Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2017

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th December, 2017

G.S.R. 1595(E).—Whereas, a draft of certain rules further to amend the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1980, was published, as required by subsection (1) of section 35 of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979) vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1335 (E), dated the 27th October, 2017, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; And whereas, the copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the public on the 27th October, 2017;
And whereas, no objections and suggestions were received from public on the said draft rules;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, further to amend the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1980, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 2017,-
(a) in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), for the words and figure “in Form I”, the words and figures “in Form XIII annexed to the Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2017” shall be substituted;
(b) for rule 56, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—

 “56. Every principal employer and contractor shall file a Unified Annual Return online in Form XIV annexed to the Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2017, on the Shram Suvidha Portal of the Central Government in the Ministry of Labour and Employment on or before the 1st day of February following the end of the year to which it relates.”;


(c) Form XXIII and Form XXIV shall be omitted.

[No. S-16011/04/2017-LW (A)(iii)]
RAJIT PUNHANI, Jt. Secy.  & Director-General (Labour Welfare)

Note:  The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1980 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 514(E), dated 11th August, 1980 and lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R. 294(E), dated the 28th  March, 2017.

Link :- http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/181359.pdf