14-March-2011 16:10 IST
Contractual Labourers
Organisations in public and private sector engage both regular and contract workers but they have to provide such benefits as are mandated under various legislations.
No data of regular labour & Contract labour is maintained centrally. However, the number of regular civil employees in various Ministries as on 31st March, 2006 was estimated to be 3116337 as per the Census of Central Government Employees conducted by Directorate General of Employment and Training.
In the Central sphere, the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) has been entrusted with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of the Act and rules made thereunder, through Inspectors, Licensing Officers, Registering Officers and Appellate Authorities appointed under the Act.
The details of enforcement of the Act and number of contract workers covered by licenses in the Central sphere are as under:-
S.No. | Activity | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10
|
1 | No. of Inspection conducted | 6843 | 6925 | 9428 |
2 | No. of Irregularities detected | 104401 | 94162 | 94832 |
3 | No. of Prosecutions launched | 3675 |
3573 | 5181 |
4 | No. of convictions | 1228 | 733 | 2318 |
5 | No. of contract labourers covered by licenses | 1313742 | 1377610 | 1373430 |
6 | No. of licenses revoked/cancelled | 5657 | 7419 | 6017 |
7 | No. of registration certificates revoked/cancelled | 14 | 35 | 23 |
In addition to above, Central Government has issued 79 Notifications under Section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 on the recommendations of the Central Advisory Contract Labour Board from time to time prohibiting the employment of contract labour in the jobs and establishments specified in the Notifications.
This information was given by Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour And Employment in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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