LABOUR BUREAU PRESENTS THE STATISTICS
ON CLOSURES, RETRENCHEMENTS AND LAY-OFFS IN INDUSTRIES IN INDIA
DURING THE YEAR 2001
During
the year 2001, as many as 151 Closures were reported of which
6 were in the Central Sphere and 145 in the State Sphere. Altogether
11,599 workers were affected including 826 in the Central Sphere.
About 61 percent (92) of the Closures were due to ‘Financial Stringency’
and 11 percent (16) due to ‘Lack of Demand for Products’ and remaining
were due to such causes as ‘Wages & Allowances’, ‘Indiscipline’,
‘Shortage of Raw Material’ and ‘Other Causes’. The 6 cases of
Closure reported in the Central Sphere were from Kerala, Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The highest number of Closures (23)
were reported in ‘Industry Group 27 – Manufacture of Basic Metals’
while the largest number of workers affected (2,972) were in ‘Industry
Group 17 – Manufacture of Textiles’, the highest number of Closures
(21) occurred in the month of July involving 1,476 workers. The
largest number of workers (2,747) or 24 percent of the total workers
affected, was in the month of March.
In all, 133 Retrenchments
affecting 3,668 workers were reported of which 12 Retrechments
affecting 822 workers were in the Central Sphere. The main cause
for Retrenchments was ‘Financial Stringency’ (38 percent) followed
by ‘Lack of Demand for Products’ (34 percent). About 13 percent
of the Retrenchments occurred in ‘Industry Group 24 – Manufacture
of Chemicals and Chemical Products’ and 11 percent in ‘Industry
Group 29- Manufacture of Machinery & Equipment not elsewhere
classified’. Out of 12 Retrenchments in the central Sphere, 5
occurred in Maharashtra affecting 319 workers, 4 in Rajasthan
affecting 177 workers, 2 in Haryana affecting 251 workers and
1 in Delhi affecting 75 workers. While Private Sector accounted
for 86 percent (115) of the Retrenchments, the remainder was distributed
amongst Public Sector (16) and Co-operative Sector (2). The highest
number (22) of Retrenchments occurred in the month of March affecting
11 percent of the total workers retrenched.
The number of
cases of Lay-offs reported during 2001 was 236 affecting
26,231 workers resulting in a loss of about 24 lakh man-days.
The share of Central Sphere in these Lay-offs was about 3 percent
affecting 1,522 workers accounting for a loss of 36,523 man-days.
The most prominent cause (68 Lay-offs) was ‘Lack of Demand for
Products’ followed by ‘Financial Stringency’ (58 Lay-offs). The
largest number of Lay-offs (57) occurred in ‘Industry Group 17
– Manufacture of Textiles’ in which 11,373 workers were laid-off
resulting in a loss of 10,20,136 man-days. Out of 236 cases of
Lay-offs, about 80 percent occurred in Private Sector; 17 percent
in Public Sector and the remaining in Co-operative Sector. The
highest number (24) of Lay-offs occurred in the month of July
affecting 3,298 workers and resulting in the loss of 1,73,076
man-days.
