Parliament Question: Compensation and Protection of Workers from Workplace Accidents

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 70 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2026 COMPENSATION AND PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS †70. SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a)the details of the accidental deaths of workers reported while engaged in their jobs in the country during the last five years and the current year, year and State/UT-wise; (b)the details of actual quantum of compensation disbursed in such cases by the respective employers, insurance schemes and State Welfare Boards; (c)the details of the total number of worker fatalities recorded during the said period in the Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan, along with the compensation disbursed to their dependents as per the rules; (d)whether the Government is aware that many dependents are deprived of compensation due to destroying evidence by employers/contractors making unfulfilled verbal announcements or owing to administrative delays; (e)if so, the number of such complaints received, First Information Reports (FIRs) registered and the details of the action taken thereon district and State/UT-wise; and (f)whether the Government proposes to introduce any new legislation or the amendments in the existing laws in order to make time- bound and compulsory compensation mandatory, prescribe stringent penalties for tampering with evidence, enforce mandatory registration/insurance in high-risk zones and establish fast-track settlement mechanisms and if so, the timeline thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a) to (f): The Central Government has enacted the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH&WC) Code, 2020, which Contd..2/-;; 2 :: has come into force with effect from 21.11.2025 to regulate occupational safety, health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Directorate General Occupational Safety and Health (DGOSH), an attached office of Ministry of Labour and Employment collects the data of accidental deaths and injuries of workers from Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF) / Directorate General of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH) of the States / Union Territories (UTs) in case of factories registered under Factories Act, 1948 [now subsumed under OSH & WC Code 2020]. The details of accidental deaths, state-wise, including in Rajasthan during calendar year 2020 to 2024 is annexed. Further, the Government has also enacted Code on Social Security (CoSS) 2020 which has come into effect from 21.11.2025. As per CoSS 2020 the compensation related issues are dealt at State / Union Territories level. * *****Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 70 FOR 20.07.2026 BY SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT REGARDING COMPENSATION AND PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS State/UT-wise details of Fatal Injuries in registered factories (2020 – 2024) Sl. State/UT 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 2 Andhra Pradesh 66 65 76 71 59 3 Arunachal Pradesh NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 4 Assam 10 4 8 9 8 5 Bihar 12 17 4 4 12 6 Chandigarh NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 7 Chhattisgarh 84 82 78 74 119 8 DD & DNH 5 # # # # 9 Delhi 9 6 36 6 21 10 Goa 6 2 5 6 5 11 Gujarat 212 235 240 221 188 12 Haryana 35 14 22 19 37 13 Himachal Pradesh 8 2 # # # 14 Jammu and Kashmir 2 2 3 3 # 15 Jharkhand 16 26 23 26 21 16 Karnataka 45 46 43 53 60 17 Kerala 14 12 9 22 20 18 Lakshadweep * * * * * 19 Madhya Pradesh 26 30 36 33 35 20 Maharashtra 154 180 178 190 157 21 Manipur NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 22 Meghalaya 1 1 3 2 NIL 23 Mizoram NIL NIL # NIL # 24 Nagaland NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 25 Odisha 47 36 54 54 47 26 Puducherry 1 4 5 4 3 27 Punjab 28 # 9 37 #28 Rajasthan 23 19 32 25 46 29 Sikkim * * * * * 30 Tamil Nadu 114 147 117 184 153 31 Telangana 51 50 60 65 71 32 Tripura # 2 2 1 1 33 Uttar Pradesh 66 # # # # 34 Uttarakhand 15 6 19 18 9 35 West Bengal # # # # 59 Total 1050 988 1062 1127 1131 Data Source: Data collected by DGOSH from Chief Inspector of Factories (CIF) / Director of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH) of States / UTs. N.B.: (i) *: There are no registered factories in this States /Union Territories (ii) #: Data not reported by the CIF / DISH. *****