Full text: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

APPENDIX I. * 
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These Acts should provide for the acquisition and lay-out of suitable 
areas for working class housing : the opening up and reconstruction of 
congested and insanitary areas: Government grants and loans to 
approved schemes : the ‘ zoning ’ of industrial and urban areas *w 
. 223. (a) The provision of working class housing should be a statu. 
tory obligation on every Improvement Trust .. oF oe. 
(b) It should be possible for Improvement Trusts to provide 
land, roads, sewers and sanitary conveniences for new areas, but street 
lizhting and water mains should be a charge on municipalities . 
(¢) Improvement Trusts and municipalities should co-operate 
with each other, with Government and employers .. “e we 
224. Condemnation of old insanitary chawls in the mill areas of 
Bombay should be considered .. .e oe .. .e 
225. An Improvement Trust should be established for Howrah .. 
226. All Improvement Trusts should be placed in a position to 
recoup themselves from the enhancement of land values resulting from 
cheir activities. . we 
227. The Land Acquisition Act should be amended to provide—— 
{@) that the housing of labour shall be deemed to be a work 
likely to prove useful to the public, and 
‘b) that the definition of * company’ shall include industrial 
concerns owned by individuals or associations of indivi. 
duals . -. ve wo ve 
228. Every effort should be made to evolve cheaper types of houses. 
Government might consider the possibility of offering prizes for plans and 
specifications of working class houses costing not more than a fixed 
amount oy we .. .e 0s o . .e 
229. Co-operative building societies and similar aetivities should be 
sncouraged . . a 5 2% oe . 
230. Schemes for the erection by workers of their own houses should 
be encouraged but a certain degree of supervision is essential ‘i 
231. Municipal Councils should undertake preliminary work with- 
out waiting for additional legislation wt . -- .. 
{@) Qualified health officers should be appointed and municipal 
health organisations should be improved and strengthened 
b) Bye-laws dealing with health, housing and sanitation should 
be revised and brought up-to-date .. .. .. 
‘¢) Health officers should see that all bye-laws are impartially 
and vigorously applied . . 
{d) Applications for permission to erect new buildings or to alter 
existing ones should be closely scrutinised in order to 
ansure that the grant of permission will not result in 
increased congestion vy . ” we 
‘e) Plans should be prepared for the extension and improvement 
of areas set apart for housing schemes .. 
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Omaprer XVI. —WorkMEN'S COMPENSATION. 
932. The Workmen's Compensation Act should now be extended to 
sover as completely as possible the workers in organised industry, 
whether their occupations are hazardous or not ; and there should be a 
sradual extension to workers in less organised employment, beginning 
with those who are subject to most risk 
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