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th) The Council should.be sufficiently representative: but not too 
large. The representatives of labour should be elected by 
registered trade unions, and where there are no registered 
trade unions of any size they should be nominated by Gov- 
ernment. The employers’ representatives should also be 
elected by associations of employers, whose voting power 
should be approximately proportionate to the number of 
workers which their members employ ,. . 
(¢) The Council should meet annually and its president should be 
slected at each annual session. The secretary of the Council 
should be a permanent official responsible to it for the cur- 
rent business throughout the year oT 
Functions of the Council : 
(7) to examine proposals for labour legislation referred to 
it and also to initiate such proposals ‘s ve 
(it) to promote a spirit of co-operation and understanding 
among those concerned with labour policy, and to 
provide an opportunity for an interchange of infor 
mation regarding experiments in labour matters .. 
(4%) to advise the Central and provincial Governments on 
the framing of rules and regulations i . 
(iv) to advise regarding the collection of labour statistics and 
the co-ordination and development of economic 
research es 
364. If labour legislation is central, the authority finally responsible 
for such legislation must be the Central Legislature. If labour legis- 
lation is to be decentralised, some co-ordinating body will be necessary. 
The decisions of the Council could not be given mandatory power, but in 
pertain circumstances it might be made obligatory for provincial 
Governments within a specified time to submit proposals for legislation 
to their respective legislatures for a decision as to their adoption or 
rejection - - 
355. Votes in the Industrial Council should be recorded separately 
in three groups, one including employers’ representatives, one workers’ 
representatives and one the remaining members we 
356. Where there is the danger of establishments being transferred 
bo Indian States in order to escape regulation, an effort should be made 
bo obtain the co-operation of the adjoining States .. . we 
357. (a) The possibility of making labour legislation both a federal 
and a provincial subject should be considered. 
(b) If federal legislation is not practicable, efforts should be 
directed to securing that, as early as possible, the whole of India parti- 
cipates in making progress in labour matters. 
(c) For States in which there is appreciable industrial deve- 
lopment, the Industrial Council should offer a suitable channel for 
co-operation .. 
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