The State-wise data regarding number of male and female migrant labourers/workers as per Census 2011 is given at the Annexure.

Labour Bureau under Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched an All India survey of migrant workers with effect from 01.04.2021.

Migrant workers work in various occupations. There exist several social security and welfare schemes for these workers including migrant workers. During Covid – 19 pandemic period, the Union Government has taken several  special measures for generating work opportunities, such as; benefits of Rs.4378.44 crores have been credited in the EPF accounts of 54.67 lakh beneficiaries through 1.3 lakh establishments under Atmanirbhar Bharat RozgarYojana (ABRY) till 26.03.2022, benefits of Rs.2567 crores to retain 38.91 lakh low wage employees under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (PMGKRA) generating 50.78 crore mandays with Rs.39,293 crores, working capital loan to street vendors under PMSVA Nidhi Scheme and special training programme under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana in the selected districts having high concentration of returnee migrant workers.

The Government has enacted The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 which provides for payment of equal remuneration to all workers for the same work or work of similar nature without any discrimination. The Act is enforced by the Central and State Government, Further under the provisions of The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the wages fixed by the appropriate Government are applicable to all types of workers including migrant workers. These acts have now been subsumed in the Code on Wages, 2019.

In order to safeguard the interest of the migrant workers, the Central Government had enacted the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979. This Act has now been subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code, 2020. The OSH Code provides for decent working conditions, minimum wages, grievances redressal mechanisms, toll free helpline, protection from abuse and exploitation, and social security to all category of organized and unorganized workers.

Annexure

Data on seasonal migrants.

 

State wise Number of persons who moved in for work & Employment as per Census - 2011 ( Migrant Workers)
Sl. No.		Persons	Males	Females
1	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	52,129	47,229	4,900
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	37,37,316	30,51,811	6,85,505
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1,19,244	93,441	25,803
4	ASSAM	5,72,064	4,93,877	78,187
5	BIHAR	7,06,557	5,39,176	1,67,381
6	CHANDIGARH	2,06,642	1,91,668	14,974
7	CHHATTISGARH	10,21,077	8,65,897	1,55,180
8	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	63,779	60,588	3,191
9	DAMAN & DIU	73,782	70,592	3,190
10	GOA	1,15,870	99,913	15,957
11	GUJARAT	30,41,779	26,85,190	3,56,589
12	HARYANA	13,33,644	11,47,374	1,86,270
13	HIMACHAL PRADESH	2,96,268	2,36,454	59,814
14	JAMMU & KASHMIR	1,22,587	1,00,680	21,907
15	JHARKHAND	8,24,259	7,24,065	1,00,194
16	KARNATAKA	28,87,216	23,67,901	5,19,315
17	KERALA	7,13,934	5,59,263	1,54,671
18	LAKSHADWEEP	6,135	5,375	760
19	MADHYA PRADESH	24,15,635	20,27,884	3,87,751
20	MAHARASHTRA	79,01,819	68,19,915	10,81,904
21	MANIPUR	22,750	16,441	6,309
22	MEGHALAYA	52,797	38,769	14,028
23	MIZORAM	62,828	45,688	17,140
24	NAGALAND	1,10,779	88,923	21,856
25	NCT OF DELHI	20,29,489	18,98,884	1,30,605
26	ODISHA	8,51,363	7,14,603	1,36,760
27	PUDUCHERRY	70,721	60,366	10,355
28	PUNJAB	12,44,056	10,60,487	1,83,569
29	RAJASTHAN	17,09,602	14,45,847	2,63,755
30	SIKKIM	46,554	38,703	7,851
31	TAMIL NADU	34,87,974	27,74,086	7,13,888
32	TRIPURA	92,097	74,594	17,503
33	UTTAR PRADESH	31,56,125	25,91,421	5,64,704
34	UTTARAKHAND	6,17,094	5,50,465	66,629
35	WEST BENGAL	16,56,952	14,29,130	2,27,822
	INDIA	4,14,22,917	3,50,16,700	64,06,217

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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