**Executive Summary:**
This document summarizes the response by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3629, concerning the 17-point demands submitted by trade unions to the Government of India. These demands, received by the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner Central, relate to broad policy matters. As of August 11, 2025, no related proposals are pending with the Ministry.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Receipt of Demands:** The Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner Central received a 17-point memorandum of demands from various trade unions.
* **Handling of Demands:** The Office of CLCC, functioning as the Central Industrial Relations Machinery under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, handles these demands according to the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, to maintain industrial peace.
* **Nature of Demands:** The 17 demands concern broader policy matters.
* **Current Status:** As of the response date, no related proposals are currently pending with the Ministry.
* **Charter of Demands:**
* Scrap the four labour codes.
* Implement a national minimum wage of Rs. 26,000 per month for all workers, including those in the unorganized sector, contract workers, and scheme workers.
* Eliminate casualization of work through outsourcing, fixed-term employment, apprenticeships, and traineeships.
* Enforce equal pay for equal work for contract workers.
* Ensure a minimum pension of Rs. 9,000 per month and social security for all categories of workers.
* Restore the old pension scheme and scrap NPS and UPS.
* Remove all ceilings on bonus and provident fund payments; increase the quantum of gratuity.
* Mandate compulsory registration of trade unions within 45 days of application.
* Rectify ILO conventions C87 and C98.
* Control price rises and remove GST on essential items; reduce central excise duty on petroleum products and cooking gas.
* Guarantee food security and universalize the Public Distribution System.
* Stop privatization of public sector enterprises and government departments; scrap the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP).
* Amend existing mining laws to ensure a 50% share of profits for local communities.
* Implement MSP C2+50 for all farm produce with guaranteed procurement; increase input subsidies to farmers; implement comprehensive loan waiver and crop insurance schemes.
* Implement written assurances given to the SKM; withdraw the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022; stop privatization of electricity; eliminate prepaid smart meters.
* Make the right to work fundamental; fill sanctioned posts and generate employment; expand MGNREGS to 200 days per year and Rs.600 per day wages; enact an Urban Employment Guarantee Act.
* Guarantee the right to free education, health, water, and sanitation for all; scrap the New Education Policy, 2020; ensure housing for all.
* Implement the Forest Right Act (FRA) strictly; withdraw amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 2023, and Biodiversity Act.
* Ensure land to the tiller.
* Extend ESI coverage to construction workers and health schemes, maternity benefits, and insurance to all workers registered on the EShram Portal; rectify ILO Conventions on domestic and home-based workers.
* Make a comprehensive policy on migrant workers and strengthen the Interstate Migrant Workmen Regulation of Employment Act, 1979.
* Tax the super-rich; enhance corporate tax; reintroduce wealth tax and succession tax.
* Stop attacks on core constitutional values.
**Impact Analysis:**
**Trade Unions:**
* *Impact:* The trade unions are directly involved as they submitted the 17-point demands. The response indicates that the demands are under consideration but no specific actions are currently pending.
* *Action Required:* Monitor government responses and engage in further advocacy to pursue their demands.
**Workers (Organized and Unorganized):**
* *Impact:* The demands aim to improve wages, social security, working conditions, and overall rights for all workers. The lack of immediate action means current conditions persist.
* *Action Required:* Stay informed about potential policy changes and support trade union efforts.
**Government (Ministry of Labour and Employment):**
* *Impact:* The Ministry is responsible for reviewing and addressing the demands.
* *Action Required:* Continue to evaluate the demands and consider potential policy changes based on the issues raised.
**Citizens:**
* *Impact:* Affected by demands related to price control, food security, education, health, and constitutional rights.
* *Action Required:* Remain informed and participate in relevant discussions regarding policy changes.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The Indian government ministry responsible for labour policy.
Trade Unions: Organizations representing the collective interests of workers.
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: An Indian law providing a mechanism for resolving labour disputes.
All India General Strike 9th July 2025: A nationwide labour strike organized to protest government policies.
National Monetization Pipeline NMP: A Government of India initiative to monetize public sector assets.
MGNREGS: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.
New Education Policy, 2020: A comprehensive framework for education development in India.
Forest Right Act FRA: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, an Indian law concerning the rights of forest-dwelling communities.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3629
TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2025
DEMANDS OF TRADE UNIONS
†3629. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:
SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to
state:
(a) whether the trade unions have submitted a memorandum of their
17 point demands to the Government, if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government is considering the demands of the trade
unions, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Government proposes to take decision on the genuine
demands of the said unions in the national interest; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a) to (d): Through various Trade Unions, the 17 point demands were
received by the Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) which
handles strike notice/industrial dispute of Central Sphere. The Office
of CLC(C), the Central Industrial Relations Machinery of Ministry of
Labour and Employment, who function for maintaining industrial
peace and harmony, functions under the statutory provisions of The
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The 17-point demands are attached in
Annexure.
The demands raised are related to broader policy matters,
and no related proposals are currently pending with this Ministry.
* *****Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3629 for
11.08.2025 on the subject ‘Demands of Trade Unions’ by Shri Kaushalendra Kumar & Shri
Dinesh Chandra Yadav.
All India General Strike 9th July 2025 Charter of demand
1 Scrap the four labour Codes.
National minimum wage of Rs. 26,000 pm for all workers including unorganised sector
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workers, contract workers and scheme workers.
No casualization of work in any form like outsource, fixed term employment, apprentices,
3 trainees etc. under various schemes and pretexts. Implement Equal pay for Equal work for
contract worker immediately.
Ensure minimum pension of Rs. 9000 pm and social security to all categories of workers
including unorganised workers and agricultural workers such as Home-based workers,
Hawkers, Rag-Pickers, Domestic workers, Construction workers, Migrant workers, Scheme
4 workers, Agriculture workers, Worker in Shop /Establishment, Loading/Unloading workers,
Gig workers, Salt-pan workers, Beedi workers, Toddy tappers, Rikshaw-pullers,
Auto/Rikshaw/Taxi Drivers, E-patriate workers, Fishing community etc. be registered and
given portability in comprehensive social security, including pension.
5 Restore old pension scheme. Scrap NPS and UPS.
Removal of all ceiling on payment and eligibility of bonus provident fund; increase quantum
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of gratuity.
Compulsory registration of trade union within a period of 45 days from submission of
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application. Immediate rectification of ILO convention C87 and C98.
Control price rises, remove GST on the essential item like food, medicines, agro inputs and
8 machinery reduce substantially central excise duty on petroleum product and cooking gas.
Guarantee food security and Universalize Public Distribution System.
Stop privatization of public sector enterprises, Government department. Scrap National
Monetization Pipeline (NMP). Amend existing law on mining of minerals and metal and ensure
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50% share of profit from mines including coal mines for upliftment of local communities,
especially Adivasis and Farmer.
MSP @ C-2+50% for all farm produce with guaranteed procurement. Increase input subsidy to
farmers and seed, fertilizers and electricity, etc. with legal guarantee. Comprehensive loan
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waiver and crop insurance schemes. Implement written assurance given by Union government
to the SKM based on which the historical Kisan struggle was suspended.
Withdraw the Electricity (Amendment bill 2022). Stop privatization of Electricity. No prepaid
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smart meters.
Right to work be made fundamental. Fill Sanction posts and generate employment for the
12 unemployed. Expand and implement MGNREGS (200 days per year and Rs.600 per day
wages). Enact Urban Employment Guarantee Act.
Guarantee Right to free education, right to health, water and sanitation for all. Scrap New
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Education Policy, 2020. Ensure housing for all.
Stringent implementation of the Forest Right Act (FRA); withdraw the amendment to Forest
14 (Conservation Act, 2023) and Biodiversity Act and Rules that allow the union government to
permit clearance of a forest without even informing the resident. Ensure land to the Tiller.
Give ESI coverage of construction worker with contribution from the Welfare Fund; also give
coverage of health schemes, maternity benefits, life and disability insurance to all workers
register on E-Shram Portal. Rectify ILO Conventions on Domestic workers and Home-based
15 workers and make appropriate laws. Make comprehensive policy on migrant workers,
strengthen existing Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1979
providing portability of their social security cover
16 Tax the Super Rich; Enhance Corporate Tax; re-introduce wealth tax and succession tax.
Stop attack on core values of the constitution - freedom of expression, right to dissent, freedom
of religion, diverse cultures, languages, equality before law and federal structure of the country
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etc.
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