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. 497 PAGES, 36. Creches should be provided for children up to the age of 6 years where considerable numbers of women are employed. This requirement should be statutory for places employing 250 women or more. The Factories Act could embody this with discretionary power to Governments in regard to factories with fewer women. The organisation of factory creches should be the duty of the woman inspector ‘ i. 37. The provision of shelter for rest and refreshment is in many cases necessary and the possibilities of workers’ canteens should be examined with a view to their wider adoption go oe .. .. 38. Greater rigour should be shown in the enforcement of the Fae- tories Act in Bihar and Orissa .. > is 7 on 39. Subordination of Inspectors of Factories to Directors of Indus- tries is undesirable , ie * n 29 .. .e 40. A Chief Inspector should not be required to submit to another authority proposals for individual prosecutions .. .. .e 41. An officer with medical qualifications should be appointed as an Inspector of Factories in every province, part or full time according to the requirements of the province. Certifying Surgeons should be empowered as inspectors .. . - .. .. .e oe 42. The system of appointing Assistant Inspectors might be more widely adopted ‘ Hp “oe vs ve vs 43. (a) ‘Women Factory Inspectors are desirable in every province (5) Women inspectors should be of Indian domicile and not less than 25 years of age, and their pay should be adequate to attract the right type -.. - (¢) If this be not immediately practicable, immediate appoint- ment is recommended in Bengal and Madras, and for a limited period, of part-time women officials in provinces where there are fewer women and children in regulated industries oF 44. Boiler inspection should be separated from factory inspection 45. Ajmer-Merwara and Delhi should be separated from the Punjah for inspection purposes and a separate inspector appointed .. we 46. The inspectorate should be kept at full strength by officiating and probationary appointments in leave vacancies .. vr .- 47. Conferences of Chief Inspectors from all provinces should be held biennially under the auspices of the Central Government. . ¥ 48. Conferences of all grades of factory inspectors and of as many ex-officio inspectors as possible should be held at intervals of about two years in the different provinces .. . . 49. More use should be made of appeal to High Court against in- adequate sentences for infringements of the Act. .. ‘a - 50. In every district all factory cases should go before experienced magistrates, and where possible the same magistrate. . 2% .. 51, The law should be amended (3) to make it possible to adduce evidence of previous convictions under the Act, after conviction and before sentence ; (43) to provide for minimum fines for second and subsequent offences ~ . .n .e .e .. 52. Chief Inspectors in all cases and other factory inspectors when authorised by the local Government should be empowered by Iaw to act a8 prosecutors 66 66-7 69 RG [0 70 7 71 7 2 72 i2 73 73 73 74 "4 a 4 ry 4

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