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MANPOWER & INVESTMENTS STATISTICS & MNCs OPERATING IN INDIA
A brief account of 27 Multinational Construction Corporations operating
in India & Abroad

(1) P & 0 - Bovis.

Name	P & O - BOVIS
Headquarters	Liscartan House127 Sloan Street London SWIX 9BA
Employees	5000 (P&O 72,000)
Shareholder's Funds	£ 2,818.3 million
Value of Work 1998	$ 16.3 Billion US
International Presence	UK, Argentina, Brazil, Canadia US, Austria, Russia, Czech Rep. Egypt, France, Germany Greece, Hun gary, India, Ireland, Poland, Israel, Kuwait, Nether lands, Portugal, Solvenia, South Africa, Spain, Aus tralia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand.
Major Projects	Stature of Liberty Restoration.
Ownership Structures	Owned by P & 0. Listed on stock exchangesin London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Sydney and Tokyo.
Associated Companies	P & 0.
Other Areas of Business	Shipping, Transport, Property.

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WAGE TREND IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
PICTURE OF Yearly, Monthly & Daily Wages of construction workers since 1880 - 2004 (125 years)

Year	Yearly Wages Rs	Monthly Wages Rs	Daily Wages Rs
1880	85.00	7.08	0.24
1890	84.00	7.00	0.23
1900	100.00	8.33	0.28
1910	121.00	10.08	0.38
1920	176.00	14.47	0.49
1930	193.00	16.08	0.54
1938	160.00	13.33	0.44
1983	2430.00	202.50	7.99
1993	12480.00	1040.00	40.00
1994	12792.00	1066.00	41.00
1995	17702.00	1475.24	56.74
2002	18679.00	1556.62	59.87
2003	19656.00	1638.00	63.00
2004	27,504.00	2292.00	76.40

CONSTRUCTION MANPOWER IN INDIA
Construction Manpower by Trades in Civic and Social Infrastructure Sector
(000 persons)

Year	Total	Engi -neers	Techni- cinies	Non Technical	Skilled Workers	Unskilled Workers	Annual IncreaseTo
1995-96	1091	51	27	48	167	797
1996-97	1192	56	29	52	183	873	9.33
1997-98	1306	62	32	57	200	954	9.52
1998-99	1433	67	35	63	220	1047	9.73
1999-00	1575	74	39	69	242	1151	9.93
2000-01	1651	78	41	73	253	1206	10.15
2001-02	1822	86	45	80	280	1331	10.37
2002-03	2012	95	49	88	309	1471	10.59
2003-04	2224	105	55	98	341	1625	10.71
2004-05	2462	116	60	108	378	1800	10.84
2005-06	2728	128	67	120	419	1994	10.96
2006-07	3026	142	74	133	464	2213	11.09

Social Security
Construction workers job and social security is under heavy fire from both Public Sector and Private Sector companies.

Unskilled workers are at the mercy of Petty-Contractors/SubContractors. Principal employers are very much reluctant to give legal protection to the unskilled workers specially. Those who constitute more than 73% of total construction manpower.

Day after day, year after year the permanent workers, employees, engineers, technitians numbers are reducing in the corporate & big construction companies, and in Central & State Public Sector Construction Companies.

Need of the hour is to protect the legal benefits & extend Social Security benefits to all categories of Construction workers as per Laws of the Land.

Construction Workers' (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act, 1996 must be ensured in the 29 States and 6 UTS to protect the construction workers from serious exploitation from all corner.

ILO can take initiative to motivate the Govt. of India in this arena.

Cooperation from Employers Side and workers side also is
very much essential for speedy and proper implementation of the provisions of the above mentioned Act.

Let us work together by heart.

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