Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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Identifikator:: 1850495947

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-233603

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: xviii, 580 S.; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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APPENDIX I. * 515 PAGES. These Acts should provide for the acquisition and lay-out of suitable areas for working class housing : the opening up and reconstruction of congested and insanitary areas: Government grants and loans to approved schemes : the ‘ zoning ’ of industrial and urban areas *w . 223. (a) The provision of working class housing should be a statu. tory obligation on every Improvement Trust .. oF oe. (b) It should be possible for Improvement Trusts to provide land, roads, sewers and sanitary conveniences for new areas, but street lizhting and water mains should be a charge on municipalities . (¢) Improvement Trusts and municipalities should co-operate with each other, with Government and employers .. “e we 224. Condemnation of old insanitary chawls in the mill areas of Bombay should be considered .. .e oe .. .e 225. An Improvement Trust should be established for Howrah .. 226. All Improvement Trusts should be placed in a position to recoup themselves from the enhancement of land values resulting from cheir activities. . we 227. The Land Acquisition Act should be amended to provide—— {@) that the housing of labour shall be deemed to be a work likely to prove useful to the public, and ‘b) that the definition of * company’ shall include industrial concerns owned by individuals or associations of indivi. duals . -. ve wo ve 228. Every effort should be made to evolve cheaper types of houses. Government might consider the possibility of offering prizes for plans and specifications of working class houses costing not more than a fixed amount oy we .. .e 0s o . .e 229. Co-operative building societies and similar aetivities should be sncouraged . . a 5 2% oe . 230. Schemes for the erection by workers of their own houses should be encouraged but a certain degree of supervision is essential ‘i 231. Municipal Councils should undertake preliminary work with- out waiting for additional legislation wt . -- .. {@) Qualified health officers should be appointed and municipal health organisations should be improved and strengthened b) Bye-laws dealing with health, housing and sanitation should be revised and brought up-to-date .. .. .. ‘¢) Health officers should see that all bye-laws are impartially and vigorously applied . . {d) Applications for permission to erect new buildings or to alter existing ones should be closely scrutinised in order to ansure that the grant of permission will not result in increased congestion vy . ” we ‘e) Plans should be prepared for the extension and improvement of areas set apart for housing schemes .. - » Omaprer XVI. —WorkMEN'S COMPENSATION. 932. The Workmen's Compensation Act should now be extended to sover as completely as possible the workers in organised industry, whether their occupations are hazardous or not ; and there should be a sradual extension to workers in less organised employment, beginning with those who are subject to most risk 288.0 IO 289 230 200 200 200 201 201 291-2 2992 203 293 203 203 203 208 208 > 9

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