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PROVIDING SOCIAL SECURITY TO CONTRACTUAL LABOUR
The Contract Labour are
engaged in the industrial sector by the Government and Private
establishments as per their terms of contract and requirement
and no centralized data is maintained. However, the estimated
number of contract labour engaged by licenced contractors in
central sphere including the industrial sector in the last three
years is as under:
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Year
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No. of
contract labour covered by such licences
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2009-10
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13.73lakhs
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2010-11
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14.89
lakhs
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2011-12*
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13.07
lakhs
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* Provisional
Engagement
of contract labourers is regulated under the
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, As far
as the security in term of wages and other service
conditions is concerned, as per the Contract Labour
(Regulation & Abolition) Central Rules, 1971 , the wages of the contract
labour shall not be less than the rates prescribed under Minimum
Wages Act, 1948 and in cases where the contract worker
perform the same or similar kind of work as the workmen directly
employed by the principal employer of the establishment, the wage
rates, holidays , hours of work and other conditions of
service shall be the same as applicable to the workmen directly
employed by the principal employer doing the same or similar kind of
work. The liability to ensure payment of wages and other
benefits is primarily that of the contractor and, in case of default, that of
the principal employer.
In
the central sphere, the Complaints are received in the field offices of Chief
Labour Commissioner(Central) Organization under the Contract Labour (Regulation
& Abolition) Act, 1970, Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and
by other laws applicable on contract labour which are
investigated and action is taken. Social security aspects of contract workers
under Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952 and
Employees State Insurance Act 1948 are enforced by the Employees Provident Fund
organization and Employees State Insurance Corporation respectively provided
the establishments in which outsourced workers are working are covered under
the said Acts. Central Government hasalso prohibited employment of
contract labour in various establishments in central sphere through 84
Notifications issued from time to time under the Contract Labour (Regulation
& Abolition) Act, 1970. To safeguard the interests of the contract labour
further in term of wages and social security, a proposal to amend the Contract
Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 is under consideration of the
Government.
The
Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this
information in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Source
: PIB, August 22, 2012
IPO EXAMINATION 2012
(MOST URGENT)
CONDUCTING OF LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
PROMOTION TO THE CADRE OF INSPECTOR POSTS (66.66%) DEPARTMENTAL QUOTA FOR THE
YEAR 2012. {RE-SCHEDULED}
Sub: Conducting of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for
promotion to the cadre of Inspector Posts (66.66%) Departmental quota for the year,
2012.
D.G. Posts No. A-34012/07/2012-DE Dated 22nd August, 2012.
I am directed to invite kind attention to this
office letter No. dated 07.06.2012 wherein a notification was issued for Conducting
of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of
Inspector Posts for the year 2012 on 8th & 9th
September 2012.
2. The Competent Authority has now ordered
to re-schedule and hold the above examination on 15th & 16th
September, 2012 to the following timings:
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Date of
examination
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Paper Nos.
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Time
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15th
September,2012
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Paper-I
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10.00
A.M. to 01.00 P.M.
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15th
September,2012
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Paper-II
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02.00
P.M. to 05.00 P.M.
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16th
September,2012
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Paper-III
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10.00
A.M. to 01.00 P.M.
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16th
September,2012
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Paper-IV
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02.00
P.M. to 05.00 P.M
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3. This may be circulated to all
concerned. There will be no change in other terms and conditions, issued in
this office letter of even no. dated 07.06.2012.
4. This issues with the approval of
Competent Authority.
Sd/-
(K.
Rameswara Rao)
Assistant
Director General(DE
OVER RS.
750 CR LYING IN INACTIVE POST OFFICE SAVING
ACCOUNTS : GOVERNMENT.
The government today said around Rs
752 crore is lying as unclaimed deposits in more than 2.49 crore inactive
savings accounts in post offices.
"Rs 752,44,57,414.03 is the amount
lying in all inactive (silent) accounts as on March 31, 2011 in 2,49,59,446
accounts," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to Lok
Sabha.
West Bengal led the tally of unclaimed
deposits with over Rs 107 crore lying in 20.16 lakh accounts, followed by Tamil
Nadu (Rs 105.87 crore in 62.72 lakh accounts) and Uttar Pradesh (Rs 68.61 crore
in 21.74 lakh accounts).
"The depositor of such account can
activate the account at any time by transaction. Notices are issued every year
to the account holder of such accounts who are not maintaining minimum balance.
Special drives are launched to re-activate such accounts by issuing notices and
giving information through electronic media," Sibal said.
Responding to another query, Sibal said
79,604 complaints for non-delivery of Registered Letters, 41,794 for Speed Post
and 8,257 related to Parcels were received in the April-June, 2012 period.
"Of these, 73,077 complaints for
registered post, 38,154 for Speed Post and 6,147 for Parcels were addressed. As
on June 30, 2012, 6,527 complaint cases of Registered Letters, 3,640 cases of
Speed Post and 2,110 cases of Parcels are pending," Sibal said.
The major reason for the pendency are
involvement of more than one postal circle/state in processing the complaints,
time taken in making detailed inquiry or investigation and non-submission of
the required details by the complainant in some cases, he added.
The Minister added that during 2009-10,
2010-11 and 2011-12, departmental action has been initiated in 1,287 cases
against postal employees and penalties have been imposed in 1,157 cases for
non-delivery and loss of articles etc.
In a separate reply, Minister of State
for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said the Department of Posts' (DoP)
volume as well as revenue from speed post has continuously increased over the
years.
"The volume of Speed Post has
increased from 21.14 crore in 2008-09 to 24.08 crore in 2009-10, 27.45 crore in
2010-11 to 39.19 crore in 2011-12," Pilot said.
Revenues from speed posts have also
grown from Rs 515 crore in 2008-09 to Rs 614 crore in 2009-10, Rs 749 crore in
2010-11 and Rs 900 crore in 2011-12, he added.
CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS EMPLOYEE’S PENSION FUND
An amount of Rs.
14,767.47 crore (as per unaudited Balance Sheet of 2011-12) has been received
as contribution in Employees’ Pension Fund for the financial year ending on
31.3.2012.
An amount of Rs.
1,62,980.04 crore is balance in Employees’ Pension Fund Contribution Account as
on 31.3.2012.
The whole amount of
Employees’ Pension Fund stands invested. Rs. 57,087.01 crores is invested in
Public Account and balance is invested in securities.
As per the unaudited
Balance Sheet of the year 2011-12, total interest income of the investment of
Employees Pension Fund for the year ended March 2012 is Rs.13,315.79 crore. The
average rate of interest on Public Account is 8.5% and on investment in
securities is 8.27%.
The Union Labour
& Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this information in a
written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Source
: PIB, August 22, 2012
REGULATION OF COURIER COMPANIES
The performance of private courier companies has not been the
subject of any study by the Department of Posts.
Department of Posts does not have any regulatory and monitoring
mechanism for private courier companies and their services.
DELAY IN DELIVERY OF DAK
Complaints regarding delay in delivery or any other service failure
in respect of postal articles including speed post letters, money orders and
registered posts are received from time to time. A statement of complaints
received, settled and settlement percentage with respect to speed post letters,
money orders and registered post for the last three years, i.e., for 2009-10,
2010-11 and 2011-12 is given in Annexure-
I, Annexure-II and Annexure- III.
The volume as well as revenue of Speed Post has continuously
increased over the years. The figures for the last four financial
years are as follows:
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Speed Post
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2008-09
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2009-10
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2010-11
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2011-12
|
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Volume (in Crore)
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21.14
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24.08
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27.45
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39.19
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Revenue (Rs. in Crore)
|
515
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614
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749
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900
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In general, mails do not remain unsorted in Regional Sorting Centres except
for exceptional situations like natural calamities or civil disturbances.
The Department carries out establishment reviews of Post Offices
and Sorting Centres periodically as per set norms and timelines to
provide justified staff for delivery and sorting. Shortages in manpower
requirement are met by redeployment or by engaging outsourced workforce or
through overtime till regular recruitment is done.
For faster processing of mails in sorting centres, Automated Mail
Processing Centres have been set up at four metropolitan cities. To
improve delivery services some measures that have been taken in the recent past
include rationalization of country’s entire mail network, introduction of
mechanized delivery and training to delivery staff to improve their performance.(PIB 22.08.12)
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGES
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Since the local conditions vary widely across the States, it is
not feasible to have a uniform minimum wage for the whole country. The
concept of National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) was mooted on the basis
of the recommendations of the National Commission on Rural Labour (NCRL) in
1991 with a view to have a uniform wage structure and to reduce the disparity
in minimum wages across the country. Keeping in view the recommendation of
NCRL and taking into account the rise in price indices, the NFLMW was initially
fixed at Rs.35/- per day in 1996. The same has been revised from time to time
and presently it is Rs.115/- w.e.f. 1.4.2011.
Since
NFLMW is a non-statutory measure, all the States/UT Governments have been
requested that in none of the scheduled employments, the minimum wages should
be less than the NFLMW. At present, there is a proposal to amend the Minimum
Wages Act, 1948 to make the NFLMW statutory.
A
statement showing the range of minimum rates of wages for unskilled workers
state-wise as available is annexed.
Disparity
in rates of minimum wages in various regions of the country is
inevitable. This is due to wide differences in socio-economic and
agro-climatic conditions, prices of essential commodities, paying capacity,
productivity and local conditions influencing the wage rate. The
regional disparity in minimum wages is also attributed to the fact that
labour is in the concurrent list under the Constitution and both the Central
and State Governments are the appropriate Governments
to fix, revise and enforce minimum wages in scheduled employments
in their respective jurisdictions.
The
Union Labour & Employment Minister
Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this information in a
written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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