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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wy APPENDIX I, 233. The following classes of workmen should now be included :— (a) Workmen employed in factories using power and employing not less than 10 persons, and in factories not using power employing not less than 50 persons “eo .. . [b) Workmen in all mines except open quarries in which less than 50 persons are employed and no explosives are used .. {¢} All workmen employed in docks .. Ls ws “e (d) All workmen employed in work on oilfields - vs (¢) Seamen on Indian registered ships of not less than 50 tons and on all inland vessels propelled by steam or motor engines and persons employed on the more important public ferries not so propelled Rom ce .. xe ve {f) Workmen employed on Government plantations and on tea, coffee or rubber plantations employing not less than 50 persons .. .. . vs ve os (9) Workmen employed in the operation of mechanically pro- pelled vehicles which are maintained for the transport of passengers or for commercial purposes ee ‘in {k) Workmen engaged in the construction, maintenance or demo- lition of canals, sewers, public roads, tunnels, aerial rope: ways and pipe lines, and of dams, embankments or exca- vations 20 or more feet in height, and of all permanent bridges .. .. .. ‘. (7) Workmen engaged in building work as in the existing clause, but the reference in this clause to industrial and commer- cial purposes should be omitted .e vs 3 (5) Workmen employed in connection with the generation and distribution of electrical energy .. ow $3 234. The question of the inclusion of persons employed by the larger agricultural employers and of those employed in reserve forests deserves examination .. ve . 235. (a) Steps should be taken to ensure that the agreement to pay compensation in accordance with the Indian Act is obligatory on all shipowners engaging Indian seamen and that dependants are capable of enforcing this agreement eo (6) The possibilities of giving Indian seamen the right to compensation whilst serving on ships registered outside India should be further explored by the Government of India and the Home Office. Special attention should be given to the possibility of extending the Act to Indian seamen whilst serving on all ships within India’s territorial waters and on British ships engaged in the coastal trade of India .. - 236. The limitation of the benefits of the Act to workmen in receipt of not more than Rs. 300 a month should be generally applied and the exception relating to the armed forces of the Crown should be modified, if this is necessary, in order to include persons who are genuinely in- dustrial workers ‘s zt e .. .. we 237. Widowed sisters and widowed daughters should be added to the list of dependants ie ,o ve “s as ie 238. For adults in receipt of not more than Rs. 30 a month, pay- ments for temporary disablement should be based on two-thirds of wages and for minors on the full wage rate. The scale should be subject to a minimum of Rs. 5 for each half-monthly payment, but the rate of com- pensation should not exceed the rate of wages. No person receiving more than Rs. 30 a month should receive less compensation than he would bave got if his wage had been Rs. 30 ee -— Pagzs. 299 299 299 200 201 301 20] 209, 301 299 301 301 300 20] 302 AM 205

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