• Contact us
  • Feedback
  • FAQs
  • Help
  • Font Size:  A-   A   A+
  • T T   T   T
  • Skip to Main Content »
  •  

Labour Commission, Odisha

Search form

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About the Directorate
    • Organogram
    • Who is Who
  • Child Labour
    • Child Labour in Odisha
    • NCLP Special Schools
    • State Resource Cell (SRC)
    • Child Labour Statistics
    • Child Labour Act
  • Convergence Project
    • Convergence Project of ILO
    • Other Govt. of India Programmes
    • Convergence Strategy
    • Pilot Districts
    • Initiatives at State Level
  • Migrant Labour
    • Introduction
    • Brick kiln sector
    • Initiatives by Govt. of Odisha
    • Signing of MoU with Andhra Pradesh
    • I.S.M.W Act
  • B OC Board
    • Constitution of Board
    • Nodal Department
    • Cess Collection
    • Beneficiary
    • Implementation
  • Acts & Rules
  • Notifications
  • Services

You are here

Home » Migrant Labour » I.S.M.W Act

I.S.M.W Act

The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulations of Employment and Conditions of Service ) Act, 1979

In Odisha and in some other states, the system of employment of Inter-State migrant labour known as Dadan Labour is in vogue. In Odisha, Dadan Labour is recruited from various parts of the State through contractors or agents called Sardars or Khatadars for work outside the state. At the time of recruitment, Sardars or Khatadars promise that wages calculated in piece-rate basis would be settled every month but usually this promise is never kept. Once the worker comes into the clutches of the contractor, he takes him to a far off place on payment of railway fare only. No working hours are fixed for these workers and they have to work on all the days in a week under extremely bad working conditions. The question of protection and welfare of Dadan Labour was considered by the Twenty-Eighth Session of the Labour Ministers’ Conference held on 26th October, 1976 at New Delhi. It was recommended to set up a Compact Committee to go into the whole question and to suggest measures for eliminating the abuses prevalent in the system. Accordingly, in February, 1977, the Compact Committee was constituted and it recommended Inter Alia that a separate Central legislation may be enacted to regulate the employment of inter-state migrant workmen as it was felt that the provisions of the Contract Labour ( Regulation and Abolition) Act. 1970, even after necessary amendments, would not adequately take care of the variety of mal practices indulged in by the contractors, Sardars and Khatadars. The recommendations of the Compact Committee were examined in consultation with the State Governments and the Ministries in the Govt. of India. Accordingly the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulations of Employment and Conditions of Service ) Bill, 1979 was introduced in the Parliament.

The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulations of Employment and Conditions of Service ) Bill, 1979 was passed by both the houses of Parliament. It got the assent of the Hon’ble President of India on 11th June, 1979 and came on the statute book.......(The Detail of I.S.M.W Act. given in "Acts & Rules")

Information on I.S.M.W. ( March, 2013)

Sl No.

Name of the district

No of Regd Estt.

No of workers

No of licences  issued

 No of  migrant workers

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

Angul

8

1985

34

3070

2

Balasore

-

-

1

50

3

Baragarh

2

130

39

850

4

Bhadrak

3

361

11

401

5

Bolangir

1

21

348

32437

6

Boudh

-

-

2

40

7

Cuttack

3

145

47

1469

8

Chratrapur

1

338

379

9055

9

Deogarh

-

-

-

-

10

Dhenkanal

8

1885

51

5118

11

Gajapati

-

-

2

40

12

Ganjam

-

-

170

4191

13

Jagatsinghpur

4

103

5

93

14

Jajpur

11

1596

69

3158

15

Jharsuguda

9

18450

161

9067

16

Kalahandi

6

1329

57

3486

17

Kandhamal

-

-

25

640

18

Kendrapara

-

-

21

403

19

Keonjhar

20

1280

40

1267

20

Khurda

4

520

823

20233

21

Koraput

-

-

11

230

22

Malkangiri

-

-

30

845

23

Mayurbhanj

-

-

35

960

24

Nayagarh

-

-

58

1153

25

Nowarangapur

-

-

29

798

26

Nuapara

-

-

108

5306

27

Puri

-

-

120

2904

28

Rayagada

3

465

16

709

29

Sambalpur

3

2751

108

5247

30

Subernapur

-

-

-

-

31

Sundergarh

8

631

33

1413

32

Talcher

6

2006

35

1241

 

Total

100

33996

2868

115874

What's New

    • Notification on Fixed Term Employment
    • 2nd Corrigendum to RFP for selection of SI for e-Goverance Project of L&ESI Department
Read More »

Useful Links

  • National Portal of India
  • State Portal of Odisha
  • District Portal of Odisha

Other Links

  • STATE LABOUR INSTITUTE (SLI)
  • Notification
  • RTI
  • Site Map

Contact us

Head Office
Shrama Bhawan, Kharavela Nagar, Near Gurudwar,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Email: labdir.od@nic.in
Phone: +91 674 2390624

Disclaimer : This is the Official Website of Labour Directorate, Odisha.The Website is developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre. Labour Directorate, Odisha is the owner of the Website, the contents in this Website is a collaborative effort of Labour Directorate, Odisha.
For any queries contact labdir.od@nic.in. Any technical queries may be sent to rnbehera@nic.in

Best View in IE9+, Chrome,Mozila Firefox,Safari,Opera