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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Title:: Chapter VII. - Unregulated factories

Collection:: Economics Books

UNREGULATED FACTORIES, 103 on one day of the week, to be specified beforehand by the provincial Gov- ernment. This day should ordinarily be the same for all factories in the same district, but the provincial Government might grant permission to letter factories to substitute another day where adequate cause was shown. Protection of Health. The second urgent need is the enforcement of what may be terms. ed the minimum standards necessary to ensure the health of the workers. This would include such matters as the necessary structural alterations or repairs to the building, the supply of adequate latrine accommodation, ventilation, lighting and drainage. The Act, in addition to requiring the observance of suitable standards in respect of these matters, might give power to the provincial Governments to apply welfare orders of a simple nature to particular classes or groups of industrial establishments. This would ordinarily be done only when the Government was satisfied from the report of the inspecting authority of the prevalence of certain conditions, which, although detrimental to the health of the workers, could not be remedied under the parent Act. There is no need to enlarge further on this matter here as it has been discussed in the chapter dealing with the working conditions in the factory. Suffice it to say that this is a power which we contemplate would be used moderately and only after careful examination of the facts and of the economic condition of the particular industries or establishments concerned. Inclusion of Smaller Factories. The proposals made above are designed for application in the first instance only to factories employing not less than 50 persons, but provincial Governments may be given power to extend any of the pro- visions of the Act to factories employing less than that number where in their opinion conditions Justify such action. We recommend that this be done forthwith in the case of offensive trades such as tanneries and shellac manufacture, irrespective of the number employed, in view of the fact that in such trades the smaller places, which sometimes predominate, are almost invariably the most insanitary. We also recommend similar action in the case of industries, classes of establish- ment or individual establishments where an appreciable number of young children are employed or where larger places have been broken up in order to escape regulation. Again, it might be necessary to include certain smaller factories in special cases in order to give proprietors of larger factories adequate protection against unfair competition. Further Advance atior Five Years. Before passing on to administrative matters arising out of our proposals, we desire again to emphasise that legislation of the sort re- commended is to be looked upon essentially as a first step. A starting age of ten years or a maximum working day of seven hours in the case of child workers is by no means satisfactory, or anything other than the first and very transitory halting place along the road of progress.

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