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 XXV. - Labour and the constitution

Collection:: Economics Books

£8 CHAPTER XXV, been established by that time or not, should find a place within the con- stitutional structure. The Organisation. The Industrial Council should meet annually, and its venue might with advantage be changed from year to year so as to enable it to visit the leading industrial centres in turn. This would give the mem- bers the advantage of seeing industrial and labour developments in other centres than their own and of stimulating interest in labour matters in different provinces. We have considered the possibility of giving the Council a permanent head who would both preside over the sessions and conduct the administrative work of the organisation throughout the year, as in the case of the Agricultural Research Council. But we think it would be better to follow in this respect the example of the Inter- national Labour Organisation. Our proposals are inspired partly by the example of that organisation, and we hope that the conference will be able to meet on the smaller stage of India the needs which that organisa- tion was created to supply in the international world. We recommend, therefore, that the President of the Council should be elected by it at each annual session, and that the chief executive officer of the conference, who will be a permanent official responsible to it for the current business throughout the year, should act as the secretary of the Council at its annual conference. We believe that this system would be more econo- mical than providing both a permanent secretary and a permanent president, and that it will better secure the independence of the Council. Examination of Legislative Proposals. So far as proposals for legislation are concerned, we contem- plate that these will either be referred to the conference by Government or be initiated by the conference itself. It will be the function of the Council to work these out in detail both in committees and in the con- ference. Unless there is any grave urgency, proposals should ordinarily be considered at two successive sessions of the Council. The first session would prepare a rough draft in order to enable the public to criticise the proposals and the members to review them with their constituents. In the following year, the Council would take its final decision. A Council of this kind should not find it difficult to secure the confidence of the legislature. We should expect some members of the Council also to be members of the legislature, and they would form a useful link between the two. Co-operation and Policy. It is not intended that the examination of labour legislation should be the only function served by the Council. Indeed, if deve- loped along the right lines, its biggest service to the country would probably lie in another direction. We do not underrate the value of legislation ; but it has limitations which are apt to be overlooked, and some of the obvious weaknesses in industrial conditions at the present time are not likely to be removed by legislative action. What is re- quired is the spirit of co-operation and understanding among those con- cerned. and it is this which such a conference should aim at creating

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