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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
25-July-2016 16:04 IST
Workforce in Organised/ Unorganised Sector

As per the result of labour force survey on employment and unemployment conducted in 2011-12 by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the number of estimated employed persons in 2011-12 on usual status basis were 47.41 crore, of which 82.7% of workforce (39.14 crore persons) was in unorganized sector.

 

Government has enacted the legislations for the construction workers like The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996. Further, to provide social security to unorganised workers the Government has also enacted the “Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008”.

 

Workers get benefits under various legislations like Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, Employees Compensation Act, 1923, Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and Building and Other Construction Workers  Act,  1996.  The  coverage  of  establishments  under  The  Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF&MP) Act 1952 has been enlarged to include construction workers.

 

The Ministry has initiated many labour welfare measures like minimum pension of Rs. 1000/- per month to the pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995, portability of provident fund account, National Career Service Portal, Employees State Insurance Corporation 2.0, Revision in eligibility and calculation ceiling under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 etc.

 

State/UT-wise usual status (adjusted), Workforce Participation Rates (%) in the rural and urban areas in the country during 2011-12 is enlisted.

 

 

 

 

 

Sl. No.

State/UT

Workforce Participation Rates

%

Rural

Urban
  1.  

Andhra Pradesh

52.2

36.4
  1.  

Arunchal Pradesh

38.3

30.3
  1.  

Assam

34.3

32.9
  1.  

Bihar

27.5

25.3
  1.  

Chhatisgarh

48.6

37.6
  1.  

Delhi

34.2

33.7
  1.  

Goa

37.8

33.7
  1.  

Gujarat

44.7

38.4
  1.  

Haryana

35.6

31.8
  1.  

Himchal Pradesh

53.3

41.6
  1.  

Jammu & Kashmir

40.5

33.7
  1.  

Jharkhand

37.0

28.4
  1.  

Karnataka

45.0

37.6
  1.  

Kerala

38.2

36.3
  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

40.5

32.5
  1.  

Maharashtra

48.6

36.5
  1.  

Manipur

38.9

32.2
  1.  

Meghalaya

45.9

34.0
  1.  

Mizoram

49.6

36.7
  1.  

Nagaland

41.0

28.7
  1.  

Odisha

41.7

38.1
  1.  

Punjab

40.6

36.8
  1.  

Rajasthan

42.4

32.6
  1.  

Sikkim

53.4

45.2
  1.  

Tamil Nadu

48.5

39.2
  1.  

Tripura

40.2

31.9
  1.  

Uttarakhand

38.1

30.5
  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

33.8

31.7
  1.  

West Bengal

39.0

40.0
  1.  

A & N Island

43.2

39.9
  1.  

Chandigarh

34.9

35.4
  1.  

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

32.5

36.7
  1.  

Daman & Diu

42.5

35.5
  1.  

Lakshadweep

32.2

34.7
  1.  

Puducherry

36.3

35.0

 

All India

39.9

35.5

Source: - NSS Report, 2011-12

This information was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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