Violation of Contract Labour Act, 1970

Violation of Contract Labour Act, 1970

Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) enforces various labour laws including the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. The country-wide network of Dy. Chief Labour Commissioners and Regional Labour Commissioners under the control of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) is mandated to settle the complaints/claims in regard to grievances/complaints arising out of the enforcement of various labour laws. Besides, a grievance redressal mechanism exists in the States/UTs in respect of the grievances pertaining to establishments coming under the State Sphere. For effective implementation of various labour laws, regular inspections are conducted by the Officers of Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM).

The details of convictions made under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 during the last three years is as under:

Year	2013-14	2014-  15	2015-16
No. of Convictions	1476	890	2009

The details in respect of cancellation of licenses under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 is as under:

Year	No. of licensed contractor at the beginning of the year B/f	No. of new licenses issued	No. of licenses			No. of licensed contractor at the end of the year	No. of contract labour covered by such licenses
			Cancelled/ revoked	Expired	Total
			(a)	(b)	(a+b)
2013-14	36790	14710	18	10299	10317	41183	1967747
2014-15	41183	14371	66	11666	11732	43822	1903170
2015-16	43822	16255	175	10877	11052	49025	2092673

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