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ATPENDIX 1.

Paagzs..
th) The Council should.be sufficiently representative: but not too
large. The representatives of labour should be elected by
registered trade unions, and where there are no registered
trade unions of any size they should be nominated by Gov-
ernment. The employers’ representatives should also be
elected by associations of employers, whose voting power
should be approximately proportionate to the number of
workers which their members employ ,. .

(¢) The Council should meet annually and its president should be
slected at each annual session. The secretary of the Council
should be a permanent official responsible to it for the cur-
rent business throughout the year oT

Functions of the Council :
(7) to examine proposals for labour legislation referred to
it and also to initiate such proposals ‘s ve
(it) to promote a spirit of co-operation and understanding
among those concerned with labour policy, and to
provide an opportunity for an interchange of infor
mation regarding experiments in labour matters ..
(4%) to advise the Central and provincial Governments on
the framing of rules and regulations i .
(iv) to advise regarding the collection of labour statistics and
the co-ordination and development of economic
research es

364. If labour legislation is central, the authority finally responsible
for such legislation must be the Central Legislature. If labour legis-
lation is to be decentralised, some co-ordinating body will be necessary.
The decisions of the Council could not be given mandatory power, but in
pertain circumstances it might be made obligatory for provincial
Governments within a specified time to submit proposals for legislation
to their respective legislatures for a decision as to their adoption or
rejection - -

355. Votes in the Industrial Council should be recorded separately
in three groups, one including employers’ representatives, one workers’
representatives and one the remaining members we

356. Where there is the danger of establishments being transferred
bo Indian States in order to escape regulation, an effort should be made
bo obtain the co-operation of the adjoining States .. . we

357. (a) The possibility of making labour legislation both a federal
and a provincial subject should be considered.

(b) If federal legislation is not practicable, efforts should be
directed to securing that, as early as possible, the whole of India parti-
cipates in making progress in labour matters.

(c) For States in which there is appreciable industrial deve-
lopment, the Industrial Council should offer a suitable channel for
co-operation ..

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