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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EN APPENDIX 1, 79. Local Government should have power to extend any of the pro. visions of this Act to factories employing less than 50 persons : this should be done forthwith in the case of offensive trades : the power should also be exercised in the case of industries, classes of establishments and indivi. dual establishments employing an appreciable number of young child. ten or where larger places have been broken up to escape regulation .. 80. A time limit of five years should be put on the Act at the expiry of which Government should be prepared to make a further advance |. 104 81. Both classes of establishments dealt with in this Chapter should be required to register themselves with the Factory Inspection Depart- ment .. we .e 82. Inspection, which need not be heavy, could be largely carried out by part-time inspectors, e.g., municipal health officers, sub-divisional magistrates and others, co-ordinated by the Chief Inspector in consulta. tion with the medical authorities. Where whole-time officers are needed, 3 new grade of assistant inspector might be utilised . . ”e %e 83. The policy of gradualness which underlies the proposals made for legislation should also influence its enforcement . . 5% - CraeprEr VIII.—MixNgs, ‘84. In the manganese mines in the Central Provinces, steps should be taken to apprise the workers of the repeal of the Workmen’s Breach of Contract Act va oe 85. At Khewra (2) The employment of ticket-of-leave men should be re-examined (6) Workers and hours should be effectively checked, and numbers controlled a .. - ve (¢) Committee should be elected to represent the workers .s (d) The sanitary condition of the workings and the settlement should be brought up to a reasonable standard 4 (e) Latrine accommodation should be provided near the entrance of the mine and improved latrines underground ve (f) Sanitary staff should be provided and placed under the Medi- cal Officer .e .. Pp ‘5 .. {7) Engagement of fresh women workers should be discontinued ,. 86. At Namtu and Bawdwin (¢) A labour officer should be appointed and should direct hig attention to the formation of works committees . (b) Government should frame regulations for the prevention of lead poisoning we - ve 3d (c) The omission of certain sections of the Factories and Mines Acts as applied to the Shan States should be reconsidered 87. In the oilfields statutory regulation of rest days, hours, health and safety should be undertaken. Government should consider whether this can be achieved by the application of appropriate sections of the Mines Act or by separate legislation .. ‘s oe Pp 88. A separate Inspector of Mines and Oilfields for Burma should be appointed -e we . we ve ve . 89. The Mining Industries Act 1926 should be examined for the pur- pose of - considering how far similar provisions would help to systematise mining leases .. .. . .. as .r op 114 90. The coal industry should aim at eliminating recruiting costs .. 118 Pages.

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