According to the survey conducted by the National
Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) in 2004-05, the
total employment in both the organized and the unorganized sectors in the
country was 45.9 crore, of which 43.3 crore (about 94%) were in the unorganized sector. In Chhattisgarh State, the number of unorganised workers was 1.05 crore.
Recognizing the need to provide social
security to unorganised workers, the Government has enacted the Unorganised
Workers’ Social Security Act 2008. The Act provides for constitution of
National Social Security Board at the Central level which shall recommend
formulation of social security schemes viz life and disability
cover, health and maternity benefits, old age protection and any other benefit
as may be determined by the Government for unorganized workers. Similar Social Security Boards shall be
constituted at the State Level also.
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched
on 01.10.2007 to provide smart card based cashless health insurance cover of
Rs. 30000 to BPL families ( a unit of five) in the
unorganized sector.
The Government has launched the Aam Admi Bima
Yojana (AABY) to provide insurance against death and
disability to landless rural households.
Indira Gandhi
National Old Age Pension scheme (IGNOAPS) was expanded by revising the
eligibility criteria. The persons living below poverty line and above the age
of 60 year are eligible for old age pension of Rs. 200 per month. For persons above the age of 80 years the
amount of pension has been raised to Rs. 500 per month
The States are provided part premium
funding by the Central Government on the basis of number of smart cards issued.
Hence, there is no State-wise allocation under Rashtriya
Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). Under
Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY), there is a
corpus fund. There is a combined
allocation for National Social Assistance Programme of which IGNOAPS is a
component. The number of beneficiaries
covered under RSBY, AABY and IGNOAP for the last three years are at Annexure-I .
This
information was given by Minister of Labour and Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge in reply in reply to a written question
regarding the number of workers engaged
in the unorganised sector in the country including Chhattisgarh; the number of
welfare schemes implemented for the said workers during the last three years alongwith the budget allocation for each schemes during the
said years; the utilisation of funds as against the Budget allocated for such
schemes and the total number of beneficiaries therefrom,
State-wise and year-wise; and the extent to which the interests of the workers
of the unorganised sector are being protected.
Annexure-I
Number of smart cards
issued under RSBY
|
S.No.
|
Name
of the State/Union Territory
|
2009-2010
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
(as on 29.02.2012)
|
|
|
1.
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
-
|
15711
|
39615
|
|
|
2.
|
Assam
|
81565
|
204465
|
204548
|
|
|
3.
|
Bihar
|
2038909
|
5101901
|
7096914
|
|
|
4.
|
Chandigarh
|
5407
|
4913
|
4913
|
|
|
5.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
927672
|
1230378
|
1384680
|
|
|
6.
|
Delhi
|
218055
|
113608
|
144518
|
|
|
7.
|
Goa
|
3505
|
Discontinued the scheme
|
||
|
8.
|
Gujarat
|
682354
|
1919086
|
1850643
|
|
|
9.
|
Haryana
|
682354
|
621741
|
584683
|
|
|
10.
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
115828
|
237946
|
235131
|
|
|
11.
|
Jharkhand
|
434762
|
1329254
|
9484
|
|
|
12.
|
Karnataka
|
36971
|
157405
|
1060286
|
|
|
13.
|
Kerala
|
1173388
|
1796315
|
1748471
|
|
|
14.
|
Maharashtra
|
1440407
|
1516687
|
2172918
|
|
|
15.
|
Manipur
|
-
|
18259
|
31921
|
|
|
16.
|
Meghalaya
|
22579
|
59055
|
67150
|
|
|
17.
|
Mizoram
|
15240
|
43256
|
||
|
18.
|
Nagaland
|
39301
|
39290
|
77870
|
|
|
19.
|
Orissa
|
341653
|
433079
|
1100793
|
|
|
20.
|
Punjab
|
169306
|
193541
|
220486
|
|
|
21.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
149520
|
Discontinued the scheme
|
||
|
22.
|
Tripura
|
145780
|
258402
|
258402
|
|
|
23.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
4296865
|
4233626
|
4145925
|
|
|
24.
|
Uttarakhand
|
53940
|
335424
|
338879
|
|
|
25.
|
West Bengal
|
802974
|
3527137
|
4486192
|
|
|
|
Total
|
13865338
|
23362463
|
27987800
| |
