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. 345. A labour bureau on a scale not smaller than that represented by the Bombay Labour Office should be established in Bengal i 346. (a) Thorough family budget enquiries should be undertaken in Delhi, Madras, Cawnpore, Jamshedpur and a centre in the Jharia coal feld .. vy .. .. .. . .. . (b) As soon as circumstances permit, the possibility of extend- ing the activities of the Labour Statistics Bureau in Burma to the main pilfields should be considered we .n ,s ny ‘sr (¢) Assistance should be given by the Government of the Punjab to the Board of Economic Enquiry to enable it to institute and direct investigations in the industrial field : ie 3 Pa (d) The possibility of establishing a Board of Economic En. guiry in the Central Provinces similar to thatin the Punjab should be investigated .. .. Administration. 347. (a) A Labour Commissioner responsible for the administration of all labour subjects should be appointed in every province except Assam (b) He should be a selected officer and should hold the ap- pointment for a comparatively long period Ca. .. {¢) He should be responsible for the publication of labour statistics, should have the right to enter all industrial establishments, should be generally accessible both to employers and labour and should act as a conciliation officer ‘y 5% -. 2 us (d) The headquarters of the Labour Commissioner should be in the chief industrial centre of the province a Co. . (¢) In provinces where part-time appointments have to be made, a combination of the functions of the Director of Industries and of the Labour Commissioner should be avoided .. ve .. 848. A Labour Commissioner should be appointed for the Central Government .. “s A. .. .. CuaPTER XXV.—LABOUR AND THE CONSTITUTION. 349, Legislative powers in respect of labour should continue with the Central Legislature and the provincial legislatures should also have power bo legislate. Labour legislation undertaken in the provinces should not be allowed to impair or infringe the legislation of the centre. or its ad. ministration .. we . i. 350, If special constituencies are to remain a feature of the Indian constitution, labour should be given adequate representation in the Central and provincial legislatures wr - . 351. The method which is most likely to be effective in securing the best representatives of labour is that of election by registered trade unions. A special tribunal should be set up in each province to deter- mine before election the weight which should be given to each registered trade union .. oe pe ow .- ee 352. Where there is a substantial industrial population, it should receive, by means of a franchise or in some other way, the power to exer- cise an adequate influence over the policy of local self-governing bodies is .. .- - . 353. Industrial Council : {@) In the frame-work of the future constitution, provision should be made for an organisation (the Industrial Council), which would enable representatives of employers, of labour and of Governments to meet regularly in conference to Jiscuss labour measures and labour policy BT PAGES, 450 450 450 450 450 453 453 154 454 454 454 461-2 182 LR4 1/4 {67.8

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