(a) the aims and objectives of Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972;
(b) the number of violations of the said Act during each of the last three years and the
current year;
(c) the number of convictions that have been made during the said period;
(d) the number of cases still pending in the court under the said Act as on date;
(e) the number of ten oldest cases amongst the above pending cases along with the reasons
for pendency, case-wise; and
(f) the reaction of the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH)
(a): The object of the Act is to have a Central Law so as to ensure a uniform pattern of
payment of gratuity to the employees throughout the country. The Act provides for a scheme
for the payment of gratuity to employees engaged in factories, mines, oil fields, plantations,
ports, railway companies, shops or other establishments and for matters connected therewith
or incidental thereto.
(b): The number of irregularities detected under the said Act in the central sphere during
each of the last three years and the current year is hereunder:-
2010-11 45620 2011-12 37753 2012-13 34125 2013-14 26194 (Upto 30-9-2013)Statistics with regard to irregularities in the state sphere is not maintained centrally.
2010-11 01 2011-12 03 2012-13 05 2013-14 00 (Upto 30-9-2013)(d): As on date, 21 cases in the central sphere is still pending in the court under the said Act.