(a)the details of the number of labourers in Bundelkhand;
(b)whether the Government has conducted any survey of comprehensive labour based industries in Bundelkhand;
(c)if so, the details thereof;
(d)whether the Government has made any plan to provide more relief to the labourers in the country including Bundelkhand specially in unorganized sectors; and
(e)if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) to (c): The information in respect of workers in Bundelkhand as reported by the 6th Economic Census conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is annexed.
(d) & (e): Government has taken a number of steps towards expansion of the organized sector. These are as under:
Under the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) initiative undertaken by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, there has been a significant improvement in the registration of beneficiaries and approx 1.2 crore number of self employed persons/ employees were benefitted during the last three years, which is an indication of shifting from informal sector to the formal sector for availing the Social Security Benefits. In order to provide social security benefits to the workers in the unorganized sector including workers in agriculture sector, the Government has enacted the Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008.
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