and Lifting

Operations

In-plant training programmes for the

industries.

Other training programmes like Long

duration training programme (2 or more

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days duration), Short duration training

programme (1 or 2 days duration), Half-day

duration online training programme,

Seminar, Workshop, Appreciation

programme, Talks, etc. for industry

personnel.

National Studies and Surveys are

conducted by DGFASLI, in its efforts towards

helping the Central Government to ascertain the

status of working conditions, safety and health in

factories and docks, and to formulate the

appropriate standards for inclusion in statutes. Unit

level consultancy studies are carried out at the

request of the management and reports are

submitted for implementation of the

recommendations for further improvementsin

factories concerned

Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare

Centre of the Central Labour Institute and Regional

Labour Institutes promote the hazard

communication through display of panels, models,

charts, graphs, write-ups etc. which is visited by

workers, executives from industry and delegates

from other countries.

The laboratories for respiratory personal

protective equipment testing at Central Labour

Institute, Mumbai undertake performance tests of

Canisters, Dust Masks, SCBA Air Quality

equipment, etc. as per relevant BIS standards.

The laboratories for non-respiratory

personal protective equipment testing at Central

Labour Institute, Mumbai undertake performance

tests of Helmets, Safety Shoes, Safety Goggles,

Safety Belts and Welding Glasses etc. as per

IV. STUDIES AND SURVEYS

13.16

V. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HEALTH &

WELFARE CENTRE

13.17

VI. TESTING OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE

EQUIPMENT

A. Respiratory Personal Protective

Equipment:

13.18

13.19

Non-Respiratory Personal Protective

Equipment:

relevant BIS standards.

Officers of DGFASLI represented on

several BIS Committees/Sub-committees dealing

with Safety and Health matter and offered

comments on draft standards.

The Government of India has enacted the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020 and the same has been

assented by the Hon'ble President of India.

The said code consolidates and amends the

laws regulating the Occupational safety, health

and working conditions of the persons

employed in establishments. The Code

replaces 13 central labour laws including the

FactoriesAct, 1948.

Further, the Government of India has

constituted four Expert Committees for the

purpose of framing standards and rules

relating to Safety, Health and Welfare as under

Section 18, Section 23 and Section 24 of the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020 pertaining to Factories,

Dock Works and Building & Other Construction

Works. One Expert Committee has been

exclusively formed for framing Fire Safety

Standards under Section 18 of the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020.

The Expert Committees have framed and

submitted in March 2022 the draft standards

and rules relating to Safety, Health and Welfare

as under Section 18, Section 23 and Section 24

of the Occupational Safety, Health and

Working Conditions Code, 2020 pertaining to

Factories, Dock Works and Building & Other

Construction Works.

VII. REPRESENTATION ON BIS COMMITTEES

13.20

VIII. Activities and future plans

(a) Activities carried out during 1 January,

2022 to 31 December, 2022

1. Occupation Safety and Health (OSH)

Legislation Occupational Safety, Health &

Working Conditions Code, 2020

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2.Conference of Chief Inspector of

Factories

3. Construction Advisory Service Division

The Expert Committee for fire safety has

framed and submitted in March 2022 the draft

Fire Safety Standards under Section 18 of the

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020.

A conference of the Chief Inspectors of

Factories of the States is convened annually by

DGFASLI for cooperation and consultation of

the State/UT Governments in the matters

relating to the administration of the Factories

Act, 1948 as well as to discuss proposed

amendments relating to it. Besides, this

conference also serves as a forum for

discussion on the latest developments in the

field of Occupational Safety and Health. The

57th all India Conference of Chief Inspectors of

Factories was organized on 10th March 2022

in hybrid mode as part of Iconic Week

Celebration (7th March – 13th March, 2022)

under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav at Directorate

General of Factory Advice Service and Labour

Institutes (DGFASLI), Mumbai, Government of

India, Ministry of Labour and Employment

under the chairmanship of Dr. R. K. Elangovan,

Director General, DGFASLI, Mumbai, Ministry

of Labour and Employment. The Conference

was attended by 24 delegates from 18 States

and Union Territories.

The Safety and Health of the construction

workers has been a matter of concern for the

Ministry of Labour and Employment. In order to

augment its efforts in this direction, it approved

and created “Construction Advisory Service

(CAS) Division” at DGFASLI, Mumbai. The

division is an advisory mechanism for Chief

Labour Commissioner (Central) for the

administration of the Building and Other

Construction Workers (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service) Act,

1996 and Central Rules, 1998 framed

thereunder.

The functions of the Construction Advisory

Service Division are as follows:-

iii.

iv.

This Division has initiated to start following

certificate courses in the field of Construction

Safety:

ii.

iii.

iv.

To co-ordinate and assist the Ministry on

matters connected with the regulatory

aspects pertaining to Construction Safety

as under the Building and Other

Construction Workers (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service)

Act, 1996, Central Rules, 1998 and State

Rules as well as the Occupational Safety,

Health and Working Conditions Code,

2020.

i To provide Construction Advisory Services

to CLC (Central), State Government and

Construction Industry as enumerated

under the Building and Other Construction

Workers (Regulation of Employment and

Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and

Central Rules, 1998 as well as

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020.

Building competence of the technical

officers of the enforcement agencies of the

Central and State Government by

imparting training on Occupational Safety

and Health (OSH) in Construction Industry.

Co-operating with National and

International agencies with regards to

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in

Construction Sector.

Three-months full-time certificate course in

Construction Safety

15-days full-time certificate course on

Safety in Working at Height & Scaffolding

15-days full-time certificate course on

Safety in Excavation & Tunnelling

15-days full-time certificate course on

Safety in Material Handling & Lifting

Operations

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4. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

with International Agencies

5. Online Training Workshop/Seminar in

collaboration with DGUV Germany

6. Online Workshop on 'Possibilities of Use

of Drone Technology' by the Organizations

of Ministry of Labour & Employment-

Record Note of Discussion

The Memorandum of Understanding between

DGFASLI, Ministry of Labour and Employment,

Govt. of India and DGUV, Germany has been

renewed for a time period of three (3) years

w.e.f. 27 April 2022. The said MoU deals with

an objective to establish a mutual collaboration

that seeks to enhance safety and health at

work, to reduce the occurrence of work related

accidents and diseases and to promote social

protection, to build up technical competency

and to update the technical skills of the officers

in line with the international standards and

technological advancements of the developed

countries.

DGFASLI organised and conducted an online

training workshop on "Chemical Safety' in

collaboration with German Social Accident

Insurance (DGUV), Germany for Dock Safety

Inspectors of DGFASLI, Safety and Health

professionals of State Chief Inspectorate of

Factories and Major & Minor Ports. A total of

118 delegates attended the workshop.

An Online Workshop on 'Possibilities of Use of

Drone Technology' by the Organisations of

Ministry of Labour & Employment was

organised on 13 June, 2022 virtually. It was

attended by Senior Officers of organizations of

Ministry of Labour & Employment.

Dr. R.K. Elangovan, DG, DGFASLI mentioned

that drone technology can be deployed mainly

to monitor safety compliance at construction

sites, ports, harbours etc. which are spread

over vast stretches of area. He stated that a

pilot project could be taken up on this. He also

added that employment of contract labour,

casual labour and their PPE Compliance can

also be monitored by drones' usage.

One-day Online National Seminar on

Occupational Health and Diseases was

organised on 7 March 2022, for factory

medical officers, certifying surgeons,

occupational health practitioners,

occupational health nurses, general

medical practitioners, occupational health

specialists, academicians, undergraduate

and post graduate medical students,

industrial hygienists. Technical sessions on

different aspects of occupational health and

diseases were discussed by eminent

experts in the field of occupational health.

The program was attended by a total of 560

delegates from more than 300 industries.

One-day Online National Seminar on Fire

Safety in Factories, Construction and Dock

Work was organised on 9 March 2022. The

seminar was attended by 243 participants.

Eminent Speakers from the Industries and

Academic Institutions shared the

knowledge and experiences. The seminar

presented the participants the knowledge

to prevent the fire hazards and also the

control techniques in fire prevention.

National Conference on Occupational

Safety & Health in Construction Industry

was conducted on 11 March 2022 at MMA

Management Centre, Chennai which was

attended by 480 delegates. In this

conference Dr. R K Elangovan, Director

General, DGFASLI has launched “Manual

of Construction Safety for Supervisors” and

“Booklet on Construction Safety for

Workers”.

National Workshop on “Occupational

Safety and Health in Dock Work was

conducted by DGFASLI in collaboration

with Chennai Port Trust and Kamarajar Port

Limited, Ennore, Chennai, organised a one

Day National Workshop on “Occupational

7. Iconic Week Celebrations (7 March to

13 March, 2022)

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Safety and Health in Dock Work” through

online Mode on 12 March 2022. A total of

440 delegates various organisations

including stevedore organisations from

various ports and technical institutes had

participated. As a part of this National

workshop, PPE demonstrations at different

terminals of Chennai Port Trust and

Kamarajar Port Limited, Ennore were

carried out by Inspectorate Dock Safety,

Chennai.

Personal Protective Equipment Awareness

Campaign for workers and supervisors in

various construction sites was organised

on the last day of the Iconic Week of Azadi

ka Amrit Mahotsav. Officers and staff of

DGFASLI travelled to various construction

sites and demonstrated the safe use and

importance of PPE in construction industry.

The Ministry vide gazette notification S.O.

2948(E) dated 14.08.2019 and S.O. 4811(E)

dated 15.09.2022 constituted the Technical

Advisory Committee (TAC). The 4 meeting

(physical) on the review of the Schedule to the

Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) Act, 1986 by the TAC under the

Chairmanship of Dr. R. K. Elangovan, Director

General, DGFASLI was held on 31 October,

2022 at DGFASLI, Mumbai. The TAC

discussed and undertook a comprehensive

review of Part A and Part B of the Schedule to

the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition

and Regulation) Act, 1986. The minutes of the

meeting recommendations on the review of the

Schedule, and recommended revised Part A &

Part B of the Schedule to the Child and

Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) Act, 1986 were sent to Ministry for

consideration

8. 4 meeting (Physical) on the review of

the Schedule to the Child and

Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) Act, 1986 by the Technical

Advisory Committee

DGFASLI is conducting a number of

awareness programmes on Occupational

Safety, Health and Productivity under the

. This is an initiative of the

Government of India to celebrate and

commemorate 75 glorious years of progressive

India and the glorious history of its people,

culture and achievements.

The awareness programmes are conducted for

workers, employed in factories, ports and

construction sites, with a view to promote

occupational safety and health and prevent

occurrence of occupational injuries and

diseases. The objective of the programme is to

create awareness amongst the workers on

Occupational Safety and Health, so that the

workers can understand the importance of

safety and following standard operating

procedures for preventing occupational injuries

and diseases.

The awareness campaign commenced from 1

July, 2021. Various awareness programmes

are conducted through the 5 Labour Institutes

and 11 IDS offices spread in different parts of

the country. The awareness programmes are

organised free of cost and at workplaces, i.e. in

steel, engineering, atomic energy, power, port,

manufacturing sector, port premises and at

construction sites, in local languages so that

workers can easily understand the concept of

safety and health and the importance of

anticipation and prevention of occupational

injuries and diseases. Special emphasis is laid

to reach out to the women and casual workers.

Further, contract/casual workers working in

Hazardous factories and Construction work

have also been covered under .

This nationwide awareness programme will be

continued in the coming months. The details of

the programmes conducted under Azadi ka

Amrit Mahotsav during the year 2022 is given in

9. Celebration of

(AKAM):

Annexure-IV.

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Azadi

ka Amrit Mahotsav

Amrit Mahotsav

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10.Special Swachhta Campaign 2.0

conducted successfully at DGFASLI

11. e-Shram Portal registration

12. ISO 9001:2015 Certification (Quality

The Swachhta Campaign 2.0 was successfully

conducted in the Directorate General Factory

Advice Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI)

organization from 1 October to 31 October

2022. The five labour institutes viz. Central

Labour Institute Mumbai and Regional Labour

Institutes at Chennai, Faridabad, Kanpur and

Kolkata carried out a special drive to ensure

cleanliness in the institute premises with

special focus on office rooms, institute

laboratories, wash rooms and office desks.

During the month-long campaign about 400

files were reviewed and 345 files have been

disposed. Unwanted materials, scrap have

been identified and about 120 kg scrap was

disposed off and about 600 sq. meter space

has been freed.

The surrounding areas for all the institute

premises have been cleaned for shrubs and

weeds. The trees have been trimmed and

streets cleaned to give the premises a

presentable look. The premise at CLI Mumbai

has been taken up for beautification. The

Special Campaign 2.0 was successfully

organized giving a neat and clean look to the

premises.

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has

developed e-Shram portal for creating a

National Database of Unorganized Workers

(NDUW), which will be seeded with Aadhaar. It

is the first-ever national database of

unorganised workers including migrant

workers, construction workers, gig and

platform workers, etc. DGFASLI has been

organising awareness camps in coordination

with all the major ports trust for registration of

unorganised workers in the e-Shram Portal.

During the year 2022, more than 8000

registration were made in the e-Shram portal

through IDS offices of DGFASLI.

Management Systems) of CLI Mumbai and

RLI Chennai, Faridabad, Kanpur and

Kolkata

13. Study on using Drone Technology for

undertaking regulatory Occupational

Safety and Health inspections in Factories,

Dock Works and Building and Other

Construction Works

ISO Consultant M/s 3E Management Noida has

been hired through GeM bidding for preparation

& finalization of QMS documents related to ISO

certification of CLI Mumbai and RLI Chennai,

Faridabad, Kanpur and Kolkata. Several review

meetings have been conducted with ISO

consultant and institutes for preparation and

finalization of QMS documents. Quality Policy

and Quality documents have been prepared and

finalised with ISO Consultant. Institute level

coordinators have been nominated and review

meetings have been conducted as per the

requirement of ISO 9001:2015 certification

system. ISO consultant has visited CLI Mumbai

and RLI Faridabad and Kanpur, conducted

physical meeting for finalization of QMS

Documents.

In the mean time, GeM bidding for hiring

Certification body for certification of CLI

Mumbai and RLI Chennai, Faridabad, Kanpur

and Kolkata has been done and Proposal

seeking Financial Sanction of Rs Rs

2,47,800/- towards M/s. BSCIC Certifications

Pvt. Ltd, Faridabad (Haryana) has been

submitted to the Ministry on 20.12.2022. ISO

9001:2015 Certification (Quality Management

Systems) of CLI Mumbai and RLI Chennai,

Faridabad, Kanpur and Kolkata will be

completed by 31 March 2023 as per

OperationalAction Plan.

DGFASLI has taken up 'Pilot Study' on using

Drone Technology for undertaking regulatory

Occupational Safety and Health inspections in

Factories, Dock Works and Building and Other

Construction Works as per directives from the

Ministry. The stake holder meetings were held

in Mumbai at the following venues:

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133

The field study by using the Drones was conducted

in the following factories and construction sites:-

The report of the above pilot study on the use of

Drone technology in Occupational Safety and

Health inspections at Factories, Dock Works

and Building and Other Construction Works is

under finalization.

Meeting Technical Advisory Committee

(TAC) on the review of the Schedule to the

Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition

and Regulation) Act, 1986 under the

Chairmanship of Dr. R. K. Elangovan,

Director General, DGFASLI

14. During the year 2022, Director General,

DGFASLI conducted and participated in

number of programmes on OSH. The

details of some of the programmes is as

follows:

ii.

iii.

iv.

vi.

vii.

viii.

DGFASLI organised and conducted the

National Conference on “Occupational

Safety and Health in construction Industry”

in collaboration with Confederation of Real

Estate Developers' Associations of India

(CREDAI) and Madras Management

Association (MMA). The conference was

held at MMA in hybrid mode under the

chairmanship of Dr. R.K. Elangovan,

Director General, DGFASLI, Mumbai.

DGFASLI Jointly organized a Training

program on the occasion of International

Labour Day on “Safety & Health” with

Dattopant Thengadi National Board for

Educational workers, which was attended

by 100 participants and delivered a

Technical talk.

DG, DGFASLI chaired a session on SHE-A

Way Forward in a Seminar on Safety,

Health & Environment (Theme -

Aatmanirbhar Bharat - SHE Challenges &

Opportunities) organized by NSCI in

Mumbai and delivered a technical session,

which was attended by 300 delegates.

DG, DGFASLI participated and delivered a

presentation in an online Workshop on

'Possibilities of Use of Drone Technology by

the Organizations of Ministry of Labour and

Employment’

DG, DGFASLI represented the DGFASLI

organization and presented before the

Parliamentary Committee on Official

Language at Hotel Taj Lands End, Bandra-

West, Mumbai.

DG, DGFASLI attended the Meeting of Civil

Defence Committee under the

Chairmanship of Union Home Secretary to

review policies and measure for

implementation of Civil Defence Set up in

the country.

DG, DGFASLI delivered a virtual talk on

“OSH Training & Awareness” in the

International Vision Zero Conference

Sl. Name of the authority Location

Bharat Petroleum

Corporation Limited

Mumbai

Mumbai Port Trust

Authority

Mumbai

Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Trust Authority

Mumbai

4. Labour Commissioner Mumbai

Sl.

Name of the Industry Location

Pharmaceutical

Factory (Hazardous

factory) (2 nos.)

Delhi

Ultra Tech Cement

Ltd. Unit- Sewagram

Cement Works

Kutch,

Gujarat

Pantheon Construction

Site

Bhuj,

Gujarat

L&T Constructions,

MTHL Pkg-1, Gate

No.2, STP Yard

Sewri,

Mumbai

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organised by Bharat Chamber of

Commerce, DGUV and DGFASLI at

Kolkata.

DG, DGFASLI conducted a field study at

L&T, Mumbai for identifying pros and cons

of using Drone Technology in Occupational

Safety & Health pertaining to Factories,

Dock works and Building and other

construction works.

DGFASLI also maintains data and

statistics related to administration of the

Factories Act, 1948 and Rules framed

thereunder; and administration of Dock

Workers (Safety, Health & Welfare) Act, 1986

and the Regulations, 1990 framed thereunder.

This information base is used in planning and

implementation of national policies concerning

occupational safety and health as well as

preparing replies to various parliament

questions related to administration of the

aforesaid Acts and Regulations. During the

period January, 2022 to December, 2022,

DGFASLI provided information/answers to 64

Parliament Questions, the details of which are

given in

During the period January, 2022 to

December, 2022 a number of training

programmes on Occupational Safety and

Health were conducted by DGFASLI. The

details of the programmes are mentioned in

Enforcement activities (various

inspections, investigations, prosecutions,

promotional activities, etc.) were carried out by

the Dock Safety Inspectorates at all major ports

for the administration and enforcement of the

Dock Safety statutes.

Awareness campaign has been organised

for the registration of unorganised workers in

the e-Shram portal in all major ports.

Swachhta Abhiyaan, Har Ghar Tiranga

Abhiyaan, Hindi Pakhwada etc. were held

across DGFASLI (Headquarters), Central

Labour Institute at Mumbai, Regional Labour

ix.

15.

Annexure-III.

16.

Annexure-II.

17.

18.

19.

Institutes at Chennai, Faridabad, Kanpur and

Kolkata; and IDS offices.

A new Regional Labour Institute at Shillong

is being set up to cater to the needs of the

North-Eastern states.

It is proposed to establish Regional Labour

Institute at Jammu to cater to the needs of

Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir,

Ladakh and State of Himachal Pradesh.

An online portal is being developed for

collection of qualitative and quantitative

data on OSH, and real time data on

accidents and dangerous occurrences,

from CIF/DISH of States and Uts.

Framing of rules/standards under the OSH

& WC Code, 2020.

Implementation of online portal for

issuance of Safety Performance Report for

renewal of license for stevedores.

More camps will be organised for

awareness of e-Shram portal in all the

major ports of India.

Implementation of e-Office and SPARROW

in DGFASLI.

Organisation of Conference of Chief

Inspector of Factories.

Organisation of Conference of Dock Safety

Inspectors.

Directorate General of Mines Safety

(DGMS) is the regulatory body and is a sub-

ordinate office to the Union Ministry of Labour &

Employment. The headquarters of DGMS is

located at Dhanbad, Jharkhand State. DGMS

administers Safety, Welfare and Health of workers

(a)

Mining Sector, Labour Safety and Occupational

Health

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF MINES SAFETY

(DGMS)

13.21

Future plans/Proposed activities for

January, 2023 to March, 2023

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135

employed in mines in India and functions as a

technical supplement to the Ministry in this area.

Safety, Welfare and Health of workers employed in

mines are the concern of Central Government

(Entry 55 – Union List – Article 246) under the

Constitution of India. These are regulated by the

Mines Act, 1952 [subsumed in the Occupational

Safety Health and Working Conditions (OSH&WC)

Code, 2020] and the Rules and Regulations

framed thereunder. Apart from administering the

Mines Act and Subordinate Legislation thereunder,

DGMS also administers some other allied

legislation in the mining sector.

Minerals are depleting assets of a nation.

Extraction of minerals from below the surface of the

earth is fraught with innumerable dangers. Mining

has been and continues to be a hazardous

profession and has rightly been deemed to be a

war with the unpredictable forces of nature. The

condition of roof and sides of underground mines

can change without any prior indication. Sudden

inrush of water, release of lethal and inflammable

gases or the fall of roof, etc. are unpredictable

dangers.

Mineral constitutes the backbone of the

economic growth of any nation and India has been

eminently endowed with this gift of nature.

Progressive industrialization witnessed the rise in

demand. Growth of mining under the impact of

successive Five Year Plans had been

phenomenal. To take care of the enhanced targets,

mechanization of mining activities has taken place.

Large-scale mechanization led to higher risk to

health and safety of the persons deployed in

mines. Accordingly, the role of the

has also

broadened.

The Mines Act, 1952, Subordinate

Legislation made thereunder and other allied

legislations administered by the Directorate are as

follows:

The Coal Mines Regulations, 2017

13.22

13.23

Directorate-

General of Mines Safety (DGMS)

13.24

The Mines Act, 1952 (subsumed in the

OSH&WC CODE, 2020)

The Metalliferous Mines Regulations,

1961.

The Oil Mines Regulations, 2017.

The Mines Rules, 1955.

The Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966.

The Mines Rescue Rules, 1985.

The Mines Crèche Rules, 1966.

The Coal Mines Pit Head Bath Rules, 1959.

Central Electricity Authority Regulations,

2010

The FactoriesAct, 1948: Chapters III & IV

The Manufacture, Storage & Import of

Hazardous Chemicals Rules. 1989 under

The Environmental ProtectionAct, 1986

The Coal Mines (Conservation &

Development) Act, 1974

To attain risk and hazard free conditions

of work and welfare of persons employed in

mines.

To identify and reduce risk of accidents

and occupational diseases in and around the

mine by:

Development of suitable legislation, Rules,

Regulations, standards and guidelines

Adequate measures to ensure compliance

and

Awareness initiatives to inculcate safety

and health culture amongst work-persons

and stakeholders

Inspection of mines.

Section 1.01 The Electricity Act, 2003

Section 1.02 Allied Legislation

Article II. ROLE AND FUNCTION OF DGMS

Vision of DGMS

13.25

Mission of DGMS

13.26

Current functions of DGMS broadly include:

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136

10.

11.

Investigation into -

(a) accidents

(b) dangerous occurrences - emergency

response

Grant of :

(a) statutory permission, exemptions &

relaxations

(b) approval of mine safety equipment,

material & appliances.

Maintaining information/ reports regarding

accidents, enquiries related to accidents

(as per rules/ regulation) etc. for future

planning.

Based on the above, reports are submitted

to various Parliament Committees as per

requirements.

Interactions for development of safety

equipment, material and safe work

practices through workshop etc.

To compile, process and maintain the data

related to accidents statistics pertaining to

Mines (Coal & Non-Coal)

Publication: To bring out the following

publications periodically :

(a) Statistics of Mines in India, Volume – I

(Coal) -(Yearly)

(b) Statistics of Mines in India, Volume – II

(Non-Coal) - (Yearly)

DGMS web-site) (Monthly)

(d) DGMS Standard Note – Yearly

Dissemination of mines accident and safety

related data to other organisations viz.

CSO, IBM, Labour Bureau, State

Governments, Ministry of Coal etc.

Assistance towards development of Safety

Legislation & Standards

Safety Information Dissemination.

12.

13.

(a)

(b)

ORGANISATION SET-UP

13.27

Conducting examinations for grant of

competency certificates to ensure that only

competent persons are appointed as

mine Managers, Surveyors, Overman,

Foreman, etc. (under the Coal Mines

Regulation, 2017 and the Metalliferous

Mines Regulation, 1961).

Safety promotional initiatives including:

Organisation of -

National Conference on Safety in Mines

National Safety Awards to the mines

practicing best safety standard;

Safety Weeks & Campaigns

Promoting -

- safety education and awareness

programmes

- workers' participation in safety

management through

workmen's inspector

safety committee

tripartite reviews

This is a subordinate office under the

Ministry of Labour and Employment with its

Headquarters at Dhanbad (Jharkhand). It is

headed by the Director General of Mines Safety. At

Head Quarters, Director General is assisted by

specialist officers of Mining, Electrical and

Mechanical Engineering, Statistics, Occupational

Health, Law, Survey, Administration and Accounts

disciplines. The Head Quarter also has a Technical

Library and S&T Laboratory as a back-up support

to the Organization. Field Organization has a two-

tier network. DGMS has eight zonal offices across

the country; each zone is under the charge of

Deputy Director-General. There are three to four

Regional offices under each Zonal office. Each

Region is under the charge of Director of Mines

safety. There are in all 29 such Regional Offices.

Two Sub-Regional offices have also been set up in

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137

important areas of concentrated mining activities

away from Regional offices. Each of these is under

the charge of Deputy Director. Besides having

inspecting officers of Mining cadre in each zone,

there are officers of Electrical and Mechanical

Engineering and Occupational Health disciplines.

DGMS has a Sanction Strength and in position as

on. 01.12.2022 shown below:

The table below shows the discipline –wise

strength of the inspecting officers of DGMS(as on

01.12.2022)

The following table shows the year-wise total

strength of DGMS:

Trend in fatal and serious accidents in Coal

mines are shown in Fig. 1. It can be seen that the

serious injury is constantly falling over the years.

Decreasing trend is seen in the death rate. To

minimize the rate further the Directorate General of

Mines Safety has taken various measures, the

analysis of that is given in Fig.10 and Fig. 11.

Trend in fatal and serious accidents in

metalliferous mines is shown in Fig. 2. Both

the rates have fluctuating trends over the

period.

Article:III TREND OF ACCIDENT

13.28

13.29

Sponsored Short Term Training Programme

(SSTTP)-Theme Based

Participants are sponsored by Trade

Unions/NGOs/IndustryAssociations/ chamber of

Commerce/ Contactors/ Mining/ CSR initiatives

etc.

: Unorganized & Rural workers, Self

Employed, Unemployed Youth, Workers in

IndustrialEstateetc.

The Central Board for Workers Education through

its Grants-in-Aid Scheme extends financial

assistance to Trade Union Organizations and

Educational Institutions etc. to conduct Workers

EducationProgrammesfortheirownworkers.

TheBoardalsosanctions grants-in-aid for National

Level Courses to the Central Trade Union

OrganizationsandNationalFederations.

Programmes for representatives from Central

Trade Union Organizations/ Federations and

Voluntary Organizations on different subjects are

conducted by the IIWE in addition to giving pre-

employment training to Education Officers and

reorientation to Regional Director and Education

Officersof the Board as well.

14.11

Target group

14.12 Shramik Chaupal Target group

GRANTS-IN-AID SCHEME

14.13 TRAINING PROGRAMMES OF THE

BOARD

NATIONAL LEVEL TRAINING PROGRAMMES

at IIWE

Daily

wage workers who assemble at various places like

Labour Chowks, industrial clusters and

constructionssites

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14.14 USE OF HINDI

14.15 Collaboration with Govt agencies -

Memorandum of Understanding

Hindi workshop was conducted from 22.03.2022 to

24.03.2022 for officials of the board. Various

competitions were held from 01.09.2022 to

15.9.2022. IIWE and all Regional Directorates of

the Board also celebrated Hindi Day and observed

Hindi Fortnight. All the officers and staff members

participatedenthusiastically.

Motilal Nehru National Institute of

Technology (MNNIT) for Capacity Building

oftheemployeesoftheboard

Indira Gandhi National Open University

(IGNOU) for reaching to mass with the help

of Radio, TV Channels, Preparation of

Educational Videos and Capacity Building

Programmes (Certificate and Appreciation

courses for professionals working in the

fieldofLabour)

National Skill Development Corporation

(NSDC) for mobilising the working class for

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and

SkillDevelopmentactivities.

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15.1

15.2

The Ministry is implementing many

schemes for improving life and dignity of labour

force both in Organized and Unorganized Sectors

during the current FY 2022-23. Main emphasis of

programmes / schemes is on elimination of Child

Labour, abolition and rehabilitation of Bonded

Labourers, Labour Welfare, Occupational Safety

and Health and Employment Generation The

important schemes under Social Security for

workers are: Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS),

1995, Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana

(ABRY), Social Security for Plantation Workers in

Assam, Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan

(PMSYM) for unorganized workers and National

Pension Scheme (NPS) for Traders and Self

Employed Persons. National Child Labour Project

(NCLP), Employment Generation Programs [i.e.

National Career Service and National Career

Service Centres (NCSC) for SC / ST] and Labour

Welfare Scheme for Beedi, Cine and Non-Coal

Mineworkersarealsoothermajorschemes.

Monitoring & Evaluation Unit (MEU) in the

Ministry of Labour & Employment deals with the

monitoring of expenditure of various schemes

under Development Action Plan for Scheduled

Castes (DAPSC) [erstwhile Scheduled Caste Sub-

Plan (SCSP)], Development Action Plan for

Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) [erstwhile Tribal Sub-

Plan (TSP) / Scheduled Tribe Component (STC)]

andNorthEasternRegion(NER)component

15.3

Table 15.1

15.4

15.5

15.6

The Ministry of Finance provided an outlay

of Rs. 16159.00 Crore for the Central Sector (CS) /

Centrally Sponsored (CSS) schemesof the

Ministry of Labour & Employment during the

Financial Year 2022-23. The schemes-wise

financialoutlaysaregivenin .

In compliance with the Government

directives, this Ministry has earmarked Rs.

2682.42 (16.60% of total allocation) for DAPSC

and Rs. 1389.69 Crore (8.60% of total allocation)

for DAPST under CS / CSS schemes during the

currentfiscalasperdetailsgiveninTable15.1.

10% of allocation (Rs. 1615.92 Crore) has

been earmarked specifically for North-Eastern

Region (NER) during 2022-23 under 10% Gross

BudgetarySupport(GBS)forNER..

Ministry of Labour & Employment

implements 11 Central Sector and 2 Centrally

Sponsored Schemes. Ministry also gives Grant-in-

aid to Autonomous Bodies viz., V.V.Giri National

Labour Institute & Dattopant Thengadi National

Board for Workers Education and Development.

List of the schemes along with budget estimates,

revised estimates and expenditure are given in

Table No 15.2 and 15.3.

Central Sector Schemes, Centrally Sponsored

Schemes, Establishment and Other Central

Sector Expenditure

PROGRAMMES

Chapter-15

167

168

Table 15.2

169

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170

NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE CENTRES FOR

SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED

TRIBES

The applicants are provided guidance at the

time of their registration with the Employment

Exchange and also when they are sponsored

against notified vacancies. The Centre also

follows up with the employers for placement

against vacancies reserved for the Scheduled

Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates.

16.1

Labour Welfare Funds/Schemes

16.2

National Career Service Centres (NCSCs)

for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

(erstwhile Coaching-cum-Guidance Centres for

SC/ST) were established by Directorate General

of Employment & Training (now Directorate

General of Employment), Ministry of Labour &

Employment, Govt. of India. These Centres

provide services to educated SC/ST job seekers

registered with Employment Exchanges for

enhancing their employability through coaching,

counselling and related training programmes.

Some of the programmes organized by these

Centres cover confidence building, individual

guidance, mock interviews, training and practice

in typing, shorthand and computer, etc.

For

furtherdetailsonNCSC-SC/STs refer chapter 24.

A number of schemes providing medical,

housing, educational, recreational, water supply

and family welfare benefits are being

implemented for workers [including SCs / STs

persons and persons with Disabilities (PWDs]

engaged in Mica Mines, Iron Ore, Manganese

Ore and Chrome Ore Mines, Limestone and

Dolomite Mines, Cine and Beedi workers under

the five Welfare Funds, namely, Mica Mines

Labour Welfare Fund; Limestone & Dolomite

Mines Labour Welfare Fund; Iron Ore Mines,

Manganese Ore and Chrome Ore Mines Labour

Welfare Fund; Cine Workers Welfare Fund; and

Beedi Workers Welfare fund set up by the Acts of

parliament. No separate data is maintained with

regard to budget/ expenditure/number of persons

benefited in respect of SCs/STs Persons and

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).

In order to assist the State Governments

in the task of rehabilitation of released Bonded

Labourers, this Ministry of Labour & Employment

launched a Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme

for rehabilitation of released bonded labour in

May, 1978. The Government has revamped the

Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme for

Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers with effect

from 17th May, 2016. The revamped scheme is

known as 'Central Sector Scheme for

Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer - 2016'. The

revised scheme is a Central Sector Scheme; the

State Government is not required to pay any

matching contribution for the purpose of cash

rehabilitation assistance. Financial assistance

has been increased from Rs.20,000/ to one lakh

per adult male- beneficiary, Rs 2 lakh for special

category beneficiaries such as children including

orphans. or those rescued from organized &

forced begging rings or other forms of forced child

labour, and woman and Rs. 3 lakh in cases of

bonded or forced labour involving extreme cases

of deprivation or marginalization such as trans-

genders, or woman or children rescued from

ostensible sexual exploitation such as brothels,

massage parlours, placement agencies etc., or

trafficking, or in cases of differently abled

persons, or in situations where the District

Magistrate deems fit.

Data on the representation of Schedule

Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) employees

in the Ministry of Labour and Employment is as

under:-

Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour

16.3

Representation of SCs and STs the Ministry of

Labour and Employment

16.4

WELFARE OF SCHEDULE

CASTE & SCHEDULE TRIBE

Chapter-16

171

16.5 As per the requirement of the Rights of

Persons with DisabilitiesAct, 2016, 4% posts are to

be reserved for Person with Disabilities. The data

and number of posts held by Persons with

Disabilities (PWDs) in the Ministry of Labour and

Employmentasunder:-

Table 16.1

REPRESENTATION OF SCs/STs IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

INCLUDING ITS ATTACHED AND SUBORDINATE OFFICES

Category of

Employees

Total No. of

Employee

(as on

31.12.2022)

Due as per

reservation norms

In position

Surplus (+)

Shortfall (

(15%)

(7.5%)

SC ST SC ST

Group ‘A’

86 13 6 11 5 2(-) 1(-)

Group ‘B’ 49 7 4 5 1 2(-) 3(-)

Group ‘C’

(Including erstwhile

Group ‘D’ also)

221 33 17 33 16 NIL 1(-)

Total

356 53 27 49 22 4(-) 5(-)

Table 16.2

REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIFFERENTLY ABLED) IN THE

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT INCLUDING ITS ATTACHED AND

SUBORDINATE OFFICES

Category of Employees

Total No. of Employee

(as on 31.12.2022)

Number of Posts

held by Disabled

persons

Group ‘A’

86 NIL

Group ‘B’ 49 2

Group ‘C’

(Including erstwhile Group ‘D’ also)

221 3

Total

356 5

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Functions and Organizational Set-up of Labour

Bureau Chandigarh/Shimla

17.1 (i). Labour Statistics under Factories

Act, 1948 and Trade Unions Act, 1926

(ii). Labour Statistics under Industrial

Disputes Act, 1948

LabourStatistics under the FactoriesAct,1948 and

Trade Unions Act, 1926 are collected, compiled

and disseminated at all India basis for the

formulation oflabour policies. The data is received

in the form of consolidated annual/half yearly

Returns under the Factories Act, 1948 and annual

Returns under the Trade Unions Act, 1926. These

returns are received from the Chief Inspector

ofFactories and the Labour Commissioners of the

States./U.Ts. The States/U.Ts consolidates these

returns and send annual returns to the Labour

Bureau in the prescribed proformae. The Bureau

inturntabulates these returns and consolidates the

data at all-India level and brings out Reports viz.

Annual Review on Statistics of Factories and

Biennial Review on Trade Unions in India. These

statistics are supplied to various agencies which

include I.L.O., C.S.O., and DGFASLI etc. Besides,

the data is also disseminated through the various

publications of Labour Bureau viz. I.L.J., I.L.Y.B.,

PocketBookofLabourStatisticsandI.L.S.etc.

“Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and

Lay-offs” is based on the voluntary returns

received every month from the Labour

Departments of the States and the Regional

Labour Commissioner (Central). The statistics of

Industrial Disputes which resulted in the temporary

stoppage of work either by the employees of an

establishment who resorted to Strikes to express a

grievance, to enforce a demand or by an employer

(or a group of employers) who withhold work from

the employees in an establishment in connection

with matters relating to employment or non-

employment or terms and conditions of

employment. Thus, both types of work-stoppages

known as Strikes and Lockouts take place as and

when there is a lack of mutual understanding, the

difference of opinion and failure to settle the

disputes between the management and the

workers/labour trade unions. Labour Bureau

receives information in respect of only those

temporary work stoppages which include (a)

strikes, (b) lockouts, and (c) gheraos followed by

lockouts and involving 10 or more workers,

whether directly and/or indirectly. Work stoppages

which involve less than 10 workers are not

included/accountedfor.

1. Report of Annual Review on “Statistics of

Factories” for the year 2019 has been

released.

2. Report on “Trade Unions in India” for the

Year 2019 has been released.

3. Timely submission of Monthly Industrial

Relation Scenario to the Ministry every

month.

1. Scrutiny, Posting and Tabulation of data for

the Annual Review on Statistics of

Factories for the year 2020 are being

carriedoutduring2022-23.

2. Scrutiny, Posting and Tabulation of data for

the Report on “Trade Unions in India” for the

Year 2020 are being carried out during

2022-23.

(a)

17.2

17.3

Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on New

Base 2016=100

Achievements (up to 31.12.2022)

Future Plans

17.4 Major Activities and Achievements of

Labour Bureau

LABOUR STATISTICS

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17.1

Retail Price Index for 31 Essential

Commodities

17.5

Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) measure the

rate of change in prices of a fixed basket of

goods and services consumed by the

working class population. It is being

compiled and maintained by Labour

Bureausince1946.

The index on New Base (2016=100) has

been released from September, 2020.

Indices up to the month of November, 2021

havebeencompiledandreleased.

The weighting diagram for the series has

been derived on the basis of the Working

Class Family Income and Expenditure

Survey conducted during the year 2016.

The weights for broad groups are

presentedinBox .

The index numbers are released on last

working day of every succeeding month

through Press Release and Monthly Index

Letter. These are also published in the

Bureau's monthly publication “Indian

Labour Journal” besides putting them on

the Bureau's website

An Annual Report for the year 2020

containing useful information on index

numbers at Group/Sub-group level is also

broughtoutbytheBureau.

Three statements on CPI (IW) showing

Annual Percentage Variations, Monthly

Percentage Variations and Y-o-Y Inflation

are presented at Table 17.1, 17.2 and 17.3

respectively.

These Index Numbers are utilized for

revision of wages, determination of variable

dearness allowance, measuring

inflationarytrendsandpolicyformulation.

(b)

Retail Price Index of 31 Essential

Commodities are also compiled every month and

supplied to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food

www.labour

bureaunew.gov.in

and Public Distribution to facilitate monitoring of

movement in prices of these selected

commodities. These indices are compiled on the

basis of Weighting Diagram derived from the

weights determined under Consumer Price Index

Numbers for Industrial Workers and Price data

collected under the series. Indices upto the month

of November, 2021 were compiled and

disseminatedtoconcernedagencies.

As a corollary to the main Working Class

Family Income and Expenditure Survey, Repeat

House Rent Survey has been conducted at 88

centres and Housing Indices have been compiled

for all 88 centres. This survey is conducted twice in

a year on an interval of six months to compile

housing indices @ 2 indices per centre per year.

Theseindicesareusedincompilation ofCPI(IW).

As per the recommendation of the ILO, the

Family Income and Expenditure Survey should be

conducted at intervals not more than 10 years.

This survey is conducted under the guidance of the

Technical Advisory Committee on Statistics of

Prices and Cost of Living (TAC on SPCL).

Accordingly, Labour Bureau has conducted a fresh

Working Class Family Income & Expenditure

Survey in the year 2016 with a view to updating the

series of CPI-IW to a new base.

(d)

Based on the retailprice data collected from

600 sample villages, CPI Numbers for Rural

labourers and its subsetAgricultural Labourers are

being compiled for 20 States andAll-India on base

1986-87=100onamonthlybasis.

2. Labour Bureau has compiled & released

CPI Numbers for Agricultural & Rural

Labour (Base 1986-87=100) upto the

month of October, 2022. The comparative

statement of annual variation in CPI-ALand

17.6

17.7

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Rural

Labourers and for Agricultural Labourers [CPI

(RL and AL)] (Base: 1986-87=100)

17.8.

The new series of

index with base 2016=100 has been released on

22 October, 2020 for the month of September,

2020.

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CPI-RLis presented in Box 17.2.

3. The Annual Report(s) on CPI Numbers for

Agricultural and Rural Labourers (Base:

1986-87=100) for the year(s) 2020-21 and

2021-22havebeenreleased.

4. The Monthly indices and annual rate of

inflation are presented respectively in

Tables 17.4 & 17.5.

5. These index numbers are, inter alia, used

for revision and fixation of minimum wages

in respect of the employments in agriculture

under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948,

revision of wages under MGNREGA,

fixation of procurement/support prices of

agricultural crops by CACP and updation of

materialcostunderPM-POSHANscheme

In pursuance of the recommendations/

suggestions made by the various committees/

commissions such as Committee of Secretaries,

National Statistical Commission (NSC), 2nd

National Commission on Labour, NitiAayog

(erstwhile Planning Commission) and Technical

Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices of Cost

of Living (TAC on SPCL), Labour Bureau has

initiated the process of base updation of CPI-AL

and RL. The coverage of the new series of CPI-

AL/RL would extend to all States and Union

Territories except Chandigarh (fully urbanized) and

Ladakh. The base period for the new series of CPI-

AL and RL would be 2019. In the absence of 75

Round of NSS data, approval of the Technical

Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices and

Cost of Living (TAC on SPCL) has been obtained to

use 68 round of NSS data. The weights had been

generated using 68 round of NSS data for index

compilation. The new series of index numbers

would be released soon once it is approved by the

TACon SPCL.

(f)

Collection of wage rate data for 25

(e) Base updation of Consumer Price Index

Numbers for Rural Labourers and for

Agricultural Labourers [CPI (RL and AL)]

17.9

Wage Rate Data:

agricultural and non-agricultural

occupations from 600 sample villages is

beingdoneregularlyonmonthlybasis.

Wage rate statistics up to the month of

September, 2022 have been compiled and

published.

The booklet titled “Wage Rates in Rural

India” for the year 2020-21 has been

released and for the year 2021-22 is in

progress.

(g)

Wage Rate Index (WRI) is one of the

prominent economic indicators which measures

the relative changes in wages of manual worker in

selected occupations of selected industries over a

period of time. Labour Bureau has been compiling

WRI since 1969. Recently, the base year of WRI

has been revised from 1963=100 to 2016=100 by

Labour Bureau. Under the New WRI Series, half-

yearly wise (point-to-point) WRI data for

selected37 industriesin three sectors viz.

Manufacturing, Plantation and Mining, from July

2016(baseyear)toJan2022hasbeenreleased.

(h)

Different rounds of Occupational Wage

Surveys (OWS) are being conducted with the

objective of providing data/information required to

obtain Occupation-wise data on employment,

wage rates and dearness allowance for building up

Wage Rate Index Numbers.

Under the 7 Round of OWS, total ten

reports consisting of 56 industries have been

prepared and all the reports viz. Five Textile

Industries, Textile Garment Industry, Three

Plantation Industries, Tea Processing Industry,

Mining Industry, Ten Manufacturing Industries, Ten

Engineering Industries, Nine Engineering

Industries,Nine Manufacturing Industries and Four

Service Sector Industries, duly approved by the

Ministry, have been released by Labour Bureau.

The revised proposal for conducting 8th round of

OWS has been sent to the Ministry and the same is

presentlyunderconsideration oftheMinistry.

Wage Rate Index

17.10

Occupational Wage Survey

17.11

17.12

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(i)

The aim of the survey is to collect data on

working and living conditions of workers engaged

in the Unorganized Sector of Industries/

employments. So far, 31 surveys have been

conductedandallthereportshavebeenreleased.

(j)

The scheme aims at collecting data on

Women Workers with a view to study their working

and living conditions and Welfare facilities

available to them vis-a-vis the labour laws. So far

22 surveys of women workers have been

conducted in various sector of employment and all

thereportshavebeenreleased.

(k)

The survey aims at evaluating the extent to

which the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is being

implemented in various scheduled employments in

different parts of the country. So far, 28 such

studies have been conducted and all the reports

released.

(l)

The survey aims to collect data on certain

aspects of Working and Living Conditions of

Labour belonging to the Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes Communities with a view to

assess ways and means to be adopted for their

welfare development. So far, Labour Bureau has

conducted 9 Scheduled Castes workers and 9

ScheduledTribes workers surveys.

(m)

Training programme for 56 probationers,

43rd and 44th batch of Indian Statistical Service

during 21/03/2022 to 23/03/2022 was organised at

LabourBureauShimla.

Working and Living Conditions of

Workers in Unorganized Sector of Industries/

Employments

17.13

Socio-economic Conditions of Women

Workers in Industry

17.14

Studies on Evaluation of Implementation of

the Minimum Wages Act, 1948

17.15

Working and Living Conditions of

Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes workers

in urban areas

17.16

Training in Labour Statistics

17.17

(o)

TheAnnual Survey of Industries (ASI) is the

principal source of industrial statistics in India and

is being conducted under the Collection of

Statistics Act, 2008. The scope of the ASI is

extended to all registered manufacturing

establishments in the Country except

establishments under the control of the Defense

Ministry, Oil storage and distribution units,

restaurants and cafes and technical training

institutions not producing anything for sale or

exchange. The geographical coverage of the

Annual Survey of Industries has been extended to

the entire country. The field survey for the ASI is

conducted by NSO and Central Statistics Office

(CSO) is responsible for the processing and

dissemination of data. Labour Bureau is

responsible for processing and dissemination of

data on Employment, Mandays Worked, Social

Security Benefits, Labour Cost and Cost of

Production collected through Block-E of Part-I and;

Absenteeism, Labour Turnover and Earnings

collected through Part-II of the ASI schedule. This

Survey is conducted every year and Labour

Bureau compiles two publications/Reports based

onthissurveynamely

Till date, Labour Bureau has compiled and

Released Reports based upon ASI 2018-19 data.

DataforASI 2019-20 is being processed.

Digitalization and Automation of all

activities has been identified as a high priority area

by Labour Bureau. The organization is taking steps

to significantly reduce human interface in the data

processing chain i.e. from collection of data to its

dissemination and is striving hard to make the

entire process of data collection online using

Annual Survey of Industries

17.18

(p) Digitization andAutomation

17.19

Annual Survey of Industries {Volume-I} -

Statistics on Employment and Labour

Cost

Annual Survey of Industries {Volume-

II}– Report on Absenteeism, Labour

Turnover, Employment and Labour Cost

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modern IT tools. Digitalization and Artificial

Intelligence (AI) would help in collection & analysis

of large data in much less time, thereby increasing

the reliability of data and reducing the time lag in

release of various labour and price statistics by the

Bureau.

(q)

Labour Bureau has been entrusted with the

task of conducting the following three “All India”

surveys:

(i) AllIndia Survey on Migrant workers,

(ii) All India Survey on Domestic workers,

(iii) All India Quarterly Establishment based

EmploymentSurvey(AQEES)

The surveywould compile

information on the characteristics of the

migrantworkersalongthefollowing lines:

Households with migrant workers,

causesofmigration,

Working and living conditions of migrant

workers,

Characteristics of return migrants

involvingdetails,

Reasons of the movements of the

migrants who returned to either native

placeorworkplace

Employment conditions at the

respectiveplaces,and

Impact of covid-19 pandemic on migrant

workers

The survey covers all the State/UTs in

India as this is a pan India Sample

Survey.

The field work of survey has been

Ongoing Surveys

17.20

(i)

Objective:

All India Survey on Migrant Workers:

Coverage of the Survey :

Progress of All India Survey of Migrant

Workers:

completed and data validation is being

undertaken.

The survey would compile following information on

thecharacteristicsofdomesticworkers

To estimate the number/proportion of

domestic workers at National and State

level.

Working and living conditions of domestic

workers

Wages, consumption expenditure and

othersocio-economiccharacteristics

Impact of covid-19 pandemic on domestic

workers

Thesurvey covers all the States/UTsin India as this

isallIndiasamplesurvey.

The field work of survey has been completed and

draftreportisinprogress.

AQEEShastwocomponents/parts:

Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) in

respect of establishments employing 10 or

moreworkers;

Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES)

in respect of establishments employing 9 or

less workers, from the 9 selected sectors of

theeconomy.

QES is an establishment-based survey and

provides information on change in

employment in establishments with 10 and

more workers under the 9 selected sectors

oftheeconomy.

Manufacturing, Construction, Trade,

(ii)

Coverage of the Survey:

Progress:

Objective of QES

Nine Sectors covered in QES:

All India Survey on Domestic Workers

All India Quarterly Establishment based

Employment Survey (AQEES)

Part 1- Quarterly Employment Survey (QES)

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Transportation, Education, Health,

Accommodation & Restaurants, IT/BPO and

FinancialServiceactivities.

The sample size of first four rounds of the

QES starting w.e.fApril, 2021 is around

12000establishments.

The sample size for conducting 5 round

onwards of QES starting w.e.f April, 2022

willbearound15000establishments.

The field work of Quarterly Employment

Survey (QES) was started with effect from

1 April 2021.

The reports of four rounds of QES for the

period April-June, 2021, July-September,

2021, October-December, 2021 and

January-March,2022havebeenreleased.

The filed work of 5 and 6 round of QES is

underprogress.

ThetwoobjectivesofAFES are-

To provide employment estimates for a

sizeable segment of the economy covering

establishments employing 9 or less

workers.

To assess relative change in employment

oversuccessivequarters.

Manufacturing, Construction, Trade,

Transportation, Education, Health,

Accommodation & Restaurants, IT/BPO and

FinancialServiceactivities

Sample Size allocation of QES

The field work of survey:

Objective of AFES:

Nine Sectors covered in AFES:

Part 2- Area Frame Establishment Survey

(AFES)

Sample Size allocation of AFES

The field work of survey:

(r) Expert Group

17.21

(s) Publications

17.22

Total 16000 FSUs (8000 in Urban and 8000 in

rural)coveringabout2.5lakhestablishments.

The field work has been completed and results are

expectedbyfirstquarterofyear2023.

The Expert Group for All India Surveys,

under the Chairmanship of Prof. S.P. Mukherjee,

has convened multiple meetings in 2022. Meetings

were held in the months of March, May,August and

December to discuss the various nuances of All

Indiasurveys.

The Bureau brings out a number of

publications based on the statistical research work,

studies and surveys conducted by it. The list of

publications which have been released/ finalized

during2022isgiveninTable17.6(a)and17.6(b).

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179

180

181

182

183

184

185

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LABOUR RESEARCH AND TRAINING

18.1

18.2 Vision

A globally reputed institution and centre of

excellence in labour research and training

committed to enhancing the quality of work

and work relations

18.3 Mission

V. V. Giri National Labour Institute

(VVGNLI), an autonomous body of the Ministry of

Labourand Employment, Government of India was

set up in July 1974 and has grown into a premier

Institute of labour research and training. Since its

inception, the Institute has endeavoured through

its research, training, education and publications to

reach out to diverse groups concerned with various

aspects of labour in the organised and

unorganised sectors. The focus of such

endeavours is the concern to transfer academic

insights and understanding for application to policy

formulation and action, so as to ensure a just place

forlabourinanegalitariananddemocratic society.

Bring Labour and Labour Relations as the

Central Feature in Development Agenda

through:

Addressing issues of transformations in the

worldofwork;

Disseminating knowledge, skills and

attitudes to major social partners and

stakeholders concerned with labour and

employment;

Undertaking research studies and training

interventionsofworldclassstandards,and

Building understanding and partnerships

with globally respected institutions involved

withlabour.

Objectives and Mandate

18.4

Structure

18.5

The Memorandum of Association spells out

clearly a wide range of activities that are essential

to fulfill the objective of the Institute. It mandates

theInstitute:

(i) to undertake, aid, promote and coordinate

research on its own or in collaboration with

other agencies, both national and

international;

(ii) to undertake and assist in organising

training and education programmes,

seminarsandworkshops;

(iii) to establish wings for :

(a) education, training and orientation;

(b) research, including action research;

(d) publication and other such activities as

may be necessary for achieving the

objectivesofthesociety;

(iv) to analyze specific problems encountered

in the planning and implementation of

labour and allied programmes and to

suggestremedialmeasures;

(v) to prepare, print and publish papers,

periodicalsandbooks;

(vi) to establish and maintain library and

informationservices;

(vii)to collaborate with other institutions and

agencies in India and abroad which have

similarobjectives;and

(viii)toofferfellowships, prizes and stipends.

The General Council, the apex governing

LABOUR RESEARCH &

TRAINING

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187

body of the Institute, with Union Labour and

Employment Minister as its President, lays down

the broad policy parameters for the functioning of

the Institute. The Executive Council with Secretary

(Labour & Employment) as Chairperson monitors

and guides the activities of the Institute. Both the

General Council and the Executive Council are

tripartite in nature and consist of members

representing the government, trade union

federations, employers' associations and also

eminent scholars and practitioners in the field of

labour. Director General of the Institute is the

Principal Executive Officer and manages and

administers the activities of the Institute. Director

General is aided in the day-to-day functioning by a

team of faculty members consisting of

professionals from different disciplines and a team

ofadministrativeofficialsand staff.

Research on labour and related issues

constitutes one of the core mandates of the

Institute. The Institute has been actively engaged

in undertaking policy research and action

research, covering a wide range of labour related

issues viz. new forms of employment, future of

work,structural transformation and its implications,

skill development, labour laws, industrial relations,

informal economy, social security, child labour,

labour migration, decent work and agrarian

relations. The Institute also provides research and

technical support to the Ministry of Labour and

Employment and other policy making bodies of the

Government. The research activities of the

Institute are carried out under the aegis of

specialized research centres. Each research

centre has a Research Advisory Group comprising

eminent scholars and practitioners to provide

relevantadviceanddirection.

Research Projects/Papers/Case Studies

completed and ongoing during January 2022 to

December 2022 under different research centers

oftheInstitutearelistedbelow:

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

Research

18.6

18.7

1. National Resource Centre on Child Labour

Completed Research Projects

2. Centre for Labour Market Studies

3. Centre for Agrarian Relations, Rural and

Behavioural Studies

Status of Enforcement and Rehabilitation

of Bonded Labour/Child Labour as a part of

the Online “Orientation Programme on

Identification, Rescue, Rehabilitation of

Child Labour and Bonded Labour and

ProsecutionofOffenders”

Role of State and Non-StateActors towards

Prevention andAbolition of Bonded Labour

during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case

Study of Understanding Initiatives,

Interventions and Best Practices-Dr. Helen

R.Sekar, Senior Fellow

Support of Employment and Income in the

Context of the COVID-19 Crisis (Research

Study conducted under the aegis of BRICS

Network of Labour Research Institutes,

2021)

Research Study on Gig and Platform

Workers (Joint study by V.V. Giri National

Labour Institute and NITI Aayog)

Strategy Paper on the use of Drone

Technology

Issue Paper on 'Gig and Platform Workers

and Social Protection' prepared for the G20

Employment Working Group (EWG)

MeetingoftheG20IndianPresidency2023

The case of 'Yuvashree' for generating

Youth Employment–

Research Study on Gig and Platform

Workers:Vision 2047

Monitoring the Contribution of Production,

Completed Research Papers/Project/Case

Study

Dr.Dhanya MB,

Associate Fellow

On-going ProjectsResearch

Completed Research Project/Case Studies

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Employment and Emerging Challenges in

UrbanAgriculture

E-Rural Camp : Empowering Women in the

RuralEconomythroughLabourCodes

E-Rural Camp : Strengthening Leadership

Skills of Advocates of Women Labour on

LabourCodes

Decoding Agrarian Crisis: A Study of

Production, Employment and Emerging

ChallengesinRuralAgriculture

Managing Livelihoods and Social

Protection in the Marine Fisheries Sector:

Insights from two Cases of Field visits –

Green Jobs Scenario in Rural India –

PresentandFutureProspects–

Documentation of Select Practices on

IndustrialRelationsinIndia

Role of Patience and Perseverance in

Effective Conciliation :

Analysis of State Rules vis-à-vis Central

RulesundervariousLabourCodes

Women's Paid and Unpaid Work: Insights

from the Time Use Survey and

MethodologicalIssues

Emerging Trends of Gender In Agriculture:

ACase Of Uttar Pradesh (Village)

ShriP.AmitavKhuntia, Associate Fellow

Ongoing Research Projects

A Case Study – Dr.

Sanjay Upadhyaya, Senior Fellow

The draft report of the ongoing project has

already been completed and would be

finalised and processed for publication

before 31 March 2023.

Completed Research Projects

4. Centre for Employment Relations and

Regulations

5. Centre for Gender and Labour Studies

Completed Research Project/Case Study

Ongoing Research Project

E-Rural Camp: Labour Codes &

Enhancing Sensitivity Towards Gender

Parity

E-Rural Camp : An Introduction to Labour

Codes and Gender Responsive Budgeting

InIndia

Invisibility of women in Indian Agriculture –

Acase of Uttar Pradesh (Town)

Work from Home: A Case Study

Paid and Unpaid Work of Urban Working

Women in the Organized Manufacturing

Sector:A Study of Time Use Patterns in the

NationalCapitalRegion

Labour Force Participation : Measuring the

GlobalGenderGapTrends

Labour Movement and Anti-Colonial

freedommovement

Research Study on Social Security for All-

Way Forward

ILO Convention 102 and Social Security in

India

Issue paper on Sustainable Financing of

Social Security for Employment Working

Group,IndiaG20Presidency2023

SustainableFinancingofSocial Security

VVGNLI is mandated to forge professional

–

Dr.ShashiBala, Fellow

Ongoing Research Projects

Ongoing Research Project

6. Integrated Labour History Research

Programme

7. Centre for Labour and Health Studies

Centre for North East India

Project

Networking (International and National)

18.8

Completed Research Project/Case Study

Ongoing

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collaborations with major international and national

institutions involved with labour and related issues.

The Institute over the years has been working in

collaboration with international institutions like

International Labour Organisation (ILO), United

Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

(UNICEF), United National Development

Programme (UNDP) and National institutions like

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L),

National Institute of Rural Development &

Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad (NIRD&PR-H); Tata

Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati (TISS-G),

Late Narayan Meghaji Lokhande Maharashtra

Institute of Labour Studies Mumbai (LNML

MILS-M), Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute,

Ahmadabad (MGLI-A), Dashrath Manjhi Institute

of Labour and Employment Studies, Patna

(DMIL&ES-P), Gujarat Institute of Development

Research, Ahmedabad, National Institute of

Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE),

Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Forest

Management and State Labour Institutes. The

Institute signed the following four MoUs with

various Organisations during the period to

facilitate collaborative training, research and

academic activities related to labour and

employment issues :

(i) National Law University, Odisha, Cuttack

on 10.10.2022

(ii) Doon University, Dehradun on 17.10.2022

(iii) Indian Institute ofTechnology (earlierIndian

SchoolofMines),Dhanbadon1.11.2022

(iv) Loyola College, Chennai 22.12.2022

As a part of its international outreach, the

Institute has signed a Memorandum of

Understanding with International Training Centre

(ITC) of International Labour Organisation (ILO),

Turin on 28 November, 2018 extending the

professional collaboration in the areas of training

and education activities in the field of labour and

employment for another 5 years i.e. 2018-2023.

The MoU envisages to expand the collaboration

between the two institutions in training activities to

promote decent work for all. The two organizations

18.9

will work together in areas of mutual interest for

activities, inter alia, related to (i) organizing

collaborative training and education programmes;

(ii) developing training modules; and (iii) faculty

exchange. During the year 2021-22, faculty

members from ITC-ILO, Turin and ILO, Geneva

have been involved for delivering sessions during

the online training progammes conducted by the

Institute. Like-wise faculty from VVGNLI also

participated and delivered sessions in ITC-ILO

trainingprogrammes.

V. V. Giri National Labour Institute has been

recognized by the Government of India as the

Nodal Labour Institute of the country to network

with other Labour Institutions of four BRICS

countries. Accordingly, VVGNLI is also the partner

institution in the

established during the

BRICS Labour & Employment Ministerial meetings

held under the Presidency of China in 2017. V. V.

Giri National Labour Institute represents India in

the BRICS Network of Labour Research Institutes.

One of the major objectives of this Network is to

undertake research studies on contemporary

concerns related to the world of work. During the

period, a research study has been completed on

the theme, '

,2021.

India had taken over the Presidency of

BRICS in 2021.Accordingly, Ministry of Labour and

Employment organized Employment Working

Group (EWG) and Labour and Employment

Ministers' Meeting (LEMM) during the year 2021.

Four topics were selected by the Ministry of Labour

& Employment for preparing Issue Papers viz. (i)

Promoting Social Security Agreements amongst

BRICS Nations; (ii) Formalisation of Labour

Markets; (iii) Participation of Women in Labour

Force; and (iv) Gig and Platform Workers: Role in

Labour Market.Accordingly, The Institute prepared

four Issue Papers in consultation with

International Labour Organisation, Geneva and

Decent Work Technical Team Support (DWT) for

SouthAsia and presented in the EWG held during

May 11-12, 2021. These Issue Papers have been

publishedduringtheperiod.

18.10

BRICS Network of Labour

Research Institutes

18.11

Support of Employment and Income in

the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis'

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Training and Education (2022-23)

18.12

18.13

V.V. Giri National Labour Institute is

committed to promote a better under-standing of

labour problems and to find the avenues and

means to tackle them.To achieve this, the Institute,

through its varied activities attempts to provide

education with regard to labour issues in an

integrated manner. While research activities,

among other things explore the basic needs of

different groups, such data as are generated in

research activities are used for designing new and

modifying existing training programmes. Constant

feedback from the trainees participants is used for

updating the training curriculum as well as

redesigning training modules and as taken as

inputsforfurtherresearchactivities.

Educational and training programmes of

the Institute may be viewed as potential vehicles of

structural change in labour relations. They can help

to generate a more positive attitude for the

promotion of harmonious industrial relations. In the

rural areas, the programmes are attempted to

develop leadership at the grassroots level that can

build and support independent organisations to

look after the interests of the rural labour. Training

programmes equally emphasize attitudinal

change, skill development and enhancement of

knowledge.

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18.15

18.16

The training programmes use an

appropriate mix of audio-visual presentation,

lectures, group discussions, case studies, field

visits and behavioural science techniques. Apart

from the Institute's faculty, renowned guest faculty

are also invited to strengthen the training

programmes.

The Institute offers education and training

tothefollowinggroups:

Labour Administrators and officials of the

CentralandStateGovernments,

Managers and Officers of the Public and

PrivateSectorIndustries,

Trade Union Leaders, Industrial Relations

Managers, Social Activists and different

stakeholders of organised and

unorganisedsectors,and

Researchers, Trainers, field workers and

othersoncernedwithlabourissues.

During the year from January – December

2022, the Institute has conducted 186online/offline

training programmes including 01 International

programmes and 5788 participants including

international participants from different countries

have also attended these programmes.The details

areasfollows:

191

Workshops/Webinars/Study Visits

18.17 Apart from training programmes, the

Institute has also conducted Workshops/

Webinars on different topics. The details are as

given below:

192

193

194

Publications

18.18

Labour & Development

18.19

Awards Digest: Journal of Labour Legislation

18.20

VVGNLI has a dynamic publishing

programme for dissemination of various labour

related information in general and its research

findings and experiences in particular. In order to

fulfill this task, the Institute brings out journals,

occasionalpublications, books and reports.

Labour &

Developmentis a biannual

academic journal. It is

dedicated to advancing the

understanding of various

aspects of labour through

theoretical analysis and

empirical investigations. The

journalpublishesarticlesof

high academic quality in the field of labour and

related areas with emphasis on economic, social,

historical as well as legal aspects and also

publishes research notes and book reviews on

them particularly in the context of developing

countries. The Journal is a valuable reference for

scholars and practitioners specialising in labour

studies.

is a

quarterly journal which

brings out a summary of the

latest case laws in the field of

labour and industrial

relations. The decisions

rendered by the Supreme

Court, High Courts

andCentral Administrative

Tribunals are reported in the

Journal. It includes articles, amendments to

labour laws and other relevant information. The

journal is a valuable reference for personnel

managers, trade union leaders and workers,

labour law advisors, educational institutions,

conciliation officers,

arbitrators of industrial disputes, practicing

advocatesandstudentsoflabourlaws.

Awards Digest

Shram Vidhan

18.21

Indradhanush

18.22

Child Hope

18.23

Shram Sangam

18.24

Shram Vidhan

Child Hope

is a

quarterlyHindi journal which

brings out a summary of the

latest case laws in the field of

labour and industrial

relations. The decisions

rendered by the Supreme

Court, High Courts and

Central Administrative

Tribunals are reported in the

Journal. This journal is avaluable reference for

personnel managers, trade union leaders and

workers, labour law advisors, educational

institutions, conciliation officers, arbitrators of

industrial disputes, practicing advocates and

studentsoflabourlaws.

It is a bi-monthly Newsletter brought out by

the Institute which captures Institute's multifarious

activities in the area of research, training and

education,workshop,seminaretc.

The Newsletter also brings

out brief details about

different events organized by

the Institute. It also highlights

professional engagements of

the Director General and

faculty members along with

profiling the visits of the

distinguished persons who

visittheInstitute.

is a quarterly Newsletter of the

Institute. It is being brought out to pave way for

ending child labour by reaching out to different

sections of society, mobilizing their efforts in this

direction.

is a

biannual official language

magazine brought out by

the Institute to orient

the employees towards

progressive use of Hindi and

to make use of their creativity

initsexpansion. Apart from

Shram Sangam

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poems, essays and stories written by the

employees, it contains informative and

motivational articles on art & culture, science,

current events, sports, and biographies of great

men/authors.

The Institute is also publishing a series

entitled, , to

disseminate the findings of the research activities

of the Institute. So far the Institute has published

155researchfindingsinthisseries.

147/2022 The Invisibility of

Women in Indian

Agriculture: A

Case of Uttar

Pradesh (Town)-

148/2022 Emerging Trends of Gender in

Agriculture:A Case of Uttar Pradesh

(Village)-

149/2022 Select Policies and Practices

onIndustrial Relations in India –

150/2022 Monitoring the Contribution of

Production, Employment and

Emerging Challenges in Urban

Agriculture-

151/2022 DecodingAgrarian Crisis:AStudy of

Production, Employment and

Emerging Challenges in Rural

Agriculture-

152/2022 E-rural Camp:

Empowering

Womeninthe

Rural Economy

through Labour

Codes, 17-19

August, 2021-

153/2022 E–rural Camp: Strengthening

Leadership Skills of the Advocate of

Women Labour on Labour Codes,

September 1-3, 2021-

NLI Research Studies Series

18.25

NLI Research Studies Series

Dr. Shashi Bala

Dr.

Sanjay Upadhyaya

Dr. Shashi Bala

Dr.

Shashi Bala

Dr. Shashi

Bala

154/2022 Women's Paid and Unpaid Work:

Insights from the Time Use Survey

and Methodological Issues –

155/2022 BRICS - INDIA 2021:Issue Paper

on“Promoting Social Security

Agreements amongst BRICS

Nations”–

focuses on

key policy interventions of the government and its

implications for labour and employment and also

on strategies/policy initiatives to be followed which

could be adopted in the area of labour and

employmentinfuture.

VVGNLI Case Studies Series includes

case studies on some of the important areas of

labour and related issues developed by the faculty

membersoftheVVGNLI.

RoleofLabourinIndia'sDevelopment

EvolutionofTrade Unions in India

Advocacy and dissemination of relevant

information about various programmes and

schemes are considered as core strategies to

enhance the outreach of the welfare programmes

launched by the Ministry of Labour and

Dr.

Ellina Samantroy

Dr. Ruma Ghosh

VVGNLI Policy Perspectives

18.26

VVGNLI Case Studies Series

18.27

Occasional Publications

Advocacy and Dissemination

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Employment to benefit the disadvantaged people

& backward regions and disseminate knowledge

on labour and labour issues apart from the details

about various training programmes and research

activities conducted by V.V. Giri National Labour

Institute. Such events provide a platform to reach

out a large section of stakeholders and social

partners. During the

period,the Institute

participated in three Mega

Events namely : (i) '

” in Mehsana,

Gujarat during July 8-10,

2022; ii) '

Dehradun, Uttarakahnd

during July 7-9; and '

at Jaipur,

Rajasthan during September 22-24, 2022. The

Institute has also displayed its major publications

inthiseventand got

N.R. De Resource Centre on Labour

Information (NRDRCLI) is one of the most reputed

library cum documentation Centre in the area of

labour studies in the country. The Centre was

renamed in memory of late Shri Nitish R. De, the

founder Dean of the Institute on July 01, 1999 to

commemorate the Silver Jubilee Celebration of the

Institute. The Centre is fully computerized and

offers the following services and products to its

users.

The library has

Garavi

Gujarat 2022

Rise in

Uttarakhand 2022'

Jaipur

Expo 2022'

First Prize.

N.R. De Resource Centre on Labour

Information (NRDRCLI)

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18.30 Physical Achievements

1. Books/Journal/Services -

acquired 99 books/reports/bound volumes of

journals / CDs/ AV/ VC during April 2022 to

December 2022, thereby enlarging the stock of

books/reports/bound volumes of journals /

slides / audio visual / videos / CDs /

photographs/ Posters/ banners /clippings/

panels etc. to . The library regularly

subscribed to professional journals,

magazines and newspapers in printed and

electronic forms during the period. This

Knowledge Centre provides services to users:

Selective dissemination of information (SDI);

Current awareness service; Bibliographical

service; On-line search; Article indexing of

Journals; Newspaper clippings service; Micro-

fiche search and printing; Reprographic

Service; CD-ROM Search; Audio/Visual

Service; Current Content Service; Article Alert

Service; Lending Service and Inter-Library

LoanService.

The library provides following products in printed

formstouserspopulations;

Guide to periodical literature – Quarterly in-

house publication providing bibliographical

information of articles from over 111

selectedjournals/magazine.

Current Awareness Bulletin – Quarterly in-

house publication providing bibliographical

informationonacquisitioninNRDRCLI.

Article Alert – Weekly publication providing

bibliographical information of important

articles in all subscribed journals/

magazines.

Current Content Service – Monthly

publications. It is the compilation of content

pagesofsubscribedjournals.

ArticleAlert Service – This weekly service is

hosted on the Institute's web site for public

access.

e-Newspaper Clipping Service – A weekly

service of scan copy of all major news

pertainingtolabor&relatedsubjects.

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2. Products

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3. Maintenance of specialized resource centre

18.31 MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Generating Awareness on the issues of

Child Labour and Bonded Labour

The following two specialized resource centers

have been created and maintained for reference

purpose:

NationalResourceCentreonChild Labour

National Resource Centre on Gender

Studies

During January to December, 2022, V.V.

Giri National Labour Institute conducted

186 online/offline training programmes for

various social partners and 14 workshops

attended by 5788 participants and 1332

participantsrespectively.

VVGNLI has completed 22Research

Projects/Papers/Case Studies during

January to December, 2022 on various

facetsoflabourandemployment.

Throughout the year, the NRCCL has been

generating awareness to multi-stakeholders

and social partners including officials from 200

Districts spread over 23 States of the country.

The multi-stakeholders were drawn from

various Departments of the State

Governments including Women and Child

Development, Panchayati Raj and Rural

Development, Labour Department, Revenue

Department, Social Welfare Department,

Police including Anti Human Trafficking Units

(AHTU), and also from District Legal Services

Authorities (DLSA), District Child Protection

Unit(DCPU), NCLP, Vigilance Committee,

Trade Unions, Civil Society Organizations,

NGOs, Research Scholars, Social Workers,

and others dealing with the issues relating to

vulnerable communities. Programme on

Identification, Rescue, Rehabilitation of Child

LabourandBondedLabourwiththeobjectives

of strengthening the knowledge and skills for

Identification of child labour and bonded

labour; enhancing understanding on the new

forms of bonded labour; imparting knowledge

on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for

Identification and Rescue of Child Labour and

Bonded Labour and also enhancing

understanding of the procedures for

ProsecutingtheOffenders.

V.V. Giri National Labour Institute and Late

Narayan Meghaji Lokhande Maharashtra

Institute of Labour Studies (LNML MILS)

organised a workshop on '

' during January 24-25, 2022. The

specific objectives of the programme were:

(i) to understand the background of labour

reforms; (ii) to understand the key changes,

major objectives and features of the various

labour codes - The Code on Wages, 2019;

The Code on Social Security 2020; The

Industrial Relations Code 2020; The

Occupational Safety, Health and Working

Conditions Code, 2020; (iii) to discuss the

role of the different organizations/bodies to

administer the provisions and the penalties;

(iv) to discuss how the reforms will address

the issues of the workers and impact the

employers and their businesses. The

Workshop was attended by seventy five

participants representing Officials of State

Labour Departments, representatives of

Trade Unions and Employers' Association

from the state of Maharashtra Dr. Ruma

Ghosh, Fellow, VVGNLI and Dr. P.M.

Padukar Lecturer, LNML MILS jointly

coordinatedtheWorkshop.

A workshop on 'Policy Research on Labour

in India' was organised in a hybrid mode by

the Institute on February 25, 2022 for

research scholars and academics working

in the area of labour.

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Codes

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Prof. Biswajit Das, Professor and Founding

Director of Centre for Culture, Media &

Governance delivered the Inaugural

Address and Dr. H. Srinivas, Director

General of the Institute delivered the

Valedictory Address on this occasion. A

Special Session was delivered by Prof.

Prabhu Mohapatra, University of Delhi.

A total of seventy six participants attended

the workshop. The workshop was

concluded with the handing over of

certificates by Dr. H. Srinivas, Director

General, VVGNLI. Dr. Ruma Ghosh, Fellow

coordinatedtheprogramme.

As a part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', the

National Resource Centre on Child Labour

(NRCCL) organized an On-line National

Workshop on '

on 9

March 2022 during the Iconic Week

CelebrationbytheVVGNLI.The objectives

of the Workshop were to discuss the

contribution of the Panchayat Raj

Institutions' (PRIs); to deliberate on the

Role of PRIs in strengthening economic

development in the wake of COVID 19

pandemic; to understand the prospects of

PRIs as an effective mechanism for

development of labour and also for the

implementation of the Central and State

GovernmentSchemes.

One International Webinar on

Labour Development: Role

of Panchayati Raj Institutions'

'New Forms

of Employment with reference to Gig

and Platform Working in the BRICS and

Global South'

Shri Sunil Barthwal, Secretary, MoLE

inaugurating the Webinar

was organized on March 9,

2022 in collaboration with International

Labour Organisation (ILO), BRICS Network

of Research Institute and International

Training Centre-ILO, Turin. The objective of

the International Webinar was to discuss

two specific areas relating to new forms of

employment : a) Opportunities and

Challenges of the Gig and Platform

Working, and (b) Policy Environment to

promote New Forms of Employment. The

Webinar was envisaged to understand

cross-country perspective on these two

important issues. The Webinar was

Inaugurated by Shri Sunil Barthwal,

Secretary, Ministry of Labour &

Employment,Govt.ofIndia.

One collaborative Workshop on

was organised

'Empowering Women Workers of the

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with South West Delhi Women's

Association (SWDWA), New Delhi to

commemorate week long women's day

celebration on March 11, 2022. A total of

100 participants including domestic

workers, construction workers and others

attendedtheworkshop.

The National Resource Centre on Child

Labour (NRCCL) organized online National

Level Quiz Programme on 'Freedom

Movement and Labour Movement” Web Ex

Platform on 11 March 2022, as a part of

'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav'. There were 100

Multiple Choice Questions with four options

each related to Freedom Movement and

Labour Movement during the freedom

struggle from 1857 to 1947. The total

number of participants in this Quiz

Programme was Sixty six. Dr. Helen R.

Sekar, Senior Fellow, was the Coordinator

ofthisquizprogramme.

An Online Workshop on 'Mapping Labour

&Employment Issues in North East India'

was organised on March 30, 2022. The

workshop aimed to contextualise the

contemporary issues in the world of work in

North East India. The objectives of the

workshop were: to highlight and

contextualise the contemporary issues in

the world of work in the North East; to make

the participants acquainted with various

implications of globalisation on labour; to

discuss issues related to recent labour

reforms; and to enable participants to

contribute in their academic and

professional work. There were forty seven

participants representing students of Social

Sciences pursuing Master Degrees and

Research Scholars from Institutes and

Universities in North East. Dr. H. Srinivas,

Director General of the Institute

inaugurated the workshop and delivered

the inaugural address. Prof. L.L. Singh,

Vice Chancellor of Bodoland University,

Kokrajhar, Assam delivered the keynote

address. Dr. Otojit Kshetrimayum, Fellow

wastheCoordinatoroftheworkshop.

V.V. Giri National Labour Institute in

collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi Labour

Institute, Gujarat organized a Webinar on

'Understanding Social Security in the

contextof Future of Workand NewForms of

Work' on March 31, 2022. The broad

objective of the Webinar was to understand

the transformations in the labour market

and its implications in terms of social

protection of workers and also trace

innovative policy responses. The workshop

was inaugurated by Dr. H. Srinivas, Director

General, VVGNLI. Prof. Ravi Srivastava,

Former Professor of Economics,

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

delivered the Key Note Address. The

Workshop was organised in two Panel

Sessions. The Panelists of the 1 Panel

Discussion on Social Protection of Workers

in the New Forms of Employment were

Prof. Santosh Mehrotra, Former Professor

of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University,

New Delhi, Ms Mariko Ouchi, Senior Social

Protection Technical Specialist, ILO, ILO

DWT South Asia and India and Dr. Ruma

Ghosh, Fellow, VVGNLI. The Panelists of

the 2 Panel Discussion on Policy

Measures for Protecting Workers in New

Forms of Work were Shri Virjesh

Upadhaya, General Secretary, Bharatiya

Mazdoor Sangh and Director General,

Dattopant Thengadi Foundation, Dr Pravin

Sinha, President, National Labour Law

Association & Secretary-General, Social

Security Association of India and Shri

Michael Dias, Secretary, Employers'

Association, Delhi. Shri Rajan Verma,

Former Chief Labour Commissioner

(Central) Ministry of Labour & Employment

summed up the Webinar by highlighting

the Implication of New Labour Codes on

the Future of Work. The Webinar was

attended by thirty participants coordinated

by Dr. Ruma Ghosh, Fellow, VVGNLI and

Dr Misha Vyas, Assistant Professor,

MGLI

The Institute in collaboration with Jesus and

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Mary College, University of Delhi organised

a training Workshop on '

during June 8-9, 2022. The

specific objectives of the programme were

to: (i) provide an insight into the prominent

trends in the employment of women in

manufacturing; (ii) provide an overview of

the key gender concerns emerging from the

average conditions of women workers in

MSMEs and home-based work; (iii) discuss

the impact of recent labour law

amendments and the pandemic on this

female workforce; (iv) provide an outline of

important data and required research

strategies on women workers of MSMEs.

Dr. Maya John, Assistant Professor &

Convenor, Women's Studies Centre, Jesus

and Mary College, New Delhi welcomed the

participants. Dr. H. Srinivas Director

General, V.V Giri National Labour Institute

inaugurated the collaborative training

workshop. The programme was attended

by eighty six participants from University of

Delhi. The workshop was Co-ordinated by

DrEllinaSamantroy Fellow, VVGNLI and

Dr. Maya John, Assistant Professor &

Convener, Women's Studies Centre, Jesus

andMaryCollege,UniversityofDelhi.

A half-day Online Workshop on

'by

the Organisations of Ministry of Labour &

Employment was organised by V V Giri

National Labour Institute on June 13, 2022

under the chairmanship of Shri Alok

Women Workers

in the MSME Sector and Home-based

Employment'

Possibilities of Use of 21 Technology'

Chandra, SLEA, Ministry of Labour &

Employment. Dr. H. Srinivas, Director

General, VVGNLI welcomed the

participants and set the context. Shri R.K.

Gupta, Joint Secretary and Dr. Mahendra

Kumar, Director, Ministry of Labour &

Employment (MoLE) were also present in

the discussions. The major aim of the

program was to examine the tremendous

scope for deployment of drones in the

various organisations of the Ministry of

Labour & Employment to bring efficiency

and effectiveness in the working like phase

less inspection, monitoring of works

especially in Mines, hazardous areas of

work etc. Nodal Officers of the Various

Organisations of MoLE including ESIC,

EPFO, CLC (C), DGFASLI, DGMS, and

DGLB presented their views on the

possibility of the deployment of drones in

their organisations. The meeting was

attended by 25 participants. The workshop

was coordinated by Dr. Dhanya MB,

Associate Fellow, VVGiri National Labour

Institute.

V.V. Giri Institute of Labour, NOIDA,

organised an online one-day workshop on

on 28 June, 2022. The aim of

the workshop was to raise knowledge about

digital marketing, which is a valuable option

for women seeking a better future. The

major objective of the workshop was to

provide an introduction to digital marketing

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and e-commerce; an introduction to an e-

commerce online e-learning course;

Practical instruction on how to register their

business and connect it to an e-commerce

platform; Create a network of female

entrepreneurs and giving them the

opportunity to show off their wares and

services to other attendees, and

Legislations pertaining to digitization.

Eighteen participants attended the

programme. Dr ShashiBala, Fellow was

the Course Director of the Workshop. The

Inaugural address was delivered by Dr.

H.Srinivas, then Director General, VVGNLI.

Dr H. Srinivas, then Director General,

VVGNLI addressing the participants on the

occasion.

The Institute organised three training

programmes in collaboration with the

National Institute for Career Services

(NICS), Noida: 1) Capacity Building

Programme on Labour Market &

Employment Market Information from

February 16-18, 2022 and attended by 16

employment officers; 2) Capacity Building

Programme on Labour Market &

Employment Market Information from

February 23-25, 2022 and attended by 19

employment officers; and 3) Understanding

Labour Market & Employment Opportunities

for North Eastern States from 29 August- 2

September 2022 and attended by 33

participants. Mr. R. Aswani kumar, Joint

Director, NICS and Dr. Otojit K shetrimayum,

Fellowwerethe CourseDirectors.

A National Seminar on '

was organised during 22-24

September 2022 by Doon University,

Dehradun in partnership with V. V. Giri

National Labour Institute, Noida. Prof.

Ramesh Chand, Hon'ble Member of

NitiAayog and Prof. Surekha Dangwal,

Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of Doon University

inaugurated the seminar. Dr. S.S. Sandhu,

IAS Chief Secretary, Government of

Uttarakhand delivered the valedictory

address. 320 delegates participated in the

seminar. Prof. R.P. Mamgain, Head,

Department of Economics, Doon University

and Dr. Otojit Kshetrimayum, Fellow,

VVGNLI were the Coordinators of the

seminar.

Head, Department of

Economics, Doon University welcoming

thedelegatesoftheNationalSeminar.

The V.V.Giri National Labour Institute in

collaboration with the Goa Institute of

Management organised a Half day Webinar

' on 2nd

November 2022. The objective of the

webinar was to understand the

phenomenon of the low labour force

participation of women in India and the

factors responsible for the same. The

webinar also deliberated on the prevailing

legislation pertaining to women workers

and understand the impact of the

legislations on women workers. It also

Development

Experiences of Uttarakhand:

Achievements, Challenges and Way

Ahead'

Prof. R.P. Mamgain,

Female Labour Force Participation:

Challenges and Way Out

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included a discussion on policy

recommendations for improving female

labour force participation in the country.

ShriAmitNirmal, Director General, VVGNLI

delivered the inaugural address. Prof. Ajit

Parulekar, Director, Goa Institute of

Management delivered a special address.

Prof Sebastian Morris, Goa Institute of

Management, Prof Ritu Dewan, Vice

President, ISLE, Ms Amarjeet Kaur, AITUC

and Shri Ankur Dalal, RLC, Ministry of

Labour & Employment were panelists in

the Panel on Female Labour Force :Trends

and Issues. Shri Barun Ray, IAS, Principal

Secretary, Government of West Bengal; Dr

Shikha Anand, Director, DGE, MoLE; Dr

Maya John, Asst Prof, Delhi University and

Prof Santosh Mehrotra, Former Professor,

JNU, New Delhi were panelists in the

panel on Improving Female Labour Force

Participation:PolicyImplications.Thewebinar

was attended by academia, government

officials, civil society representatives,

trade union representa-tives, employers

representatives etc. from all over the country.

Dr Ellina Samantroy, Fellow, VVGNLI and Dr.

Kingshuk Sarkar, Associate Professor, Goa

Institute of Management, Goa co-ordinated

thewebinar.

AWebinar on

was

organized by the Integrated Labour History

Research Programme, VVGNLI on

December 13-14, 2022. Major objectives

of the workshop include: a) Analyse the

§ 'Future of Work: Navigating

Transformations Effectively'

major contours of the future of work. b)

Trace technological changes and their

impacts on and implications for work and

work relations. c) Examine the major labour

market implications of COVID-19 and

assess the responses of various

stakeholders. d) Delineate the components

of the major pathways to ensure a brighter

and equitable future of work. The Workshop

wasattendedbyfifteenparticipants

representing all concerned stakeholders.

Dr. Dhanya M. B., Fellow coordinated the

Workshop.

The National Resource Centre on Child

Labour (NRCCL) organized an Essay

Writing competition as a part of ICONIC

Week 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', on 21

January 2022 at the V. V. Giri National

Labour Institute for the purpose of

spreading the information about the Young

Special Event

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revolutionaries, who were always ready to

sacrifice their life for the attainment of

freedom, among the participants and

general public. The topic of the essay was

the “Contribution of Young Revolutionaries

in the Freedom Movement”. Shri B.S.

Rawat, Senior Translation Officer, was the

Coordinator of this Essay Writing

Competition.

The V.V. Giri National Labour Institute

(VVGNLI) in collaboration with National

Law University (NLU), Dwarka, New Delhi

organized a '

during 1-2

November, 2022 at National Law

University, Delhi. National Law University,

Bhopal; Labour Department, Government

of Delhi; Directorate General Factory

Advice Service & Labour Institute, Ministry

of Labour & Employment; Deutche

Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV),

Germany, Indo-German Focal Point, India

and the National Labour Law Association

also partnered in organizing the

Symposium. The Symposium aimed at

discussing the issue of Occupational Safety

& Health; prevention strategies; training,

awareness and capacity building;

international labour standards on

occupational safety & health; and future of

work and OSH requirements. The

Symposium was attended by hundred

delegates from India and Germany.

Dr.EllinaSamantroy, Fellow, VVGNLI was a

panelist and also chaired a session in the

Symposium. Shri Beerendra Singh Rawat

(Senior Translation Officer), Ms. Kusum

Balooni, Shri Satyavan and Mr.Harkesh

Kumar from VVGNLI also attended the

Symposium. Professor Jeet Singh Man,

Professor, Legal Education and Research,

National Law University, Dwarka, New

Delhi and Dr. Ellina Samantroy, Fellow

from V.V. Giri National Labour Institute,

Noida were coordinated the Symposium.

Global Symposium on

Occupational Safety and Health:

Challenges and Solutions'

The Institute celebrated the 'International

Yoga Day' 21 June, 2022. It was attended

by faculty, officers and staff members along

with their families as well as participants of

trainingprogrammes.

Director General, Faculty Members,

Officer, Staff and participants of the training

programmesparticipatingtheyoga

Secretary, Labour & Employment (MoLE)

and Chairperson, Executive Council,

VVGNLI visited V.V.Giri National Labour

Institute on October 18, 2022 and chaired a

meeting to review the functioning of

VVGNLI.

Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary (L&E) interacting

withtheFacultyMembersandOfficers

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19.1

19.2

A. Activities in the Ministry:

The National e-Governance Plan regarding

cause list, tenders, date of (NeGP) is an initiative

by the government of India to connect e-

Governance systems throughout the country and

create a nation- wide network for electronic

delivery of government services. The National e-

Governance Plan (NeGP) was conceptualized to

focus on e-Governance initiatives at the national

level with an aim to "Make all Government services

accessible to the common man in his locality,

through common service delivery outlets, and

ensure efficiency, transparency, and reliability of

such services at affordable costs to realize the

basic needs of a common man". In this regard,

“Scheme on Information Technology “is under”

implementation in the Ministry. The objective of

the Scheme is to strengthen and up-grade the

existing information technology infrastructure in

the Ministry. It is intended to bring the working of

the Government to higher standard and move

in the direction of paperless office. An

amount of Rs. 3 crore was earmarked for IT

infrastructure during the financial year 2022-23

nexthearing,etcthroughtheportal.

Considering the importance of National

le-Governance Plan, the Ministry of Labour and

Employment and various organizations under it

carriedoutthefollowingactivities:

i. Several IT initiatives were taken up in the

Ministry for e.g. Development of Ministry' s

internal dashboard, upgradation of

Ministry's dashboard on the official

website, integration of Invest India Portal

with Ministry's Shram Suvidha Portal.

During the lockdown a portal for Dy CLC

Delhi was developed which is still

operational wherein litigating parties can

getinformation

ii. The functions of Ministry's SAMADHAN

(Software Application for Monitoring

And Disposal Handling of Apprehended/

Existing Industrial Dispute) portal were

stabilized.

iii. Implemented e-Office as one of the Mission

Mod Projects (MMPs) under the Digital

India Programme. Use of e- office in official

transactions helps in bringing

transparency, accountability and

expeditious decision making. E- office also

provides additional advantages like real

time tracking, location agnostic disposal,

universal search-ability and retrieval of

files.

iv. PENCIL (PLATFORM FOR Effective

Enforcement of No Child Labour) Portal

was launched for better monitoring &

reporting system, to ensure effective

implementation of the provisions of the

amended Child Labour (Prohibition &

Regulation) Act, 1986 and National Child

Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme. PENCIL

Portal has five components namely (i)

Complaint Corner (ii) District Nodal Officer

(DNO), (iii) National Child Labour Project

(NCLP) Scheme, (iv) State Government

and (v) Central Government. A module to

capture online attendance of the children

enrolled at the Special Training Centres

was also launched and through it automatic

stipend processing to the eligible children

wasactivated.

v. Ministry issued Notification dated 21st

February, 2017 for ease of compliance of

Labour Laws, reducing the number of

Registers to be maintained to 5 in place of

56 Registers which were provided under

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(IT) / MEDIA RELATED

INITIATIVES / E-GOVERNANCE

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the Central Labour Laws/Rules. To

facilitate the compliance by the

establishments further, a software was

developed for maintenance of these

registers by the Establishments and

uploaded for free download on the Ministry'

s websitehttps:// labour. gov.in/e Register.

As on 18.01.2023, 80486 downloads have

been made by the establishments all over

Indiasinceinceptionofthewebsite.

vi. Directorate General of Employment (DGE)

has taken initiatives to bring employers,

trainers and unemployed on a single

platform through National Career Services

(NCS) Portal As on

31.12.2022, NCS Platform has 2.81 crore

registered Jobseekers, 6.54 Lakh active

employers and 2.97 Lakh active vacancies

. The total number of vacancies mobilized

on the portal since its launch in 2015 is

more than 1.23 Crore. AS per the budget

announcement, NCS portal hs been

integrated with the e-Shram Portal, Udyam

Portal and Skill India Portal (SIP). A

government job module has been added on

04 mar 2022 to the NCS portal wherein

DGE can post jobs on behalf of other

government ministries/departments/PSU

organizations.To enhance the International

avenue for the job seekers a new module

for international jobs was added on the

NCS portal w.e.f 20 April 2022. This

module facilitates Ministry of External

Affairs' (MEA) registered RecruitingAgents

(RAs) to register as an employer and post

international job opportunities in the NCS

portal. It also facilitates the job seekers to

search and apply for these international job

opportunities via NCS Portal. As of 12

December 2022 around 400 MEA

registered Recruiting Agents have

registered with NCS and more than 1450

international vacancies have been

mobilized on NCS portal. National carrer

service partnered with Microsoft and

launched DigiSaksham, a joint digital skills

initiative for employablility through Digital

www.ncs.gov.in.

Skills. Various free of cost courses such as

Excel, Azure, Security Fundamentals, etc.

are provided to the jobnseekers. National

Career Service (NCS) partnered with TCS

iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy

Services Ltd. to offer its registered job

seekers a free, self paced online training

program on 'Career Skills”, which will equip

the learners with an array of soft skills.

has been created on National Career

Service (NCS) Portal and launched w.e.f.

November 2022. This Online Module will

serve as a platform for the online data flow

of various Employment Exchange Returns

which will reduce the time lag and ease the

process of submission. All Employment

Exchanges/Career Centres can submit the

statistical returns through this online

module which will speed up the subsequent

process of compilation, analysis and

dissemination of information. A separate

website for DGE ( )

has been developed with a new shape &

design.All the useful information relating to

functioning of this directorate general such

as functions, schemes, published reports/

documents, recruitment rules, reports

relating to employment & unemployment

data, vacancies, telephone directory,

details of DGE employees & offices, etc.

has been placed on this website and is

being updated regularly. Since its launch in

April, 2022 it has received more than three

lakh sixty thousands hits till 31.12.2022

which reflects very encouraging response

fromitsusers.

vii. Shram Suvidha Portal(SSP)is a major IT

initiative of the Ministry, towards ease of

doing business and reducing the

complexitiesinlabourlawcompliance.

viii.Initiates of the CLC Organisation are as

under

a. CLC(C) organisation is using IT based

system for inspection, issuance of

license & registration certificates and for

Online Employment Exchange Module

https://dge. gov.in/dge/

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receiving unified annual return under

various Labour Laws through

ShramSuvidhaPortal

b. LIMBS portal is being used to enter

details of cases of Hon'ble Supreme

Court, High Court, Labour Court and

Lower courts by the respective field

officesof the CLC(C) organization.

c. Twenty Monitoring Centres (earlier

known as control rooms) were set up in

the regional headquarters under the

supervision of CLC(C) during the lock

down declared in view of the Covid-19,

to resolve the complaints of workers

/migrant workers. IT systems/methods

wereusedinresolvingthecomplaints.

d. Registration of Un-organized workers

on E-shram Portal through Chief Labour

Commissioner (Central) Organization:

The Hon'ble Minister for Labour &

Employment on 31st August 2021

during the review of the "100 Days

plan"directed to accelerate the

registration of unorganized Workers on

e-Shram Portal. The field officers of

CLC(C) organization conducted

registration drive/awareness camps for

unorganized workers including differently

abledpersons, transgendersetc.besides

camps in remote areas. These efforts let

to encourage 3, 21, 95 , 333 un-

organizedworkersfor registrations.

ix. Data generation and compilation is the

main activity of Labour Bureau.Accordingly,

there is a huge scope for integrating the

existing activities of Bureau with the

Information technology (IT) tools. The

Bureau is taking numerous initiatives with

regardtoachievingsuchintegration:

a. For online collection of prices under the

new base for CPI(IW), software has

been developed which makes use of

hand-held devices such as TABs, which

in turn will improve the quality of data

collection and reduce the time lag in the

releaseofIndexNumbers.

b. As a first step, the Bureau is going to

make use of IT based online survey

solutions for collection and processing

ofdataforthefollowingsurvey:-

i. All India Survey on Domestic

Workers

ii. All India Survey on Migrant Workers

iii. All India Quarterly Establishment

basedEmploymentSurvey

c. Bureau is proposing to launch a

complete digitalization and automation

of all the activities which will encompass

the entire chain of data generation

starting from collection to dissemina-

tion. IT interventions will not only

enhance the efficiency of data collection

but will also reduce the time lag in data

dissemination.

d. In addition to this,Bureau also intends to

also take advantage of new fields like

big data analytics and artificial

intelligenceforbetterdatadelivery.

e. The Broad objectives of the proposed

digitalizationandautomation projectare:

To integrate the existing core

activities of Bureau with advanced

tools and technologies and making

them paperless. Digitization of

archivedatarecords.

IT based Survey solutions for

surveys conducted by Bureau to

makethesurveyspaperless.

Development of a database

managements system, that

addresses the need for seamless

data transfer, storage, access and

integrity o Integration of database so

created with the Bureau's website

including creation of a dynamic

dashboard for dissemination to end

users.

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f. E-office has been implemented in

Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, Shimla

andallRegionaloffices.

g. Bureau is also in a process to make its

websitemoreusersfriendly.

x. DGMS has taken many IT initiatives during

the year 2022-23 which including the

following:

a. The website of DGMS has been

redesigned and customized for

providing better user interface and

transparencyfordifferenstakeholders.

b. In line with the Digital India initiative,

software modules namely “Approval

System”, “Permission/Exemption/

Relaxation System” have been

developed and made live for use by the

user industry. As on 31.12.2021 total of

12440 applications for Permission/

Exemption/Relaxation has been

received online and 11857 has been

dealt accordingly and total of 837

applications for Approval has been

received online and 801 has been dealt

accordingly.

c. “National SafetyAward(Mines) System”

software module has been made live for

online submission of applications for the

NSA (Mines), evaluation and

verification of data and preparation of

awardees list. This has brought

transparency and accountability in the

system. For the contest years 2015 and

2016 total 290, 378 online applications

were received respectively and the

National Safety Awards (Mines)

function was organized on 16th

December 2019 at Vigyan Bhawan,

New Delhi. For the contest years 2017,

2018, 2019 and 2020 total of 315, 223,

470 and 425 applications have been

received online for the respective years.

Award list has been approved and

Award giving function will be organized

innearfuture.

d. “Accidents & Statistics System”

software module has been developed

and made live on 01.08.2020. This

system has enabled online, sending of

accident intimation by the mine user,

filing of accident inquiry reports by the

inspecting officers of DGMS, follow up

of the accident reports, finalization

of action and dissemination of the

relevant information and alerts to the

mining industry for improving safety

standards. Additionally, the system

provides platform for online filing of

statistical details by the mine users. As

on 31.12.2021 total of 149 fatal

accidents, 255 serious accidents and

56 dangerous occurrences have been

reportedonthewebportal.

e. Module for online logging of daily

activity by the officers has been

developed to generate details of

inspection, inquiry, follow up actions,

promotional initiatives taken up on daily

basis. This will facilitate online

generation and reporting of monthly

summary work by the officers and real

time updating of dash board on the

DGMSwebsite.

f. For online generation for inspection, the

modalities for “Risk-based inspection

System” for coal mines have been

development andincorporated in the

ShramSuvidhaportal.

g. All statutory examinations under Coal

Mines Regulations, 2017 and

Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961

are being conducted on Computer

Based Test (CBT) mode. The

Computer based test (CBT) for

Manager's, Overman's, Foreman's,

Surveyor' s, Sirdar' s, Mate' s, Blaster’s

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and Gas Testing Competency

Examination, under the Coal Mines

Regulations, 2017 and Metalliferous

Mines Regulations,1961 was held

all over India from 19th to

29th December 2021. Total 5,082

candidates appeared in the afores said

examinations.

h. The project for of making the necessary

changes in the Website and the MIS

Application is under process after

successfulimplementation of the first

version. The integration of the MIS with

DBT Bharat Portal with necessary changes

for District wise updation of data is in final

stages. As per the instructions of the

Ministry, the project for integration of MIS

with PFMS is initiated and is under

development through NIC. This MIS Portal

and Mobile Application is developed to

enter and maintain the real time data of

various training programmes / activities in

Organized, Unorganised and Rural

Sectors conducted by the 50

Regiogional Directorates or DTNBWED.

This MIS Application is integrated with DBT

Bharat Portal for online updation of data in

respect of Direct Benefit Transfers Further,

andYouTubeChannel has been created.

EPFO has under taken various initiatives out of

which, major initiatives having a larger impact

areasunder:

As a part of celebration of Azadi ka Amrit

Mahotsav to commemorate the 75 years of

India's Independence, EPFO started a

drive to encourage members to file e-

nomination. As on 25.01.2021, 48 lakh e-

nominationswerecompleted.

The self-generation of UAN by any

employees who has not been allocated

A. IT initiatives in EPFO

i. Facility of e-nomination:

ii. Facility of Self-Generation of UAN:

UAN by the employer was provided on

Unified Portal. This facility has been

replicatedthroughUMANGApp.

Several times the members failed to collect

their UAN from employer and are not aware

of it to avail the online facilities. There are

also members who left before 01.01.2010

and their UAN was not generated. To

facilitate such members, a facility to know

their UAN and also generate UAN against

theexistingmemberhasbeenprovided.

IS division is continuously striving to make

the processes of EPFO paper-free. For

easing the process for services related to

international workers, E-sign facility has

been integrated at the Employer portal and

EPFOportal.This facility helps tosmoothen

the process so approving COC(Certificate

of Coverage),COC- Extension and COC-

BPCancellation.

EPFO has launched electronic facility for

Principal Employers to view EPF

compliances of their contractors. Those

Principal Employer (PE) not registered with

EPFO can register on Unified Portal to

receive login/password to add details of

theircontractorsandcontractemployees.

For all the members who have bank

account in State Bank Of India, Account

number is verified by the bank itself and

after verification account details are seeded

to the member KYC without intervention of

the Employer. This, functionality, improves

the user experience by removing a manual

stepfromtheprocessofKYC.

iii. Facility of Know Your UAN:

iv. E-sign Facility in International Workers

portal (IWU):

v. Principal Employers, Contract Workers:

vi. Auto Verification of Bank account

through SBI:

vii. Web facility for Registering, processing,

and Monitoring of complaints and

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optional Inspection by Regional Offices

(Ros), Zonal Offices (ZOs) and Head

Office:

viii.DSC/E-Sign Authorization letter upload

facility in Employer login

ix. Functionality for release of ROC-III in

Application Software

x. Facilityfor Employerstodeclareclosure:-

A functionality for registering, processing,

monitoring of complaints and inspection

has been deployed in CAIU login. With this

functionality each RO can upload the

request for inspection which may be

approved or rejected by ZO on

examination. For approved inspection,

Regional office can assign Enforcement

officerand after inspection the report can be

uploaded in the portal.The progress in each

inspection can be monitored by Zonal

Offices and CAIU, Head Office.This

functionality will help in improving the

transparencyofinspectionprocess.

Earlier the pensioner had option for

commutation of pension in three modes as

per Para 12Aof the Scheme.These options

were available prior to 26th September

2008.Anew functionality has been added in

the Field office Application software to

release benefit to the pensioners who had

opted for ROC-III(One time Lump Sum) and

arenoweligibleforthebenefit.

In an effort to make EPFO paperless, a

facility has been made available in Unified

portal to upload the DSC/E-sign

authorization letter digitally. This will help

organization in improving transparency and

better monitoring of the DSC/E-sign

approvalapplications.

Facility for non-contributing Employers to

declare closure through portal helps in early

settlement and necessary action that needs

to be taken by Field Office. It will also help in

keeping employers data base updated.

Previously employers had to proceed

manuallyfordeclaringclosure.

B. IT initiatives in ESIC

ESIC has made some progress in taking

over strategic roles and responsibilities in

managing its own IT affairs. The Service

Provider M/s. CMS Computers Ltd has

been entrusted with the job of all central

Applications (including ERP Insurance and

Dhanwantri, etc.), along with Data Centre

(DC) and Data Recovery Centre (DRC)

infrastructure maintenance and business

continuity. Remaining all field activities

including management of computer

Infrastructure, Network & Bandwidth

provisioning and central activities which

includes renewal of licenses, maintenance /

technical contracts, subscriptions of all

tangible and intangible central assets at

DC/DR are being done by ESIC through its

internal non- technical resources. ESIC has

implemented the following initiatives in the

year2021-22:

I. Ministry has decided to link the ESIC

Insurance Number of the Insured Persons

with the EPFO's Universal Account

Number(UAN) for ease of access of various

provisions of the Act. Under Azadi ka Amrit

Mahotsav a target of 75 lakh workers is kept

and as on 27.01.2022, 66 lakh worker

accountshavebeenlinked.

ii. Provision for selection of Regional

Language (Gujrati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil,

Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada) has been

enabled in IP Portal meant for the

beneficiaries.

iii. Provision for selection of Regional

Language (Gujrati, Punjabi, Malayalam &

Tamil) has been enabled in Employer

Portal.

iv. Extension of date for filing of the monthly

contribution for the month of April 2021 has

beenmadeeffectivein Panchdeep Module.

v. The UMANG MobileApp: Many Panchdeep

value-added information and functionalities

are provided to the beneficiaries through

the Unified Mobile Application platform for

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New-age Governance (UMANG) of

Government of India has been successfully

enhanced (June 2021) with added features,

as envisaged. Any ESI centre or a tie-up

hospital (PMJAY or UTI-ITSL) can be

searched based on distance and/or

services available therein. This data

intensive enhancement is an important

achievement considering the intricacies &

complexities of interdepartmental

coordinatedeffortsrequired.

vi. DHANWANTRI Mobile App : The

Dhanwantri Mobile App is an extension of

the Dhanwantri Web App and is meant for

ESIC & ESIS Doctors, mIMPs, Chemists/

Diagnostic Centres of mIMP scheme. It has

been enhanced (June 2021) further

successfully to help Doctors prescribe pre-

defined terms of drugs, diagnosis and tests.

mIMPs can capture clinical data through

hand-held devices. The App has now

feature as per the expected outcome.

International Classification of Diseasever-

10 (ICD 10) and the System i c

Nomenclature of Medical and Clinical

Terminology (SNOMED-CT) as available in

the Dhanwantri web module, are also linked

to this Mobile App for capturing of

standardized terms of diagnosis/ disease,

without requiring extended typing by the

physicians.

vii. Changing Dispensary by IP at ease: New

Facility has been provisioned for the

Insured Persons to generate request

online, at his comfort to Change Dispensary

/ IMP Clinic of his choice, subject to the

permissible limit and conditions. This shall

empowerthebeneficiarytoaccessservices

at ease and prevent his unnecessary

travelstotheoffices/employer.

viii.Multilingual SMSs to the IPs: The

Beneficiaries are being facilitated for opting

language of choice in which value-addition

SMSs may be sent to them. He shall have

any one of the 12 different languages to

choose, in addition to the National

Language. By default, it shall be in Hindi for

North India and English for South India. The

module has been deployed. However,

translation of SMSs in 10 regional

languages have been completed and rest

are in progress, and shall be implemented

soon.

ix. COVID-19 Dashboardin Anew

value-added feature has been

implemented for the benefit of the citizen of

the Nation to help during these difficult

periods of the COVID-19 Pandemic. An

information Dashboard has been

developed which depicts the near-Realtime

status of the availability of vacant beds,

oxygen and ICU facilities. RT-PCR testing

capability, availability and Vaccination

programme related information. Even

though it is a very small step, but has

earned applauds amongst the patients

requiringsuchinformation.

x. ESIC COVID-19 Pension Scheme related

benefit has been made online through the

DataMigrationprocess.

xi. ESIC has been permitted by UIDAI to

become sub-AUA of Ministry of Labour &

Employment for performing online

authentication of Aadhaar in addition to

storing the complete eKYC, as per

Regulation 16 ( 2 ) of the Aadhaar

(Authentication & Offline verification)

Regulation, 2021, in the Aadhaar Data Vault

to be procured by ESIC. UIDAI has provided

approval for registration of un-organised

worker or any other person, as mandated in

TheCodeof SocialSecurity,2020.

xii. UAN Seeding- A provision of "UAN

seeding" has been provided in the

Employer Portal to seed UAN of Insured

PersoninESICdatabase.

xiii.ESIC has on boarded in “PRAYAS” (prayas.

nic.in) and is sharing 2 Keys Performance

Indicators (KPIs) on the outpatient services

of the ESI health Centres and showcasing

informationinthePRAYASDashboard

www.esic.in:

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Media Cell

ii)

iii)

Media Cell in MoLE was formed in July, 2014 in

view of the growing emphasis on efficient and

effective use of various platforms including

websites and other digital media to disseminate

information of Schemes/Policies/ Initiatives and

Achievements of the Ministry of Labour and

Employmenttocommonworkerofthecountry.

Handling of over 804 Public Grievances

from January to December, 2022 received

on the Official Social Media Handles on

Twitter and Facebook of the Ministry.

Media Cell publicizes the initiatives and

efforts of the Ministry and Government of

India through social media by posting

creative infographics, video or animations

atminimumexpenditure.

The team also regularly uploads

awareness creatives related to the Ministry

in addition to gathering and disseminating

information of the Hon'ble LEM, Hon'ble

MOS and Ministry's National and

Internationalevent.

Activities /Achievements by Media Cell in the

year 2022:

iv)

vi)

vii)

The team also actively shares news articles

related to the Ministry beneficial for the

workforce along with sharing relevant

tweets by reliable news agencies and

regularly monitors news to encounter fake

news.

Media Cell also circulates VIP reference/

request for participation in events to

showcase the schemes, achievements and

initiativestakenbytheMinistry.

Media Cell has been coordinating with

Divisions/Organizations in Media Publicity

Campaign and organizes Press

Conferences/ Press Brief/Press Releases

and ensures wider publicity through PIB

officialwebsite.

Media Cell coordinates with Bureau of

Outreach and Communication (BOC),

National Film Development Corporation of

India (NFDC) and other media agencies to

developeffectivemedia related strategy.

Wide publicity through Social Media

Platform is being given to activities of

Employment Working Group of this Ministry

forG-20andIndia'sPresidency.

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Departmental Proceedings by issuing necessary

directionsto the concerned Inquiring Authorities.

- All the Prosecution

Sanctions as sought by the CBI/ACB during the

year were accorded. No Prosecution Sanction

caseispendingformorethanthreemonths.

– Annual Property Returns

submitted by the employees of the Ministry were

properly scrutinised to deter the corrupt intent if

any. All the intimations given regarding

acquiring/disposing of the movable/immovable

property were also properly examined in the light of

known sources of income of the concerned

employees. Vigilance Awareness Week was

observed in the Ministry from 31.10.2022 to

06.11.2021. Officer and members of staff in the

MinistrytookanIntegrityPledgeon31.10.2022.

The Public Grievances are received in the

Ministry mainly in two modes, viz. online through

the

portal ( ) and

also in off-line (physical) form from various

sources. Of late, many aggrieved persons/parties

are also raising their grievances to the Ministry

throughe-mailandsocialmedia.

The work of Public Grievance redressal is

given high importance by the Ministry and it is

regularly reviewed under chairmanship of

Secretary (L&E).

A comparative table with year-wise figures

of Public Grievances received and disposed of in

Prosecution Sanctions

Preventive Vigilance

GRIEVANCE REDERESSAL IN MAIN

SECRETARIAT

20.3

CENTRALISED PUBLIC GRIEVANCE

REDRESS AND MONITORING SYSTEM

(CPGRAMS)

20.4

As per the report generated on

02/01/2023 in the CPGRAMS portal account of

the Ministry, the average Disposal Time of the

grievances received on PG Portal (CPGRAMS)

by the Ministry of Labour and Employment for

the period 01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022 is 10 days.

20.5

https://pgportal.gov.in

20.1 Role and Functions of Chief Vigilance

Officer

Background –

20.2 An over view of the performance during

the year 2022

Punitive Vigilance

Complaints

Departmental Proceedings

The Primary responsibility for

maintenance of purity, integrity and efficiencyin the

organisation vests in the Secretary, Ministry of

Labour and Employment. The Chief Vigilance

Officer assists the Secretary in the discharge of

his/her vigilance functions. The CVO acts as a

special assistant/advisor to the chief executive and

reports directly to him/her in all matters relating to

vigilance. CVO heads the Vigilance Division of the

Ministry and provides a link between Ministry and

Central VigilanceCommission and also the Central

Bureau of Investigation. The Chief Vigilance

Officer is appointed with the prior consultation of

Central Vigilance Commission and no person

whose appointment in that capacity is objected to

bytheCommissioncanbesoappointed.

The Vigilance functions of CVO are of wide sweep

and include collecting intelligence about the

corrupt practices committed, or likely to be

committed by the employees of his/her

organisation; investigating or causing an

investigation to be made into verifiable allegations

reported to him/her; processing investigation

reports for further consideration of the disciplinary

advice wherever necessary, taking steps to

prevent commissioning of improper practices/

misconducts, etc. It can broadly be divided into

three parts – (i) Preventive vigilance, (ii) Punitive

vigilance&(iii)Surveillanceand detection.

– All the complaints received during

theyear2022-23 (till date) have been appropriately

addressed.

– Sincere efforts

were made to expeditiously finalise the pending

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Grievances during the period 2018 to 2022 (viz.

from 01.01.2018 up to 31.12.2022) are shown in

Table below:

the CPGRAMS portal by the Ministry of Labour and

Employment and percentage of disposal of such

Public Grievance Officers posted in all the field

offices/ESIChospitals.

To provide guidance/information to the

stake holders/beneficiaries and making the

grievance filing easy and convenient, the

Corporation has set up a 24 hour Toll-Free helpline

number 1800-11-2526 through which

Stakeholders & public can register their grievances

telephonically and get a grievance registration

number for the same. They can also seek status of

their grievance from this helpline by providing such

grievance registration number. This facility has

helped those IPs/IWs who are either illiterate or

lackingwriting/computerskills.

Grievances are redressed timely and

qualitatively within the maximum time limit

assigned for redressal of grievances (within 45

days)

20.9

20.10

Redressal of Public Grievances

20.6

20.7

20.8

The ESI Corporation being a premier social

security Organisation is catering to the needs of

more than 13.50 crores of ESI Beneficiaries i.e.

about 10% of the population of the country. Being a

service Organisation ESIC is handling numerous

Public grievances/queries from its stake-holders

throughouttheyear.

In pursuance of the instructions issued by

the Directorate of Public Grievances, Govt. of

India, the Corporation is making all out efforts for

qualitative and speedy redressal of all the Public

Grievances received. Public Grievances are

received through various channels like Telephone,

Postal,Email,CPGRAMS,SocialMediaetc.

The Corporation monitors Public

Grievances through a vast network of designated

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from Central Vigilance Commission in regard to

eradication of corruption, undertakes various

preventive and punitive vigilance activities

including investigation on the complaints received

through Central Vigilance Commission and

through other sources involving vigilance angle

and initiates departmental action against the

officials of the Corporation who indulges in corrupt

practices and misconducts as defined in the ESIC

(Staff & Conditions of Service) Regulations, 1959.

The Vigilance Division in the Hqrs office is headed

by the Chief Vigilance Officer assisted by an

Additional Commissioner and other Officers. Four

Zonal Vigilance Offices and four Zonal Inquiry

Offices(Departmental Inquiry) are located at Delhi,

Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. There is also a

Medical Vigilance cell under which several Medical

Vigilance Officers of various ranks are functioning

who are responsible for carrying out

inspection/investigation related to Medical related

issues, checking of SST payments etc.

Investigation of the complaints are undertaken by

the Zonal Vigilance Officers and MVOs, and the

departmentalenquiries are conducted by the Zonal

Inquiry Officers (Departmental Inquiry) and by

other officers appointed/empaneled as Inquiry

Officers by Disciplinary Authority. As a preventive

measure, Zonal Vigilance Units and Medical

Vigilance officers posted in various states, conduct

periodical and surprise inspections of ESI Offices

i.e. Regional Offices, Sub Regional Offices,

Branch Offices, Hospitals and Dispensaries etc.

falling in their respective jurisdiction. The Zonal

Vigilance Officers also carry out Test inspections of

Employers registered under ESI Act to examine

correctnessofInspectionsconductedbySSOs.

The status in respect of various activities

accomplished by Vigilance Division during the

period 01.04.2022 to 31.10.2022 are given as

below:

During this period, penalty orders were passed

in 30 Disciplinary cases, out of which 09 orders

werepassedfromESICHqrs.Office.

During this period, total 29 Charge sheets were

issued, out of which 03 Charge sheets were

issuedfromHqrs.Office.

20.14

20.11

Annexure 1

VIGILANCE ACTIVITIES IN ESIC

20.13

The details of grievances received on

CPGRAMS portal during the period 01.04.2022 to

31.10.2022aregivenat

For quick and on the spot redressal of

Grievances of beneficiaries Suvidha

Samagams are also periodically arranged

at Regional Offices/ Sub-Regional Offices

/Divisional Offices on second Wednesday

(AN) (If holiday, then next working day) of

each month and at Branch offices on 2

Friday of each month regularly. Medical

Superintendent of the ESIC/ESIS

Hospitals, where the ESIC and ESIS

Hospitals are located in the same town/city

are also part of these Suvidha Samagam

organized by the Regional Offices/Sub-

Regional Offices/Divisional offices and on

the spot medical related grievances are

settledthroughthem.

In many cases where telephone numbers

are available, feedback/Satisfaction level

are also obtained from the complainant and

in case of any dissatisfaction remedial

measuresaretakenpromptly.

The Director General, ESIC himself/herself

takes efforts on his/her part by reviewing at

least 20 grievances every week to check

qualitative and speedy redressal of

grievances.

A detailed standard operating procedure

(SOP) for timely redressal of public

grievances at each level with timelines has

also been issued directing all offices to

redress all the public grievances following

theprocedure.

Video conferences are also arranged

periodically to monitor speedy and

appropriate disposal of grievances

receivedatvariousESICoffices/Hospitals.

Vigilance Branch of ESI Corporation

implements policies, instructions and guidelines

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Identification of new areas for service

delivery for customers/ staff to be

brought on online portal and initiation of

stepsforcreatingonlineplatform

Updation of guidelines/ circulars/ manuals

whereverfoundnecessary

Disposal of complaints outstanding as of

15.08.2022

Nodal officers were designated in the ESIC

Headquarters' to liaise with and monitor the active

involvement of field offices and for their effective

implementation.

On the closing ceremony day (07.11.2022), three

guests including Sh. Suresh N. Patel, Central

Vigilance Commissioner, Sh.P. Daniel, Secretary,

CVC and SH. A.K Kanoujia, Additional Secretary,

CVC graced the occasion and awarded the

winners of various competitions held during the

Week.

EPFO, in tune with its objectives, lays

strong emphasis on customer service and the

redressal of grievances of all stakeholders. The

Organization has a robust mechanism to handle

the grievances of its stakeholders i.e. employers,

employees and pensioners through a network of its

offices spread throughout the country. The

Customer Service Division existing in EPFO Head

Office, New Delhi and field formations in 21 Zones

and 138 Regional Offices across the country are

equipped with full fledged Facilitation Centres,

PROs and supporting staff with an aim to provide

quality service to all stakeholders of the

organisation.The various modes of registering and

resolvinggrievancesare-

GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM IN

EPFO:

20.16

CPGRAMS

Grievance Appeals

EPFiGMS

Call Center

Whatsapp Business Helpline

3. During this period, 21 appeal cases were

received from various appellants and 11 orders

passedincludingpreviously received appeals.

4. 67 complaints involving vigilance angle were

disposedoffduring the period under report.

5. All quarterly suspension review meetings have

beenheldintime.

6. From January 2020, 9301 Property Returns

hasbeenfiledthroughSparrow(Online Mode).

7. Monthly, quarterly and annual returns to central

VigilanceCommission have been sent timely.

8. During this period 06 prosecution sanction

cases were received and 06 sanction were

granted within prescribed time limit in all the

cases.

9. No. of inspection conducted by Zonal Vigilance

Officesduring the period are 98.

10.Scrutiny of Super Specialty Treatment bills was

donebyMedical Officersand excess payments

amounting of Rs.1,40,53,645/- recovered

duringtheaforesaidperiod.

11. Vigilance Awareness Week was organized

from 30.10.2022 to 06.11.2022 in all offices of

the Corporation across the country. During this

week, various activities including quiz

competition, essay competition, debate

competition, painting competition etc. were

held.

Apart from this, CVC also decided to start a

3 months campaign (from 16.08.2022 to

15.11.2022) as a precursor to VAW 2022 wherein

the following Preventive Vigilance cum Internal

Housekeeping Activities were taken up as focus

areas:

PropertyManagement

ManagementofAssets

RecordManagement

Technological Initiatives comprising

twoparameters:

Website Maintenance and

updation.

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thefunctional divisions concerned

II Punitive Vigilance

Complaints:

CVC's 1 and 2 stage advice:

Disciplinary proceedings initiated:

Disciplinary proceedings finalized :

Prosecution Sanctions:

III Surveillance & Detection

Coordination meeting with CBI/ACB:

Further, as per CVC guidelines, a

1171 new complaints were received from

01.01.2022to31.12.2022.

1229complaintsweredisposed till 31.12.2021.

During the year upto 31.12.2022 first stage advice

of CVC was disposed off in 28 cases, out of which

22 were major penalty cases and 6 was minor

penalty case. CVC's second stage advice in 3

cases were disposed off, all of which were major

penaltycases.

49 disciplinary proceedings were initiated during

theyeartill31.12.2022.

A total of 24 Disciplinary proceedings were

finalized during the year of which 18 were major

penalty proceedings and 6 were for minor

penalty.

Prosecution Sanctions were accorded in 33 cases

duringtheyeartill31.12.2022.

Coordination meetings were held with CBI/ACB

and the Agreed Lists were prepared and the ODI

listwasupdated.

VAW 2022 was observed in EPFO from

31.10.2022 to 06.11.2022 with the

theme

3 months'

campaign was held from 16 August, 2022 to 15

November, 2022 as a precursor to VAW 2022 with

focus on management of property, assets &

records, grievance and complaints disposal and

updationofcirculars/guidelines etc.

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Twitter and FB account of EPFO & MoL&E

FAQs

Facilitation Centers

20.17

VigilanceActivities in EPFO

20.18

20.19

I Preventive Vigilance

20.20

Grievances are received from subscribers,

pensioners, account holders of EPFO and from

employers of establishments both exempted and

unexempted, directly and also through President's

Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office (PMO),

Directorate of Public Grievances (DPG),

Directorate of Administrative Reforms and Public

Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Labour and

Employment, National Human Rights commission

(NHRC) and Social Media like Twitter and

Facebook. During COVID-19 pandemic despite

countrywide lockdown and only 50 percent staff

attending office the momentum in the resolution of

thegrievances was maintained despite the number

of grievances having increased by a large

percentage.

The Vigilance Division in EPFO is headed

by a Joint Secretary level Chief Vigilance Officer at

the Headquarters in New Delhi. It has four Zonal

Vigilance Directorates headed by Deputy Director

(Vigilance), located in Hyderabad, Mumbai,

KolkataandNewDelhi.

The vigilance administration in EPFO has

striven to mould its approach and strategy in tune

with changing organisational needs and

challenges. It lays emphasis on preventive

vigilance to curb and eradicate corrupt activities

and to promote transparency and efficiency

through continuous engagement with the core

functional areas. It also assays the function of

punitive vigilance which is essential in an

organization with constant citizen interface and

handlingpublicfunds.

Preventive Vigilance inspections/surprise

checks were conducted in 51 offices of EPFO

during the period from 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022

Suggestions for systemic improvements in the

area of claim settlements, compliance and

human resource management were issued to

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discussions and grievance redressal (both

inonlineandofflinemode) were organised.

As part of public outreach activities,

competitions were organized for school and

college and gram sabhas were conducted

at various locations, in order to disseminate

the message of the VAW 2022. 510 citizens

participated in the gram sabhas, 1256

school students and 185 college students

participated in various activities and

competition.

Further to generate public awareness

regarding the theme and spirit of VAW

2022 among larger public, walkathons,

marathons, march past chain were

organized at various locations across the

country. The posters provided by the

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)

were displayed at the Head Office and by

all field Offices for dissemination of Public

Interest Disclosure and Protection of

Informer (PIDPI) provisions. It is also

relevant to mention that social media

platforms of EPFO were utilized to a great

extent to promote the theme and message

of VAW 2022 and to publicize the various

activities undertaken by EPFO during the

week.

The observance

of VAW 2022 concluded at Head Office with

a closing ceremony presided over by the

Central Provident Fund Commissioner on

04.11.2022, during which the winners of the

various competitions held during the week

werefelicitated.

g) Concluding Ceremony:

Following activities were undertaken during the

VAW 2022:

VAW 2022 activities

kicked off with the integrity pledge on

31.10.2022. The E- Pledge link was posted

on the official website of EPFO and an

awareness was created promoted through

socialmediaaccountsofEPFO.

A signature

campaign was organized at all Offices to

disseminate the spirit and message of the

VAW 2022.

Webinar cum

training were conducted by Zonal Offices

on various topics including processing of

requests from employers for Digital

Signature Certificate approval and for

Resetting Passwords. while training on

Fraud Prevention were organised by Pandit

Deen Dayal Upadhyay National Academy

ofSocialSecurity(PDNASS).

During the VAW-

2022, VCIT portal was launched by the

Central Provident Fund Commissioner on

04.11.2022, which is designed and

developed to achieve greater transparency

and efficiency in the area of issuing

vigilance clearance to the employees of

EPFO.

At the field officelevel

a variety of initiatives were undertaken

which saw earnest participation of the

stakeholders. Seminars, workshops, panel

a) Integrity pledge:

b) Signature campaign:

c) Webinar cum training:

d) Launch of Vigilance Clearance Initiating

and Tracking Portal:

e) Outreach Activities:

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21.1 India and International Labour

Organisation (ILO)

21.2

21.3

India is one of the founder members of

International Labour Organization since its

existence in 1919 and has been a permanent

member of the ILO Governing Body since 1922. At

present the ILO has 187 Members. A unique

feature of the ILO is its tripartite character.At every

level in the organization, Governments are

associated with the social partners, namely, the

workers and the employers. The three organs of

the ILO are (1) International Labour Conference -

GeneralAssembly of the ILO that meets every year

in the month of June, (2) Governing Body -

ExecutiveCouncil of the ILO that meets three times

in a year in the months of March, June and

November and (3) International Labour Office - a

PermanentSecretariat.

. ILO is financed mainly by contribution

received from the member states. The total Budget

of ILO is SF 383742090. The ILO follows the

calendar year for Budget purpose and annual

contributions are paid by the Governments of the

member states according to a scale, which the

International Labour Conference on year-to-year

basis fixes, in line with the U.N. scale of

assessment. For the year 2023, India's share of

contribution is SF 3694392. India has always made

timelypaymentofannualcontributiontoILO.

India and ILO have an enduring and vibrant

relationship which is marked by close and dynamic

cooperation over the years. India has significantly

contributed to the achievement of ILO's objectives,

it'sthought processes, deliberations and style of

functioning

21.4 Ratifications by India

India has ratified 47 Conventions and one Protocol

which includes six core/ Fundamental

Conventions, namely, Forced Labour Convention

(C29), Equal remuneration Convention (C-100),

Abolition of Forced labour convention (C-105),

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)

Convention (C-111), Minimum Wage Convention,

1973 (C-138) and Worst Forms of Child Labour

Convention, 1999 (C-182), and three priority/

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COOPERATION

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governance conventions, namely, Labour

Inspection Convention (No. 81), Employment and

Social Policy Convention (No. 122) and Tripartite

Consultations(International Labour Standards).

The 344th Session of the Governing Body of

International Labour Organisation was held

virtually from 14.03.2022 to 25.03.2022.

Delegation from this Ministry headed by Shri Sunil

Barthwal, Secretary (Labour and Employment)

attended the meeting virtually. Shri R. K. Gupta,

Joint Secretary, Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur,

Director, Ms Priya Sarraf, Deputy Director and Shri

SatyamBharti,Assistant Director alsoattendedthe

meeting. Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director and

Shri Ashish Kaushik,ASO attended the meeting of

the 344th Session of the Governing Body of ILO in

Geneva, Switzerland physically from 19.03.2022

to25.03.2022.

The 110th Session of International Labour

Conference of International Labour Organisation

(ILO) was held at Geneva, Switzerland from 29

May to 11 June 2022. A delegation led by Shri

Bhupender Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Labour and

Employment comprising of Shri Rameswar Teli,

Hon'ble Minister of State for Labour and

Employment, Shri Sunil Barthwal, Secretary

(Labour and Employment), Dr. Shashank Goel,

21.5 The 344th Session of International Labour

Conference (ILC) of ILO

21.6 The 110th Session of International Labour

Conference (ILC) of ILO:

Additional Secretary (Labour & Employment), Ms.

Vibha Bhalla, Joint Secretary, Shri Amit Nirmal,

Deputy Director General (Employment), Shri

Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director and Shri Rajiv

Jha, Under Secretary from Ministry of Labour and

Employment along with representatives from

Workers' Groups and Employers' Groups attended

theconferenceinGeneva

Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon'ble Minister of State for

Labour and Employment addressed virtual Non-

Aligned Movement (NAM) Labour Ministers

meeting held on 30.05.2022 on the side-lines of the

110th ILC of ILO. Shri Sunil Barthwal, Secretary

(Labour and Employment), Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint

Secretary, Ms Priya Sarraf, Deputy Director and

Shri Satyam Bharti, Assistant Director also

attendedthemeeting.

The 345th Session of the Governing Body of

International Labour Organization (ILO) was held

on 13th June, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. A

delegation led by Shri Sunil Barthwal, Secretary,

Labour and Employment comprising of Shri

Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director from Ministry of

Labour and Employment attended the Governing

BodymeetinginGeneva.

The 346th Session of the Governing Body of

International Labour Organization (ILO) was

held from 31 October 2022 to 10 November

2022 at Geneva, Switzerland. A delegation led

by Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary (Labour and

Employment) attended the 346th Session of

Governing Body of ILO in Geneva. Dr.

Shashank Goel, Additional Secretary (Labour &

Employment), Ms. Vibha Bhalla, Joint Secretary

and Shri Rakesh Gaur, Deputy Director

attended the meeting in Geneva.

21.7 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Labour

Ministers meeting.

21.8 The 345th Session of Governing Body of

ILO

21.9 The 346th Session of Governing Body of

ILO

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21.10 1st BRICS Employment Working Group

(EWG) meeting (virtual) (2022).

G 20 Meetings under Indonesian

Presidency.

G-20 1st Employment Working Group Meeting

(Virtual)

BRICS First Employment Working Group (EWG)

meeting (virtual) was held from 19 to 20 April 2022

under the Presidency of China. A delegation from

the Ministry headed by Shri Sunil Barthwal,

Secretary (Labour and Employment) attended the

meeting virtually. Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint Secretary,

Dr. H. Srinivas, DG, VVGNLI, Shri Rupesh Kumar

Thakur, Director, Shri Rajiv Jha, Under Secretary,

Ms Priya Sarraf, Deputy Director and Shri Satyam

Bharti, Assistant Director also attended the

meetingvirtually.

under Indonesian Presidency was held

from 08.03.2022 to 10.03.2022 through virtual

mode. A delegation led by Shri Sunil Barthwal,

21.11.

Secretary (Labour and Employment) along with

Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint Secretary, Shri Rupesh

Kumar Thakur, Director, Ms Priya Sarraf, Deputy

Director and Shri Satyam Bharti, Assistant

Directorattendedthemeetingvirtually.

under Indonesian Presidency

was held from 10-12 May, 2022 at Yogyakarta,

Indonesia through physical mode. A delegation

from the Ministry headed by Shri Sunil Barthwal,

Secretary (Labour and Employment) along with

Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director attended the

meetingatYogyakarta, Indonesia.

under Indonesian Presidency was held

from 14 to 15 June 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland.A

delegation from the Ministry headed by Shri Sunil

Barthwal, Secretary (Labour and Employment)

along with Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director

alsoattendedthemeeting.

under Indonesian Presidency was held

on 20-22 July, 2022 through virtual setting. A

delegation headed by Shri Sunil Barthwal,

Secretary (Labour and Employment) attended the

meetingvirtually.

under Indonesian Presidency was held on

17-19 August, 2022 through virtual setting. A

delegation from the Ministry headed by Shri Sunil

Barthwal, Secretary (Labour and Employment)

attendedthemeetingvirtually.

under the Presidency of Indonesia held

on 12-13 September, 2022 at Bali, Indonesia in

physical mode. A delegation from the Ministry

headed by Dr. Shashank Goel, Additional

Secretary (Labour and Employment) along with

Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director attended the

meetinginBali,Indonesia.

The G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers'

G-20 2nd Employment Working Group

Meeting (Physical)

-20 3rd Employment Working Group Meeting

(Physical)

G-20 4 Employment Working Group Meeting

(Virtual)

G-20 5 Employment Working Group Meeting

(virtual)

G-20 6 Employment Working Group Meeting

(Physical)

21.12. The G-20 Labour and Employment

Ministers' Meeting (LEMM) under Indonesian

Presidency

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Meeting (LEMM) under Indonesian Presidency

was held on 13-14 September, 2022 in physical

mode at Bali, Indonesia. A delegation led by Shri

Bhupender Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Labour and

Employment attended the G20 Labour and

Employment Ministers' Meeting (LEMM) at Bali,

Indonesia. Dr. Shashank Goel, Additional

Secretary (Labour and Employment) and Shri

Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director also attended the

meetinginBali,Indonesia.

International Social Security Association (ISSA)'s

World Social Security Forum was held from 24 to 28

October 2022 at Marrakech, Morocco. A delegation

led by Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of

Labour and Employment attended ISSA's World

SocialSecurity Forum at Marrakech, Morocco.

21.13. International Social Security

Association (ISSA)'s World Social Security

Forum at Marrakech, Morocco.

21.14. 17 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting

(APRM) of ILO.

17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) of

International Labour Organisation was held from

06 to 09 December 2022 at Singapore. A

delegation led by Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon'ble

Minister of State for Labour and Employment

attended the 17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting

(APRM). A tripartite delegation comprising of Ms.

Arti Ahuja,Secretary (Labour & Employment), Shri

Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Joint Secretary and Shri

Rajiv Jha, Under Secretary and members from

Workers' and Employers' Groups attended the

meeting in Singapore. Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary

(Labour & Employment) was the Vice-Chair for the

17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM)

representing government delegates. The APRM

discussed action to enhance job rich growth that is

inclusive and transformative and measures to

strengthen regional cooperation and

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21.15. Some of the prominent International

meetings/training programmes where India

participated actively are as under:

A video conference meeting was held on

16.02.2022 between Shri Bhupender

Yadav, Hon'ble Minister of Labour &

Employment and Ms. Muriel Penicaud,

French candidate for the post of DG, ILO,

former Minister of Labour of France and to

discuss about her candidacy for the post of

DG, ILO. Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint Secretary

and Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director

werealsopresentduringthetraining.

A meeting was held between Shri Sunil

Barthwal, Secretary (Labour and

Employment), Government of India and Dr.

Kyung-wha KANG, Special Representative

on International Labour Cooperation,

Republic of Korea and candidate for the

post of DG, ILO from South Korea on

08.02.2022 at Shram Shakti Bhawan

regarding candidacy of Dr. Kyungwha

KANG for the post of DG, ILO. The

delegation of Republic of Korea comprised

of H.E. Mr. Jae Bok CHANG, Ambassador

of Republic of Korea to India, Ms. So Yeon

KIM, Director, International Cooperation

Division, MOEL, Ms. Ejini CHOI, Deputy

Director, ILO Director General Election

Support Task Force, MOEL. The other

members of delegation from the Ministry

were Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint Secretary, Shri

Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director, Ms Priya

Sarraf, Deputy Director, Shri Rajiv Jha,

Under Secretary and Shri Satyam Bharti,

AssistantDirector.

A meeting was held between Shri Sunil

Barthwal, Secretary (Labour and

Employment) and Ms Dagmar Walter,

Director, ILO Delhi on 23.02.2022. Shri R.

K. Gupta, Joint Secretary, Shri Rupesh

Kumar Thakur, Director, Ms Priya Sarraf,

Deputy Director, Shri Rajiv Jha, Under

Secretary and Shri Satyam Bharti,

Assistant Director also attended the

meeting.

Shri S.V. Ramana, Deputy Secretary

attended the ILO's Meeting of experts to

revise the 1992 code of practice on safety

and health inconstruction in Geneva,

Switzerland from 21st to 25th February,

2022.

A meeting was held between Shri Sunil

Barthwal, Secretary (Labour and

Employment) and Mr. Chang Jae-bok,

Ambassador of Republic of Korea on

16.03.2022. Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint

Secretary and Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur,

Directoralsoattendedthemeeting.

A meeting between Ms. Dagmar Walter,

Director, ILO and Shri Sunil Barthwal,

Secretary (Labour and Employment) was

held on 08.04.2022. Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint

Secretary, Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur,

Director and Ms Priya Sarraf, Deputy

Directoralsoattendedthemeeting.

A meeting between Ms. Shahrashoub

Razavi, Director, Social Protection

Department, ILO Headquarters, Geneva

and Shri Sunil Barthwal, Secretary (Labour

and Employment) was held on 13.04.2022.

Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint Secretary, Shri

Rupesh Kumar Thakur, Director and Ms

Priya Sarraf, Deputy Director also attended

themeeting.

A meeting between Shri Bhupender Yadav,

Hon'ble Minister of Labour & Employment

and Mr. Narek Mkrtchyan, the Minister of

Labour & Social Affairs of the Republic of

Armenia was held on 26.04.2022. Shri

Sunil Barthwal, Secretary (Labour and

Employment) and Shri R. K. Gupta, Joint

Secretaryalsoattendedthemeeting.

A virtual meeting between Shri Sunil

Barthwal, Secretary (L&E) with Ms.

Corinne Vargha, Director, ILO Standards

Department was held on 04-05-2022

virtually.

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A meeting of the Shri Bhupender Yadav,

Hon'ble Minister of Labour & Employment

with Ms Chihoko Asada Miyakawa,

Assistant Director General and ILO

Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

washeldon28.07.2022.

A meeting between Dr. Shashank Goel,

Additional Secretary (L&E) with Mr. Ulrich

Weigl, Head of Unit responsible for Trade

and Sustainable Development (TSD) in the

European Commission's Directorate

General for trade was held on 01-09-2022,

inNewDelhi.

A meeting between Hon'ble Minister of

Labour & Employment and Ms. Maria

Helena Andre, Bureau Director, Workers'

Activities (ACTRAV), ILO Geneva was held

on20.09.2022,inNewDelhi.

A meeting between Dr. Shashank Goel,

Additional Secretary (L&E) with Ms. Cecilia

Ekholm, Ambassador for Sustainable

Business, Government of Sweden was

heldon21-09-2022,inNewDelhi.

A meeting between Additional Secretary

(L&E) with Mr. Davit Mercier, Deputy

Director and Mr. Olivier Zie Cheng Li,

Policy Analyst, Canadian delegation

regarding Labour Program of Employment

and Social Development was held on 30-

09-2022,inNewDelhi.

Shri Rakesh Gaur, Deputy Director

attended 2nd Round of India- EU FTA

negotiations from 06-10-2022 to 07-10-

2022atBrussels,Belgium.

A meeting between Ms. Arti Ahuja,

Secretary (L&E) with delegation of Ethiopia

washeldon13-10-2022,inNewDelhi.

Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Director General,

ESIC, attended the 125th Meeting of ISSA

Bureau on 23-10-2022 at Marrakech,

Morocco

Sh. Amit Nirmal, Deputy Director General

(Employment) attended the G20

Entrepreneurship Roundtable virtually on

26-10-2022.

Sh. Shashank Goel, Additional Secretary,

Ministry of Labour and Employment had

attended 6th meeting of India-EU High

Level Dialogue on Migration and Mobility

(HLDMM) on 27-10-2022 at Brussels,

Belgium.

A meeting between Ms. Arti Ahuja,

Secretary (L&E) and Ms. Elena

Gerasimova, Specialist Labour Law and

Labour Standards, ILO DWT/CO, New

Delhiwasheldon04-11-2022.

Shri Rahul Bhagat, Director, Ministry of

Labour and Employment had attended

ILO's tripartite regional meeting on Social

Protection & Formalization from 15- 16

November2022atBangkok,Thailand.

Dr. Mahendra Kumar, Director, Ministry of

Labour and Employment attended ILO's

technical meeting on the future of work in

theOiland Gas Industry from 28-11-2022 to

02-12-2022atGeneva,Switzerland.

A meeting between Shri Bhupender Yadav,

Hon'ble Minister of Labour and Employment with

Ms. Tuula Haatainen, Minister of Employment of

Finlandwasheldon14-12-2022,inNew Delhi.

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The Accounting Organisation of Ministry of

Labour & Employment

22.1 The Secretary is the Chief Accounting

Authority of the Ministry and performs duties with

the assistance of Additional Secretary &

Financial Adviser (AS&FA) and Chief Controller

of Accounts. The Accounting Organisation of the

Ministry of Labour & Employment is headed by

the Chief Controller of Accounts who is assisted

by Controller of Accounts, Dy. Controller of

Accounts, Principal Accounts Office & 7 Pay and

Accounts Offices. Organisational Structure is

depicted as below:-

SECRETARY

ADDL. SECRETARY &FINANCIAL ADVISER

CHIEF CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS

DEPUTY CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS

INTERNAL

AUDIT WING

PR.

ACCOUNTS

OFFICE,

Accounts

&Admn.

CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS

Chapter-22

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTS

OFFICE, MINISTRY OF

LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

226

22.2 Major initiatives/work done by Office of

the Chief Controller of Accounts, Ministry of

Labour & Employment

1. Internal Audit

2. Grant-in-Aid

3. Utilization Certificate

4. Public Financial Management System

(PFMS)

According to GFR 236(1), Audit Wing of Pr.

Accounts Office has to conduct the audit of the

Grantee Institutions and also it is the duty of Pr.

Accounts Office (HQ) to conduct the regular

audit.

Office of the Chief Controller of Accounts

through their Pay & Accounts Offices are

released Grant-in-Aid to various Grantee

Organizations for various Labour WelfareActivities

across the country in accordance with Rule 228 to

245ofGeneralFinancialRules-2017.

In accordance with the provision contained in

Rule 238 of General Financial Rules 2017, a

Certificate of Utilization of grants is required to be

furnished in respect of grants released to

Autonomous Bodies, Non-Government

Institutions,andotherOrganizationsetc.

The office of the Chief Controller of Accounts is

vigorously monitoring the outstanding utilization

certificates from various divisions. The information

regarding pending utilization certificate are being

forwarded to all Bureau Heads and also discussed

in Senior Officers meeting chaired by Secretary for

necessaryupdation.

To achieve the target framed by Department

of Expenditure, M/o Finance regarding Universal

Rollout of Public Financial Management System

(PFMS) for Central Sector (CS) Schemes, Chief

Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Labour and

Employment created a Public Financial

Management System (PFMS) Monitoring Cell

headed by Sr. Accounts Officer and consisting

three members to impart trainings and to assist

all Program Divisions to achieve the target as per

time schedule in Ministry of Labour and

Employment.

All the schemes are reviewed thoroughly.

Hierarchy and Component mapping have been

done to implement Expenditure, Advance and

Transfer (EAT) module of PFMS. Necessary

Security Protocols and guidelines issued by ITD,

O/oCGAare strictly being followed.

Since the IT Act, 2000 recognises the digitally

signed documents or electronic records digitally

authenticated by means of an electronic method or

procedure in accordance with the provisions of

section 3 of the Act, the Controller General of

Accounts developed a facility in COMPACT for

electronic payment through digitally signed

electronic advices to replace the existing

COMPACTapplication.

Payment of dues from the government under

the e-payment system are made directly to the

bank account of payee through digitally signed e-

advices generated from COMPACT through the

Government e-payment Gateway (GePG) on a

securedcommunicationchannel.

Since M/o Labour & Employment is a welfare

oriented Ministry, many schemes fall under the

category of DBT schemes. Office of the Chief

Controller of Accounts through their Pay &

Accounts Offices had made payment under DBT

for direct credit into the account of beneficiaries

under schemes of Ministry of Labour &

Employment. Most of the DBT in the Ministry is

processed through PFMS using e-payment

functionality to avoid any delay in disbursement of

moneytothebeneficiaries'accounts.

High Security Standards and System Logs of

Transactions.

The PAO's applications have security

requirements in place for effective e-payments

including:

5. e-Payment System

6. Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)

7. Process flow of e-Payment system

Highlights of e-payment System:

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128bitPKIencryption.

Integrity of Information: Hash Algorithm

SHAI): security standards are designed to

ensure confidentiality, authenticity and

integrity of data being conveyed on the

internetbyPAOsto the bank.

Non –repudiation: Key generation/ Digital

Signature based on 128 bit PKI (Public Key

Infrastructure)asrecommendedbyRBI.

Digitally signed e-payment Authorization

along with itemized tracking of each e-

payment authorization and automated

reconciliation.

Savings in time and effort due to online fund

transfer using digitally signed unique e-

authorizationID.

Securemodeofpayment

Transparency in payment procedure.

Elimination of physical cheque& their

manualprocessing.

Advantages of e-payment

Onlineautoreconciliationofpayments.

Efficientcompilation of accounts.

Complete trail of transactions at all levels

availableanytime.

At present, all 7 PAOs of M/o Labour &

Employment are functioning successfully on

PFMS.All payments are routed through PFMS.

Moreover, Employees Information System

(EIS) for Salary payments and Online GPF module

both have been successfully implemented in all 7

PAOsand DDOs under theircontrol.

DIGITALLY

SIGNED

e-Scroll

e-payment

ADVICE

Bill Entry

COMPACT

3STAGE

AUDIT

PAYMENT

GATEWAY

e-Payment

Advice

Compilation

e-Scroll

BANK

*****

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Account at Glance for the F.Y. 2021 -22

Scheme wise Expenditure (Rs. In Crores)

Sr. No. BE (including

Sy. Grant)

2021-22

RE 2021-

FE 2021-22 Actual

Expenditure

(A) Establishment Expenditure of the Centre 550.50 543.17 534.88 520.25

(B) Central Sector Schemes

1 Labour and Employment Statistical System (LESS)

(Payment of Individuals and agencies through LOA)

150.00 90.00 44.09 39.88

2 Labour Welfare Scheme

(Payment made to various Welfare Offices across States

alongwith DBT for Scholarship and Housing Subsidy)

150.00 119.00 87.70 64.21

3 Bima Yojana for Unorganised Workers 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.00

4 Employees Pensions Scheme, 1995

(Payment made to EPFO)

17624.62 7364.00 18.494.620 18478.33

5 Social Security for Plantation Workers in Assam

(Payment made to Assam Tea EPFO)

60.00 50.00 50.00 50.00

6 Pradhan mantra Shram Yogi maandhan

(Payment made to LIC)

400.00 350.00 334.80 324.23

7 Pradhan Mantri Karam Yogi Maandhan

(Payment made to LIC)

150.00 1.00 0.30 0.24

8 Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana

(Payment made to EPFO)

4081.35 5000.00 4180.00 3930.61

9 National Child Labour Project including grants in aid to

voluntary agencies and reimbursement of assistance to

120.00 30.00 26.36 22.15

bonded labour (Payment of GIA made to District Project

Societies alongwith DBT for scholarship)

10 National Database for Unorganised Worker (Payment of

Professional services made to NIC for technical support

as well as GIA to states in the form of Advice through Pr

AO)

150.00 280.00 280.00 255.24 91.16

Total (B) 22,886.07 13.284.10 23,497.87 23,164.99 98.58

1 Central Board for Workers Education

(Payment made to CBWE HeadQuarter Nagpur for GIA

through PAO alongiwth in Kind DBT)

90.00 110.00 110.00 109.99 99.99

2 National labour Institute

(Payment made to VVGNLI Noida, for GIA through PAO

alongwith in Kind DBT)

15.00 11.55 11.55 11.55 100.00

Total (C) 105.00 121.55 121.55 121.54 99.99

%age

w.r.t. FE

97.26

90.68

73.22

0..00

99.91

100.00

96.84

80.00

94.03

84.03

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D Centrally Sponsored Schemes

1 Coaching and Guidance for SC, ST and other Backward

Classes (Payment made to individual institutes

alongwith DBT of stipend)

19.90 17.90 16.37 14.50 88.58

2 Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (Payment

made to EPFO)

900.00 250.00 250.00 190.75 76.30

3 National Career Services (Payment mde to individual

Consultancy agencies through PAO alongwith GIA in the

form of Advice to States through Pr AO)

57.00 32.00 31.73 24.31 76.62

Total (D) 976.90 299.90 298.10 229.56 76.55

Total (A+B+C+D) 24,518.47 14,248.72 24,452.40 24036.34 987.30

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BACKGROUND

23.1

23.2

23.3

23.4

23.5

The Directorate General of Resettlement

and Employment (DGR&E) and Directorate

General of Employment & Training (DGE&T) now

known as Directorate General of Employment

(DGE) was set up initially for the purpose of

resettling demobilized Defence Service personnel

anddischargedwarworkersincivillife.

After Independence, the Directorate

General was also called upon to handle work

relating to displaced persons from Pakistan.

Subsequently, the scope of the Directorate was

extended to cover employment service to all

categories of job seekers in early 1948, and

trainingservicestoallciviliansin1950.

In pursuance of the recommendations of

the Training and Employment Service Committee

(Shiva Rao Committee set up in 1952), the day-to-

day administrative control of the Employment

Exchanges and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)

was transferred to the State Governments/Union

Territory Administrations with effect from

01.11.1956 on cost sharing basis between Centre

andStates.

Cost sharing by the Centre with the State

Governments to the extent of 60% of the cost of the

establishment was continued up to 31.03.1969,

after which the scheme was discontinued, based

on the decision taken by the National Development

CouncilinMay,1968.

With each successive Five Year Plan, there

has been expansion of the activities of the

Employment Service and Training Service in the

Centre and the States. The total number of

Employment Exchanges functioning are 997

(including 76 University Employment Information

andGuidanceBureaux).

INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE FOR

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WITH STATE

GOVERNMENTS:-

23.6

RESPONSIBILITIES EMPLOYMENT

DIRECTORATE

As per the information received form the

State/UTs, there are 997 Employment

Exchanges functioning [including 42

Special Employment Exchanges for

Differently Abled (Handicapped)]

throughoutIndia.

38 Special Cells for persons with disability

are functioning in normal Employment

ExchangesinvariousStates.

The State Directorates of Employment are

generallylocatedintheStateCapitals.

The Directorate General of Employment

(DGE) is presently headed by the Director General

(Employment). The organizational set up of the

Directorate General consists of two principal wings

namely, Directorate of Employment and

Secretariat Wing. All the useful information

relating to functioning of this directorate general

such as functions, schemes, published reports/

documents, recruitment rules, reports relating to

employment & unemployment data, vacancies,

telephone directory, details of DGE employees &

offices, etc. is available on a separate recently

developed website (https://dge.gov.in/dge/) which

is being updated regularly. Since its launch inApril,

2022, it has received more than three lakh sixty

thousands hits till 31.12.2022 which reflects very

encouragingresponsefromitsusers.

Plans and formulates programmes for

expansion and development of National

Employment Service in consultation with

StateGovernments.

Chapter-23

DIRECTORATE GENERAL

OF EMPLOYMENT

231

Employment Exchanges (Compulsory

Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 and

Rules made there under. The non-statutory

bodyisfunctioningundertheDGE:-

The non-statutory body functioning under

DGE is the Working Group on National

EmploymentService.

1005 Employment Exchanges [including 42

Special Employment Exchanges for

Differently Abled (Handicapped)]

throughoutIndia.

38 Special Cells for persons with disability

are functioning in normal Employment

ExchangesinvariousStates.

The State Directorates of Employment are

generallylocatedintheStateCapitals.

24 National Career Service Centres for

Differently Abled (erstwhile VRCs) out of

which one Centre at Vadodara is

exclusivelyforwomenwithdisabilities.

25 National Career Service Centres for

Scheduled Castes/Scheduled

Tribes(erstwhile CGCs)

National Institute for Career Service (NICS)

(erstwhileCIRTES)located at NOIDA(U.P.)

Central Employment Exchange under

DirectorateofEmploymentatNewDelhi

DGE does not implement any employment

generation scheme. Its role is to coordinate and

oversee the employment generation taking place

in the country through the National Employment

Service in India. The network of Employment

Non-Statutory Body

23.8

INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE FOR

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

WITH STATE GOVERNMENTS;-

WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT:

HIGHLIGHTS

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

23.9

Coordinates the work of Employment

ServiceinStates/UTs.

Conducts training programmes and

develops staff training material for the

EmploymentServicepersonnel.

Carries out periodic programme of

evaluation of policies, procedures and

working practices of Employment

Exchanges in the States with a view to

assessing and advising the State

Governments on the progressive

development of the service and to ensure

that National Policies, Standards and

Proceduresareeffectivelyimplemented.

Collects and disseminates Employment

Market Information and prescribes uniform

reporting procedures for the organized

sectorandEmploymentExchanges.

Co-ordinates Vocational Guidance and

Career Counselling Services rendered

through Employment Exchanges and

University Employment Information and

Guidance Bureaux (UEIGBx), MCCsto the

unemployed youth for choosing and

planning their career suited to their abilities

andskills.

Evaluates residual capabilities of physically

challenged persons and provides them

adjustment training in order to facilitate their

economicrehabilitation.

Establishes coordination and consultation

with the Ministries of the Government of

India whose activities affect the

employmentsituationinthecountry.

Provides Vocational Guidance and

organizes Confidence Building

ProgrammesforSC/STjob seekers.

Formulation of National Employment

Policy.

Thestatutoryprovision enforcedbyDGEis:-

STATUTORY PROVISIONS

23.7

232

23.13 Features of National Employment

Service

National Employment Service covers all the

States and Union Territories except the

StateofSikkim.

Day to day administration of the

Employment Exchanges is under the

control of respective State Governments /

Uts.

It has a network of 1005 Employment

Exchanges.

As a part of administrative functioning, data

are collected through Employment

Exchange Statistical Returns, each return

covering a specific field of activity like

registration, placement, etc. with different

periodicity.

As a part of Employment Market Information

Programme, data was being collected from the

Organised Sector (all public sector establishments

and all non-agricultural private sector

establishments with 10 or more workers) on

employment, vacancies, occupational and

educational pattern of employees, etc. in ER-I

returns prescribed under the Employment

Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of

Vacancies) Act, 1959 and Rules framed there

under. The establishments employing 10-24

workers in private sector are covered on voluntary

basis. The establishments employing 10-24

workers in private sector are covered on voluntary

basis as well as all establishments in the Public

Sector and such establishments in the private

sector engaged in non-agricultural activities and

employing 25 or more workers as per the

provisions of the Act. However, the relevant

provisions of EE(CNV) Act, 1959/ EE(CNV) Rules

1960 pertaining to compulsory notifications of

vacancies by employers to employment

exchanges now form part of Code on Social

Security, 2020 . Draft Rules (Central) have been

notifiedinNovember, 2020.

Service has expanded from 18 Employment

Exchanges in 1951 to 1005 Employment

Exchanges.

A key role played by the Employment

Exchanges is to motivate and guide the

unemployed youth for taking up self-employment

ventures in view of shrinkage in wage paid jobs. In

22 selected Employment Exchanges, Special

Cells for Promotion of Self-Employment have been

working.

There are 409 Vocational Guidance Units in

Employment Exchanges and 76 University

Employment Information and Guidance Bureaux

(UEIGBX) within the University Campuses have

been functioning in the country to render

Vocational Guidance and Employment

Counsellingtojob-seekers.

The employment service is the joint

concern of the Central and State Government and

DGE, Ministry of Labour& Employment is

responsible for policies, standards and procedures

to be followed by the employment services along

with collecting of EMI, providing VG and

Employment counselling and placement of

persons with disabilities. Policies, standards and

procedures for the National Employment service

are laid down by the Central Government in

consultation with the State Governments. A

Working Group on National Employment Service

comprising of representatives of the Central and

State Governments facilitates this consultative

process. Regular meetings of the Working Group

on National Employment Service are held under

the Chairmanship of Director General of

Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour &

Employment. The meetings are attended by the

State Labour & Employment Secretaries/State

Directors of Employment/ other representatives

and officers of DGE. The Working Group

considered various issues pertaining to National

Employment Service and made necessary

recommendations.

23.10

23.11

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

INTRODUCTION

23.12

233

Meanwhile, based on the recommendations of the

Second National Commission on Labour, the

Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government

of India had taken steps to simplify, amalgamate

and rationalize the relevant provisions of the

existing various Central Labour Laws into 4 Labour

Codes. These Codes are; the Code on Wages,

2019, the Occupational Safety Health & Working

Conditions Code, 2020, the Industrial Relations

Code,2020andtheCodeonSocialSecurity,2020.

In the process, the relevant provisions of EE(CNV)

Act, 1959and suitable changes as per the

requirements of present day, have been

subsumed in the Code on Social Security 2020.

These changes inter-alia, include redefining

employment exchanges, increasing their activities,

provisionforonlinereportingofvacancies, etc.

For subsuming the existing Employment

Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of

Vacancies) Act 1959, one Chapter (Chapter-XIII)

on Employment Information & Monitoring has been

addedinthe Code on Social Security 2020 enacted

by the Parliament during September, 2020. This

Code has received the assent of President on 28th

September, 2020 and notifiedin theGovernment of

India Official Gazette on 29th September, 2020.

Draft Rules (Central) have been notified in

November, 2020.

The details of the network of 1005

Employment Exchanges are given in Table 23.18

The main activities of the Employment Exchanges

are registration, placement of job seekers, career

counseling & vocational guidance and collection of

employmentmarketinformation.

PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT

SERVICE*

23.16

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE MANUAL

(NESM)

23.14

23.15

NESMisa manual of instructions, procedures to be

followed relating to functioning and operations of

National Employment Service through country

wide network of Employment Exchanges. The

Employment Exchanges function under the control

of respective State Governments. The NESM was

last revised in 2006.The process of revising it

againwasinitiated during the year and NESM 2022

has been finalized. The revised NESM-2022

consistsof04volumes.

To convert the National Employment

Service into a National Career Service, Ministry of

Labour & Employment, constituted a Working

Group comprising representatives from State

Governments, Employers' Associations and other

stake holders during November, 2013. The first

meeting of the said working group was held on 3rd

December, 2013. After elaborate discussions and

careful consideration of various aspects, including

improving utility, accessibility and efficiency of the

Service, the recommendations were approved by

the Govt. for laying the foundation for the NCS. The

NCS project has been implemented and the NCS

portalisfunctional.

The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory

Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 provides for

compulsory notification of vacancies and

submission of employment returns (ER-I) by

employers to the Employment Exchanges. It

applies to all establishments in the Public Sector

and such establishments in the Private Sector

engaged in non-agricultural activities and

employing 25 or more workers. Enforcement of the

Act is the responsibility of the States and Union

Territories. Majority of the States/Union Territories

have special enforcement machinery for this

purpose. The amendments proposed to the Act

were deliberated on by the Parliamentary Standing

Committee on Labour and the committee have

recommended that the Act be comprehensively

amended to make the functioning of Employment

ExchangesmorerelevanttotheneedsofSociety.

EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES (COMPULSORY

NOTIFICATION OF VACANCIES) ACT, 1959.

234

Live Register, 282.4 lakh job seekers are men and

158.3 lakh job seekers are women. The highest job

seekers were in West Bengal followed by Tamil

Nadu.

Year-wise registration, placement,

vacancies notified, submissions made and Live

Table No. 23.23

The Central Employment Exchange, DGE

located at Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi under

M/o Labour and Employment is responsible for

Advertisement of vacancies of scientific & technical

in nature occupying in the central Government

Establishments with the pay scale of Rs.1400-2300

(Pre-revised) or above. As per revised procedure

laid down by DoPT all the vacancies notified to CEE

as per EE (CNV) Act. 1959 are (now presumed

as a part of Social Security Code) to be advertised

in Employments News by Central Employment

Exchange (CEE). In addition to this, such vacancies

are also to be placed at National Career Service

(NCS) Portal vide instruction issued by DoPT in

November,2016.

The Employment data in the organized

sector was being collected under the Employment

23.21

CENTRAL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE, DELHI

23.22

EMPLOYMENT MARKET INFORMATION

PROGRAMME (EMI) SCOPE, COVERAGE AND

LIMITATION

23.23

23.17

as on 31-12-2021)

Salient features of registration and placement

in Employment Exchanges.

23.18 Registration:

23.19 Placement:

23.20 Live Register:

The performance of Employment

Exchanges( isgiven below:

Out of total number of 32.24 lakh job seekers

registered upto end of December 2021, 18.97 lakh

job seekers were men and 13.27 lakh were

women. Maximum numbers of job seekers 8.61

lakh were registered in Gujarat followed by Kerala

and Maharasthra which were more than 3 lakh in

eachstate.

Out of the 4.9 lakh job seekers that got employ-

ment through the employment exchanges, 0.81

lakh were women. The maximum placement made

was2.7lakhinGujaratduringthesameperiod.

Out of total number of 440.7 lakh job seekers on

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Offices, mobile devices, cyber cafes etc. The

various stakeholders on the NCS platform include

job seekers, industries, employers, employment

exchanges (career centres), training providers,

educational institutions and placement

organizations.

The NCS Portal (NCSP) has been made

functional at the URL . The

portal was dedicated to the Nation by Hon'ble

Prime Minister of India on 20.07.2015. The NCSP

is supported by a dedicated helpline (multi-lingual)

available from Tuesday to Sunday (8.00AM to 8.00

PM) on 1800-425-1514 for assisting users. These

services are available free of cost. The portal is

accessible by all users including jobseekers,

employers, skill providers, placement

organisations, career counsellors etc. The portal

also facilitates organization of job fairs where both

employersandjobseekerscaninteract.

With the increased focus of Government on

Career Counselling, the Ministry proposes to

create a network of Career Counsellors where the

Career Centres will become the hub of Career

Counselling in their area. Around 900 approved

from various States/UTs have

gotregisteredatNCSPortal.

The NCS Portal also provides an

openarchitecture for partnering of institutionsand

organisations for delivery of career and

23.27

(www.ncs.gov.in)

The brief Statistics of NCS Portal is as under:

23.28

23.29

Career Counsellors

Market Information (EMI) Programme which is

provided the statutory base by the Employment

Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of

Vacancies) Act, 1959 and Rules framed there

under. However, The required provisions of

EE(CNV) Act, 1959/EE(CNV) Rules 1960

pertaining to compulsory notifications by

employers to employment exchanges now form

part of Code on Social Security, 2020 and the new

rulesareunderprocessofnotification.

Employment Service, as in the past,

continued making efforts to cater to the special

needs of vulnerable sections like Women,

Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes, persons

with disabilities and differently abled Ex-

servicemen job-seekers. Details of programmes

onvulnerablesectionaregiveninChapter 24.

The Ministry is implementing the National

Career Service (NCS) Project as a Mission Mode

Project for transformation of the National

Employment Service to provide a variety of

employment related services like job matching,

career counselling, vocational guidance,

information on skill development courses,

apprenticeship, internships etc. The services

under NCS are available online and can be

accessed directly, through Career Centres,

Common Service Centres, post offices, mobile

devices, cyber cafes etc. The various stakeholders

are available on the NCS platform including job-

seekers, industries, employers, employment

exchanges (career centres), training providers,

educational institutions and placement

organizations.

This project consists of three important

components namely- (i) NCS Portal

( ); (ii) Model Career Centres; and

(iii) Interlinking of Employment Exchanges with

NCS portal.The services under NCS are available

online and can be accessed directly, through

Career Centres, Common Service Centres, Post

EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE TO SPECIAL