Question : AMENDMENT IN LABOUR ACT

(a) whether the Government propose to amend the Labour Act to open the Core and Non-core sector for the contract labour and improvement in the service conditions of the workers;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether Group of Ministers has also recommended for this amendment; and

(d) if so, the other recommendations of Group of Ministers in regard to welfare of workers and insurance cover?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

(a) to (d): In the wake of economic liberalisation, judgement of various courts and experience gathered in the administration of the Act, the Government have undertaken a review of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. The amendments which may be carried out in the Act have not yet been finalised.