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. Pages, (f) The decision to abandon the practice of permitting workers at Giridih to build and repair their own houses should be re- considered . 214. More attention should be given to housing, water supply, drainage and latrines in metalliferous mining areas .. .. .e 213. Quarters for ‘ single ’ workers on the oilfields should in future be constructed in the form of rooms for not more than 4 to 6 individuals 216. The scheme of the Tata Iron and Steel Co. and of the Tinplate Company at Jamshedpur whereby loans are advanced to workers to anable them to build their own houses under supervision should be more widely adopted. . 2% 217. Railway housing : increased provision of houses should be arranged for as rapidly as possible and more regard should be paid to Indian preferences in design .. . 218. The psychological effects of segregation should be taken into consideration in planning future developments of the kind at Jamshedpur and Khargpur .. we 219. Government should give continued consideration to the pro- blems created in special areas such as Jamshedpur with a view to devis- ing a system whereby the principles of local self-government may be applied .. ys a 220. (a) Provincial Governments should make a survey of urban and industrial areas to ascertain their needs in regard to housing, (6) They should then arrange for conferences with all interested parties in order that decisions may be taken as to practicable schemes and the method whereby their cost could be shared. (¢) Local authorities should be responsible for the development and lay-out of industrial areas and for the provision and maintenance of proper sanitary conditions. (d) Where suitable Government land is available, Government should be prepared to sell or lease it to those who agree to build houses within a specified period. (e) Government should announce their willingness to subsidise in his or other ways employers’ housing schemes approved by them .. 221. Recommendations for Government action :— (a) Minimum standards in regard to floor and cubic space, ventila- tion and lighting should be laid down and should be incorporated by all local authorities in their bye-laws. .b) Water supplies, drainage systems and latrines for working class dwellings should also be governed by regulations drawn up by the Ministry. (¢) Government should insist on the adoption within a specified period and with modifications necessitated by local condi- tions of model bye-laws prepared and issued by them. (d) Type-plans of working class houses with costs should be prepared by Public Health Departments. Such plans should provide for a small room for cooking and storing utensils, and a front verandah is also desirable. (e) Plans of approved types of latrines should be made available 222. Town-planning Acts are urgently required in the Bombay and Bengal Presidencies and would be useful in other provinces: if the Madras Act is ineffective it should be made adequate. 281 281 289 282-3 9284 285 985 AR 2K

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