Question : EXPLOITATION OF DISPLACED PEOPLE



(a) whether the Government has received complaints regarding exploitation of people displaced by the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) who sell coal locally or work in loading/ unloading of coal, by the officials of CCL and middlemen;

(b) if so, the details of such complaints received during each of the last three years and the current year;

(c) the action taken by the Government thereon; and

(d) the other steps taken by the Government to protect the interest of such local people ?

Answer given by the minister



MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL(SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL)

(a) to(d): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.