Parliament Question: Strength of Inspector-cum-Facilitator

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2365 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2026 STRENGTH OF INSPECTOR-CUM-FACILITATOR

2365. SHRI BRIJMOHAN AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to

state:

(a)the details of total funds allocated versus utilized for the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and Directorate General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) during the financial year 2025–26 and the number of operational Inspector-cum- Facilitators nationally as of the latest quarter;

(b)the details of technical reasons for chronic vacancies in the said specialized cadres and the total backlog of pending workplace safety audits within the digitized web-based randomized inspection system;

(c)the details of current sanctioned versus working strength of Facilitators in Chhattisgarh and impact on tribal and contract labourers; and

(d)the details of corrective measures being implemented by the Government to deploy algorithmic cross referencing with local Gram Panchayat migrant registries or safety-committee API triggers to resolve this last-mile enforcement vacuum? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a): The details of funds allocated and utilized by the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and DGOSH (formerly DGFASLI) during the financial year 2025-26 is as under (Rupees in Thousand):

For CLC(C):

Total funds Allocated: Rs. 1009020

Total funds Utilized: Rs. 995079 For DGOSH (formerly DGFASLI):

Total funds Allocated: Rs. 343400

Total funds Utilized: Rs. 332428 Contd..2/-:: 2 ::

The sanctioned strength of Inspector-cum-Facilitators in the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and DGOSH (formerly DGFASLI) are 237 and 18 respectively.

(b): The vacancies in the cadre arise mainly due to retirement, promotion, transfer, resignation, non-joining during recruitment cycle and the time required for completion of the recruitment process through the prescribed recruitment agencies/procedures. Necessary action is taken from time to time to fill the vacant posts in accordance with the extant Recruitment Rules and Government instructions.

(c) & (d) The sanctioned and working strength of officers/ Facilitators in the Raipur Region (covering Chhattisgarh) of CLC (C) Organization is

as under:

Sanctioned Post In position Strength Deputy Chief Labour 1 1 Commissioner (Dy. CLC) Regional Labour 2 2 Commissioner (RLC) Assistant Labour 1 1 Commissioner (ALC) Labour Enforcement Officer 4 4

(LEO) The Government has recently revamped the Samadhan Portal and Shram Suvidha Portal to resolve last mile enforcement vacuum. *****