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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394 APPENDIX I. PAGES, 330. As soon as a decision has been taken regarding the constitu- tional position of Burma, the question of immigration should be examined by the Governments of India and Burma in consultation with all the interests concerned we oo .. .. 331. For a sound immigration policy, further statistical information regarding immigrant labour is urgently required. Accurate figures shoufd be obtained bearing on the extent of employment available at different seasons and the movements of immigrant labour in search of work oe 332. Whatever steps are taken to regulate immigration, satisfactory conditions of life and work should be maintained for the immigrant po- pulations . 04 .. or on - »s 333. Government, employers and all concerned should accept a much greater measure of responsibility for the immigrant .. + ® CHAPTER XXIV.—STATISTICS AND ADMINISTRATION. Statistics and Intelligence. 334. (a) Statistics should be compiled separately in respect of peren- nial and seasonal factories .. " .. wi (b) Government should examine the possibility of obtaining from the factory owner the total number of persons employed in his factory for not less than one month in a year .. ‘y ‘s (¢}) The Factories Act should be amended so as to make it possible to call for returns in respect of wages . . . 335. An examination should be made of the causes of delay in the publication of labour statistics with a view to devising a method which will ensure more prompt publication .. ,e 3 o- 336. The possibility of obtaining figures of the total number em- ployed wholly or part-time in the coal mines should be examined . 337. The published returns relating to the Assam plantations should give particulars of the number of labourers employed who do not live on she gardens, and the vital statistics should include both births and deaths 338. Planters in all provinces should be required by statute to furnish statistics relating to the labour forces employed by them ve 339. A summary should be published by the Government of India of the annual returns received from provincial Governments on the working of the Trade Unions Act °F .. ve ws 340. Legislation should be adopted, preferably by the Central Legis- lature, enabling the competent authority to collect information from em. ployers regarding the remuneration, attendance and living conditions (including housing) of industrial labour, from merchants regarding prices from money-lenders regarding loans to workers and from landlords re. garding rentals “a . .a as . . 341. Whenever possible, investigators engaged on family budget enquiries should receive a course of training with the Bombay Labour Office or some other office which has conducted a successful enquiry .. .342. Enquiries into labour conditions by private investigators should be intensive rather than extensive .. .. .. . 343. The possibility of making enquiries and investigations into labour conditions an obligatory part of courses in economics should be considered by the university authorities in all provinces vie oe 344. The possibilities of experimental work with a view to discover- ing means of improving output and efficiency should be considered by large individual employers and by associations of emplovers .. in 14) 441 449 44.5 443 443 +4 3 44 14. 14F 140 447-8 448-9 414.9 LAL

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