OREANDA-NEWS. The Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has said that as per estimates of National Sample Survey (2011- 2012), about 50.22 million building and other construction workers, including contract workers, are estimated in India.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, it is the responsibility of the employer to provide facilities such as drinking water, latrines and urinals, temporary accommodations, creches, first-aid and canteens etc. for the workers at the worksites.