August - 2011 Orissa Review

1

Activities and Achievements ofLabour and Employment Department

Labour and Employment Department is the Nodal Department for formulating plans, policiesand programmes for development of labourers including child labourers, unemployed youths and forensuring security measures in factories and boilers along with social security of industrial workers.

Orissa Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board

� The Orissa Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board has been constitutedunder Building and Other Construction Workers’ Act,1996 to look after various welfare measuresmeant for the construction workers.

� Till date 67955 numbers of building workers have been registered as beneficiaries.

� The following benefits are being extended to registered building and construction workers: -

� (i) Assistance in case of accident, (ii) Death Benefit : Pension, (iii) Medical Expenses for treatment,(iv) Loans and advances for construction of house and Financial Assistance for skill upgradation,(v) Education Assistance, (vi) Assistance of purchase of working tools, (vii) Assistance forfuneral expenses.

� Rs.99,41,74,092/- have been collected as cess from different employers and kept in the WelfareFund.

� Rs.1,45,115/- have been paid to the beneficiary nominee towards welfare benefit.

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana in Orissa

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojanais a health insurance scheme jointlyimplemented both by Governmentof India and the State Governmentof Orissa.This scheme is beingimplemented with the fund of 75%from Government of India and25% of fund from Government ofOrissa. The scheme providesprotection to BPL households fromfinancial liabilities arising out ofhealth shocks that involveshospitalization.

In the first phase 6 districts namelyNayagarh, Kalahandi, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Nuapada and Puri were selected to be included under the

Orissa Review August- 2011

2

scheme and 4,22,629 BPL, families have been enrolled under the scheme. Beneficiaries under RSBYare entitled for hospitalisation coverage upto Rs.30,000/- for most of the diseases in selected hospitals.

National Child Labour Project in Orissa

24 NCLPs are operating in 24 districts of Orissawith the ultimate object of keeping away childlabour from hazardous occupations throughproviding non-formal education and vocationaltraining and mainstream them in formal educationsystem.

During the year 2010-11, 44,306 child labourerswere admitted into 813 nos. special schoolsgeared under NCLPs. They are provided withtext books, study material, vocational materials,mid-day meal and stipend of Rs.100/- permonth per child. By now 1,13,827 children have been mainstream for formal education system.

State Employment Mission

Keeping in view the burning problem of unemployment, State Government have taken a major initiativein setting up of a High Power State Employment Mission under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble ChiefMinister in the year 2005-06. State Employment Mission is conducting various Skill DevelopmentTraining Programmes with a view to creating Employment / Wage Employment / Self Employmentopportunities for the youth of the State. In association with various Development Departments likeIndustries, Textiles and Handlooms, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Agriculture, Women& Child Development, Tourism etc., 72,300 youth have been trained so far in various demand drivensectors.

As a part of New Initiative, State Employment Mission is going to launch a new Placement LinkedTraining Programme in a PPP mode very soon. Under this training programme, the payment of trainingcost is linked to the percentage of placement.

Five Job Melas have been organised at Phulbani (Kandhamal), Koraput, Jharsuguda, Baripada andJeypore with a view to creating employment opportunities for the unemployed youth of the State. Atotal number of 19, 627 job offer letters have been issued to the suitable candidates by the participatingCompanies. The last job fair at Jeypore on l2th and 13th March was the first multi district job fairorganised simultaneously for the youth of Koraput, Malkanagiri and Nowarangpur whereas many as35 Companies participated and 8092 job offer letters were issued.

Employment Mission has been providing assistance for organisation of Recruitment Rallies for Defenceand Para-Military Services. Normally 10 to 12 rallies are held each year in the State at different districtheadquarters. As per reports available, a total number of 10423 candidates have been placed in Defenceand Para-Military Services by 2010-11.

August - 2011 Orissa Review

3

During the year 2010-11 Nationalised Banks of Orissa have financed 1,77,123 candidates towardsself-employment.

E.S.I. SCHEME

Enhancement of IP Strength

The Insured Persons under the ESIScheme have been increased from1,30,422 as on 31.3.2006 to 2,36,500in 2009-10.

Extension of ESI Scheme in newareas

During the financial year 2010-11, ESIScheme has been extended in new areasat Badmal (Lapanga) in the district ofJharsuguda and at Damanjodi in thedistrict of Koraput to provide medicalservices to 7,880 and 5,760 industrialworkers respectively alongwith their family members.

Reorganisation of ESI Scheme, Amalgamation of ESI Dispensaries

As a part of re-organization and rationalization of ESI Scheme and to curtail the administrativeexpenditure, the following ESI Dispensaries have been closed and amalgamated with the nearbydispensaries during the current financial year.

SI. Name of the Dispensary Name of the DispensaryNo. closed and amalgamated with which amalgamated

1. ESI Dispensary, Brajarajnagar ESI Hospital, Brajarajnagar

2. ESI Dispensary, Telengapentha ESI Dispensary, Khapuria

3. ESI Dispensary, Kirei ESI Dispensary, Jharsuguda

4. ESI Dispensary, Sonepur ESI Dispensary, Bolangir

5. ESI Dispensary, Tirtol ESI Dispensary, Paradeep

Functioning of Hospital Development Committee

Under the ESI Scheme, the Hospital Development Committees have been formed and are functioningin 4 (four) ESI Hospitals namely at Choudwar, Bhubaneswar, Kansbahal and J.K.Pur in order to look

Orissa Review August- 2011

4

after the overall development of the hospitals and to ensure strengthening of promotive and preventivehealth measures.

Computerisation and Networking of all ESI Institutions

Computerization and networking to all the ESI establishments including the Directorate, Hospitals andDispensaries is undertaken under “Project Panchdeep”.

Renovation and Modernisation of Hospital including Directorate Building

The renovation work of ESI Directorate building at Bhubaneswar and ESI Hospitals at Choudwar,Kansbahal, J.K.Pur and Bhubaneswar owned by ESI Corporation is undertaken by ESI Corporationat a cost of Rs.75 crores.

Establishment of Medical College at Bhubaneswar

Government of Orissa have provided Ac.25.00 of land in Village Jagannath Prasad, Bhubaneswar foropening of full fledged ESIC Medical College and Hospital by ESI Corporation. The constructionwork of the hospital boundary wall is going on.

Health Check up Camps and C.M.E. Programme

Preventive and Promotive Health Camps are organized in different ESI Hospitals/Dispensaries to provideoutreach services to the IPs.Specialists from health departmentand private hospitals and also fromoutside the state are invited toattend these camps. Intensiveprogramme on continued MedicalEducation and Training of ESIDoctors and Para-medical staff arealso being taken up for upgradationand updation of their skills.

Directorate of Factories andBoilers

The Directorate of Factories andBoilers working under theadministrative control of Labour and Employment Department, Orissa is entrusted with the enforcementof Factories Act, 1948 and the Boilers Act, 1923. The achievement of the Directorate for the Year2010-11 is given at next page :-

August - 2011 Orissa Review

5

Factories Act

1. No. of Factories registered .. 125

2. (i) No. of training programmes conducted .. 22

(ii) No. of industrial workers benefited .. 2739

3. On site emergency plan

(i) No. of plan scrutinized .. 52

(ii) No. of plan accepted .. 31

4. (i) No. of Health check-up conducted by Asst. Director (Medical) .. 20

(ii) No of workers checked up by Asst. Director (Medical) .. 60

(iii) No. of health records of workers verified by Asst. Director(Medical) .. 3156

(iv) No. of workers medically examined as reported by management .. 54967

5. No. of review made on safety and accident prevention plan .. 50

6. (i) No. of assessment of safety officers made .. 28

(ii) No. of safety officers accepted .. 08

7. No. of environment monitoring conducted. .. 27

Boilers Act

1. No. of Boilers registered .. 111

The Asst. Directors of Factories and Boilers and Dy. Directors of Factories and Boilers in the field areentrusted with the enforcement of the above legislations at different Zones and Divisions as assigned tothem. They primarily enforce Factories Act in different factories and Boilers Act in boiler plants etc. intheir respective jurisdictions. The field inspections are conducted regularly as per the legal requirementsfor improvement of safety, health work environment and welfare in different factories and also safeoperations and maintenance of boiler plants and steam lines thereof.