copy no.^ IITPiSRATIGiiAL LABOUR OFFICE IliEIA BKAIJCH Industrial cad Labour Devol oprante in. August 1953a E»BB-Each Gooftioa of tliis Boport ray bo taken out separately» Coatonto. Pages» CHAPTER 1» IHTIS1HATIOHAI» LABOUR QBGAHIFAIIOfl. 11. Po lit io al Situation and Acnisdotrativo Action; I. L 0. RaGiSTRY-GENEVA (a) Resignation of Finenoo Minister accoptod; 13 SEP 1956 Prise Uinioter takes ever Finance Portfolio. 1 (b) Lori: of Tripartito Machinery for labour in tho ’*?■" (f States; Fovicrz in Indian Labour Casotto. 2-5 fwiih : (o) Incoro: ITenr Cabinet f oread. 7 on : 12. Activities of Esternai Services;. 8 CHAPTER 2. IHTtlSIATIOHAL AIO) RATIONAL OftJAHJSAYIOUS. 25. Wgo-Sarnors* Organisations ; (a) Verified Eehborohip of AU-X^dio Organisations of Workers; Statonoefc in. PcTlianant. 9-10 (b) S0vonth Annual Session of Xndian Rational Cement /Workers’"Federation; Approval of negotiations for long^iQixi SottlOEont with Employers» 11-13 (e) Madras: Recognition of Single Union for each Industry: Legislation to bo introduced. 14 CHAPTER 5. EOQnOjfEC QSESTIGHS.- 32. Publio Finanoo aod Fiscal Policy; Fiftoon States Float Slow Loans; Amount totals 640 Million Supoos. 15 54. Leonard.c Pltaming.Control and SevolopEont; (a) World Bank’s Views on Second Five-Year Plans ’’Sonorhat too taabitious“. 16-19 (b) First Atonic Roactor goes into Operation; Peaceful uco of Energy assured. 20 (o) Fivo Por Coat of Jute Loons to bo eoaled; Stop to curb Production dun to Huge Stocks cad Jute Scarcity. 21 -H- Contante Pares. SG* WG£QDS (a) Ajmer: Draft Proposals fixing Kiairam Ratos of Wages for Etaploycont in Printing Frans Eotcblishnoufci» 22 (b) Trcvancoro-Ooeliin; Mininun. Wages Aot to bo extondod to Employment in Tilos ISmufacturing Industry* £3" (c) Wag© Structure in India; Debate in Rajya Sabha. 24-25 (d) Sonud for the Tsa Estates Workers: Agreement ranched* * 26 (o) Bedhay: 50.030 Workors refuse to accept Bonus doclared under Pact. 27 CH&PÌER-.4* PROBLEMS PECULIAR TO CERTAIN BRANCHES ~ri :....... ~ ' dp tW uA7i§/aL7o50hù^* '7 "................. 41* » Agriculture s Bonus for Tea Estates Workers: Agreement readied* 28 • 1 43* Handicrafts:, (a) Xnprovcrxmt of Hendlooxa Fabrics: Wost Goman Export’s Suggestions* ' 29 (b) Bihar Ehadi:and Villogo Industries Aot*193S (Ho. XI7 of 1ÌX58)* SO CHAPTER-, 5* WURKIHG CONDITIONS AND LIVING STANDARDS. BO. General: (a) Conditions of Work of Motor Transport Workers: t Central Logiolabion to bo introduced. Si" (b) Boraboy: Conditions of Work of Stable Labour. S2-S5 (o) Conditions of Labour in Ike Mineral Oil Industry: Labour Bureau Surrey* 88-40 (d) Draft Collection of Statistics Ruloo.. 41 J i I -iii- Contents. Poses • CHAPTER G. GSUBR/g. RIGHTS OP WRKSS3. 65« CollccuLvo Agrooaentq« (a) Tata Iron and Stool Works signs Supplonontol Agroonent with Workerss Joint Advisory Councils to bo cot up« 42-44 (b) Bonus for Ton Estate Workers: A^roaaent reached« 45 67« Conciliation and Arbitrations (a ) PGvicn? of Work Done by Industrial Court end Tribunals.in Bombay during 1935« 45-48 (b) Tata Iron and Stool Works signs Supplonontal Agreement with Workers: Joint Advisory Councils to b o set up« 49 (o) Industrial DisputocCAaasadaont and liiscollecoous Provisions) Bill passed by P&rlienonfc« 50-54 68* Labour Courts; Ti’ork of the Labour Appellate Tribunal during 1955« 55 69« Co-operation and Participation, of InduBtrial Organisations in the Social an ’d Wcnonic • ' OZB/miSATiOBS« " ■ ' Tata Iron and Stool ^orks signs Supplowntal Agroamonfc with. Workers: Joint Advisory Council to bo sot up. 56 CHAPTER 7. PROBLEMS PECULIAR TO <ER3A3nj3ATES05IE3 .... n... Og* V»t>RkEBS»~ ' 71* Employe os end Salaried Intelloctua.1 Workers: (a) Ajmer Shops and Cossnsrcial Establiohrasntc Act* 1958 (Ho. I? Of 1958). ’■ 57-59 (b) Working Journalists Wage Board Rules.1^8« 60 73» Officials and Publio JSbroloyees of Mationol«?53gional Local' AdniT^stx^ticns/'of Wationalisoct Ungert35ngs or UUdortalrings tianagod yri-th/tho Participation of tlio Public Authorities: University Uogree Hot Uocesscry for Jtnioa Services« Coraaittee’a’Suggestions for GovcmEont Sooruitnoat» 81 —iV- Contents« Pages« CHAPTER 0» MPOEER PROBLEMS. 81* Enplo^nsent Situations to (a) Employmon« Eschangoos Working during Jura 1955« 62-34 (b) University Degree Hob nocoocory for Junior 3orvieos: -(&?£££$&£&■ Connitfcoe’c Suggoetiono for Gcvemranb Rooruitnonb. 65-67 (o) Ibvoatigation of Forced Labour Census« Uinicter * o Statement in Perliawnb« 68 83« Vocational Training? (a) Labour Ministry’s Training Seberas: Progress during Juno 1556. " 69-70 (b) Training of Mining Engineers? All-Indie. Council of Technical Education to open Hour Centres« 71 (o) Technicians for Bihar Village Inaustrios: Sinty Training CoatroE to bo cot up« 72 85« Migration end Colonisation; Konya: Annual Conference of TConya Indian Congresss President critxeieoE Lnsaigration Luxes againsflndia« 73-74 CHAPTER -9« SOCIAL SECDSISY« 93« Application» VS» Conponaatlon injaso of Esployrant Injury or Oocupation^Disonso's« .—»/¿i Working of the Worktncn’s Ccnpencation Act>1925, during the Year 1954« 75-79 CHAPTER 12« IBDVSERIAL COLl'ITTEDC» 121« Spooial Snfomation? Condition 8 of Labour in the Mineral Ojl Industry: Labour Bureau Survey« £0 LIST OF PRINCIPAL LAWS PROMULGATED OURIDG THE oUV^Ktai By"' tmExiEPCgj; for august 1&6» 81 BIBLIOGRAPHY IEPIA AUGUST 1955« 82-85. i tptSO ici«« <ni ' i ’L« .... <'.■■, i ■ • i ■ ' 1 ■■■ '■? i ' i saasaa^^ - -------- . _------ ----- - .. I CHAPTER 1« XHTWATIOHAL LABOUR OTiGAITISATIOH, ITIDIA - AUGUST 1956. 11« Political Situation end Administrative Action» Resignation of Finance minister accepted; Prino iLtnictor~takeG ovor Financo Portfolio, /A On 24 July 1958s the President accepted the resignation of Shri C.D. Deshnulh as Finance liinister from the Contra! Cdbinot. It wexg further announced that Prime Slinister would bo in charge of the Finance psstfolioi Shri DodhEtuhh resigned owing to difference of opinion with tha Prime Minister endfother collogues ovor tha Government’s decisions on the States Reorganisation Bill and the future of Bombay City. (The StatoGman4 25 July 1958 )• ’L’ 1- fU r-T- Uork of Tripartite Machinery for Labour in the Statess Review in Indian Labour Gasdtto® The evolution and functioning of tripartite machinery at the States loval Id reviewed in the Indian Labour Gnzotto for June 1955® According to this review, the tripartite labour mchinory at the State level cams into esictenco mostly co a result of the deliberations of the Industries Confoi’enco hold in December 1947® This Conforenco unanimously adopted q Eesolution on Industrial T?uce with a view to increasing industrial production® The Resolution emphasised the necessity of the fullest co-oporation boteeon labour and management p/nd in order to achieve this object,“it recommended, among others, tho creation of a throe-tier tripartite machinery vis®, at the Central, Provincial and She Unit level® With the enactment of the Minimum '¿’ages Act in March 1948 the tripartite labour machinery received further impetus, ns the Act visualised the establishment of tripartite bodies at various levels for its effective implementation® Tripartite Bodies set up by the States under the Minimum Wages Act or those constituted for ad-hoe purposes have not been brought within the scope of tho present review® The first State to set up a tripartite board at the State level was Bombay, which constituted a Provincial Labour Advisory Board as early as in March 19-17® This was followed by Uttar Pradesh which convened the first U®P®Stato I’obour Tripartite Conforenco in July 1947® Towards the end of tho conn year, Bihar also constituted a Board known as the Bihar Central Labour Advisory Board® In tho following year, West Bongal and Madras also constituted similar boards^ The load given by those States was followed by tho other States in tho subsequent years® Among the Part *A< and ’B* States, Assam, Mysore and Travancore-Cochin alone have not so far established any agonoy at tho State Icvol, though in Assam and Travancore-Cochin thoro are certain tripartite agencies for specific purposes® In Assam, a Standing Labour Ccsnitbee for Plantation was constituted in Docoribor 1952 (reoonstitutGd in April 1955)® In Travancore- Coohin, there era several Committees, namely. Committee for tho Finalisation of Draft Plantation Rules, a Steering Coraittoo for Industrial Development, a Committee for Coir mats and Matting an d C omit tea for Tapping industry® Some of these oro not,, however,^ tripartite in their composition® In M/sore, tho question of constituting a tripartite cgonoy is undor consideration^ Hone of the Part ’C’ States, except Delhi have any such agency® 3 Though all teo State Boards’nro tripartite in their character viz., Govoncaont, employers and employees, sow hoards (those in Bombay, ’kidliyn Pradesh, Hyderabad end Saurashtra) have roproeontativos of consumers also. The boards of Madhya Pradesh and Delhi inolufie other members such as members of the Stato Legislature, ete. Though enployors and employees have been given equal representation, in some oases, for instance in Andhra and in Orissa the number of employers* representatives is lessor than those of omployoe3. The representatives of the parties are usually drsnn from their rospootivo organisations. In the case of Bihar Labour Advisory Board, however, representation is on industry basis, there being tvro representatives of employers and teo of employees, for each of the fourteen different industries in the State. The total membership of those h^Qrdc varies from 8 in Orissa