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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Yay APPENDIX 1. 277. The Assam Labour and Emigration Act should be repealed and 8 new measure should be enacted in its place _- 278. Where control is required, it should be exercised over the forwarding of recruits to the Assam plantations. All Special restrictions on the agencies for obtaining recruits for Assam should be withdrawn | 279. The new Act should provide— (2) that no assisted emigrant from controlled areas should be for- warded to the Assam tea gardens except through a depét maintained by the industry or by suitable groups of em. ployers and approved by the local Government or by such authority as it may appoint ve .. - (b) that local agents should maintain registers of recruits in the prescribed form ‘e oe .e ve .. {¢) that minors unaccompanied by a parent or guardian should not be forwarded ; and - aio .. .e (d) that the depot and its registers should be open to inspection by officers appointed by the provincial Government for this purpose .. ,e ys .e . ‘i 280. Rules under the Act should provide for the detention of women and minors for a limited period ve on 281. The Government of India should have power to frame rules re- garding transit arrangements and should provide for the following of sertain prescribed routes to Assam and for the maintenance of depéts at Aecessary intervals wy 282. In areas not inhabited by aboriginals the Government of India, in consultation with provincial Governments and the industry, should consider whether the restrictions over forwarding should not be dispensed with. In all controlled areas the position should be reviewed after the expiry of five years or 283. The law should enable the Government of India, in the event of the recrudescence of abuses, to re-introduce in any area the prohibition of recruitment otherwise than by means of licensed garden sardars and licensed recruiters 284. The Act should be limited to the control of assisted emigra. bion. The definition of *‘ emigrant > should exclude any person who hag been employed within the preceding twelve months in any capacity in Assam and assistance should be defined so as to exclude mere persuasion and propaganda from the scope of the restrictions ., is .. 285. The Act should apply to those provinces in which the Assam Labour and Emigration Act is now in force, but recruitment within Assam itself should not be subject to control ve - 286. It should be possible to extend control to recruitment for any work in Assam, but in present circumstances there is no justification for :ontrol except in the case of recruitment for tea gardens oe os 287. The Assam Labour Board should be abolished ve .e 288. (a) The Government of India should appoint a Protector of Immigrants in Assam to look after the interests of emigrants from other provinces who have not yet settled in Assam. This officer should also be entrusted with responsibility for emigrants during the journey - {) The cost of the Protector of Immigrants and his staff should be defrayed by a cess on emigrants . PAGES. 369 270 370-1 371 371 371 371 a7] Qe) herd, 372.3 a7a 373 373 374 as

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