Question : WORKERS IN COAL COMPANIES

(a) the number of workers engaged in manual and mechanical jobs in various coal companies located in various States of the country as on date State and company-wise;

(b) whether the subsidiary companies of Coal India Limited (CIL) have outsourced their labour intensive field works and transportation of coal ;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, subsidiary-wise;

(d) whether the permanent labourers of these subsidiaries are being compelled to take VRS due to this outsourcing;

(e) if so, whether the labour unions have protested against the implementation of outsourcing in the coal sector; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL (SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL):

a) The number of workers engaged in manual and mechanical jobs in various coal companies located in various States of the Country as on 01-11-2012 is 273279. The details of Company-wise figure is as follows :-

Company	Number of workers engaged in	mechanical & manual jobs 
ECL	59436
BCCL	49388
CCL	35813
WCL	41780
SECL	58048
MCL	15477
NCL	10778
NEC	1542
CMPDIL	959
CIL	58
TOTAL	273279

Company	Apr. to Sept. (12-13) (Prov)	2011-12	OC Coal(MT)	OBR(MM3.)	OC Coal(MT)	OBR(MM3.)
ECL	2.775	19.522	7.5	31.273
BCCL	6.561	28.284	12.253	52.288
CCL	7.639	12.598	17.399	28.308
NCL	0.00	51.164	0	114.795
WCL	2.856	19.222	5.201	58.926
SECL	44.311	22.01	90.459	53.363
MCL	36.781	17.966	86.568	38.821
NEC	0.183	1.849	0.598	4.475
CIL	101.106	172.615	219.978	382.249