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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Title:: Chapter V. - Working conditions in factories

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72 CHAPTER V. necessitate initiative, resource and self-reliance, and in the first decade at least, no small measure of pioneering enterprise. We are convinced that, with the creation of such posts and the prospect of adequate remune- ration and secure status, the right type of candidate will be forthcoming. The appointment of one such woman in every province is desirable; but, in the event of this not being immediately practicable, we recom- mend their appointment forthwith in Bengal and Madras, and the appoint- ment of part-time women officials in those provinces where the number of women and children employed in regulated industries is smaller. It is to be hoped, however, that such part-time service will be for a limited period only. Strength of the Inspectorate. Many of these proposals involve an addition to the work of the factory inspectorate. Proposals follow in respect of docks and other classes of factories which will enlarge the field for which they are respon- sible. On the other hand, the adoption of some of our proposals, and in particular those which are made regarding the inspection of seasonal factories, should set free a considerable part of the time of the permanent inspectors for duties in connection with perennial factories. The addition of medical inspectors and of women inspectors should be of substantial assistance, in spite of the fact that a considerable part of the work of these officers will be work which at present is necessarily left largely undone. [n advising regarding the proper strength of the staff, we must observe that it is difficult to fix an upper limit beyond which the appointment of extra inspectors would be useless. There is a wide scope for further work, if inspectors were available to do it, and it is certain that no province has reached the limit at which additional inspectors could not be employed with valuable results. At the same time we believe that, provided medical and women inspectors are appointed as recommended, it might be possible, except in one or two provinces, to avoid the necessity of appointing any additional fully qualified inspectors at the present time. This view is dependent on the adoption and successful working of the system advocated later for the inspection of seasonal factories and those factories which are at present unregulated. In the United Provinces, boiler inspection should be undertaken by a separate staff and we recom- mend that in future these two classes of inspection should invariably be distinct. Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara are at present under the charge of the Inspector for the Punjab, who is also responsible for the North-West Frontier Province. This is too large an area for adequate supervision by one officer, and we accordingly recommend the separation of Ajmer- Merwara and Delhi and the appointment of a separate officer for this area. Elsewhere, and particularly in Burma and Bihar and Orissa, there is room for the appointment of Assistant Inspectors of the type indicat- ed above. We must, however, emphasise the fact that our con- clusions on this question are based on the assumption that the inspector- ate will be kept up to the sanctioned strength throughout the year. It has happened in the past in more than one province that inspectors

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