(a) the number of casual labourers working in Food Corporation of India as on date;
(b) the wage structure of these workers;
(c) whether an agreement was signed between Food Corporation of India Workers` Union and
authorities in 1991-92 regarding regularization of casual workers;
(d) if so, the number of such workers who have been regularised till date;
(e) the reasons for not regularising the remaining workers; and
(f) the steps taken/proposed to be taken for their regularisation?
MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SHARAD YADAV )
(a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (f) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.344 DUE FOR ANSWER
ON 13-12-2002 IN THE LOK SABHA.
There are 103 casual labourers working in the two Bareilly depots of the Food Corporation
of India, at present.
The casual labourers are paid the minimum wages, as prescribed by the local District Collector/
District Magistrate.
An Agreement was concluded between the FCI management and the FCI Workers` Union in
1991-92 in which, inter-alia, it was agreed that all the 69 casual labourers working in the FCI
depots in Delhi region would be regularized. Based on this Agreement, these labourers were
regularized with effect from 01.04.1992. At the time of signing this Agreement, there was no
casual labour working in the 2 Bareilly depots of the FCI.
In 1996, the FCI management introduced specific criteria for considering regularization of
contract labour. 103 labourers in the Bareilly depots did not fulfil this criteria and were not
regularized but, subsequently, were allowed to work as casual labour.