GLOBALIZATION IMPACT- CENTRAL Enforcement of Labour Laws

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Sub: Statistics of Enforcement of CLRA by the Central Govt


The enforcement of the provisions of various Labour laws has been prescribed under provisions of the relevant Acts and is secured through the officers of the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) in the Central Sphere, and through the State enforcement machinery in the State Sphere.

In the Central sphere, the officer of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)s organization conduct inspection regularly under the Contract Labour ( Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 and take action by filing prosecution cases against the defaulting employers and contractors.

Details of Inspection conducted and prosecution launched during the last three years and current year under Contract Labour Act, 1970 is found in the Attachment.Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of Labour and Employment gave this information in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha .


The following data will give a picture on the realistic Enforcement scenario in respect of these two enactments .

Presently the level playing field available for the Indian Staffing Industry to operate in the present liberalised regime of the Central Government is again seen and is found to be quite adequate and is commendable and will be an invitation to International Staffing & Recruiting Companies to open shop in India


Minimum Wages Act

S.No. Particulars 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10(P)
1. No. of Inspections conducted 5363 6843 6925 12612
2. No. of Prosecutions launched 2648 3675 3573 4820
3. No. of Claim Case filed 1898 2005 2015 2620
4. No. of claim case decided 2053 2697 2236 1516
5. Amount involved 2,04,20,540 79,60,000 80,17,217 90,67,352

Payment of Bonus Act

S.No. Particulars 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10(P)
1. No. of Inspections conducted 628 1527 1473 1638
2. No. of Prosecutions launched 26 35 64 24

In regard to Employees Provident Fund, over 80 complaints alleging Provident Fund evasion have been received during 2007-2010 by Vigilance Wing of Employees Provident Fund Organisation

Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of Labour and Employment gave this information in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha .




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