Code on Wages, 2019 makes minimum wages universally applicable across employments

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Ministry of Labour & Employment Code on Social Security, 2020 provides for social security to all unorganized workers including domestic workers Posted On: 20 MAR 2023 9:06PM by PIB Delhi Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that the Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008, now subsumed in the Code on Social Security, 2020, provides for social security to all unorganized workers including domestic workers. In the written reply it was stated that the Government has launched Schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Beema Yojana (PMSBY) for life and disability cover respectively and Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Man Dhan Pension Yojana (PM-SYM) for pension to the unorganised workers including domestic workers. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PM-JAY) provides health cover of Rs.5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to vulnerable families. These families include unorganized workers including domestic workers as per the defined eligibility. The newly enacted Labour Codes, viz Code on Wages, 2019, Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020 and Social Security Code, 2020 provide for, inter- alia, decent working conditions, wages, occupational Safety, grievances redressal mechanism and social security benefits to all categories of workers including domestic workers. Further, the Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched eSHRAM portal, a National Database of the Unorganised Workers. It has been made available to the States/UTs for registration of unorganised workers including domestic & household workers. As on 15th March, 2023, 2.79 crore domestic & household workers have registered on e-SHRAM portal. The number of domestic workers State/UTs-wise is given at Annexure. Annexure Sr. No. States Total Registrations 1 UTTAR PRADESH 13,040,799 2 BIHAR 4,206,441 3 WEST BENGAL 2,155,594 4 JHARKHAND 873,985 5 PUNJAB 865,728 6 MADHYA PRADESH 849,352 7 KERALA 792,637 8 MAHARASHTRA 692,007 9 GUJARAT 641,089 10 ASSAM 567,619 11 RAJASTHAN 497,231 12 ODISHA 403,547 13 HARYANA 398,663 14 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 397,298 15 CHHATTISGARH 340,234 16 DELHI 322,260 17 KARNATAKA 195,442 18 UTTARAKHAND 182,668 19 ANDHRA PRADESH 118,978 20 TAMIL NADU 107,667 21 TRIPURA 69,017 22 HIMACHAL PRADESH 66,816 23 TELANGANA 56,826 24 CHANDIGARH 28,108 25 MEGHALAYA 21,560 26 GOA 13,004 27 PUDUCHERRY 8,601 28 NAGALAND 8,104 29 MANIPUR 6,826 30 THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU 5,173 31 SIKKIM 3,750 32 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2,463 33 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 1,753 34 MIZORAM 822 35 LADAKH 532 36 LAKSHADWEEP 295 Total 27,942,889 ****** MJPS/SSV (Release ID: 1908965)