(a) the number of labourers employed in various godowns of Food
Corporation of India (FCI) during the last three years along with
the details of their employment pattern like departmental, direct
payment system, contract etc., State-wise;
(b) whether FCI continue to deploy contract labourers even
in those notified
depots where the same has been banned; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS,
FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a): State wise Labour position for the year ending March 2011,
March 2012 and March 2013 in respect of Departmental, Direct Payment
System (DPS) and No Work No Pay (NWNP) is enclosed as
Annexure-I,II and III.
(b) & (c): In three depots, the notification could not be implemented in
Mandi, Dhalli (H.P.) and Mavelikara (Kerala). The workers have themselves
opted to work under labour cooperative system, which is not a contract
system and the payment is made to the workers’ society. Similarly,
at Mavelikara (Kerala) Labour cooperative system is continuing under
legal compulsions.