Labour Gazette Vol. LII, No. 3, November 1972

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November 1972. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Shri Giri Lauds voluntary arbitration; 2nd Asian conference on trade union education-Chavan’s inaugural speech; Rapport between TU and Government-Labour minister’s plea at Asian TU education conference; Pension scheme for non-teaching staff; Shop Act relaxed; Factories too to produce crops; 8 1/3 per cent Ex-Gratia payment to government controlled mills employees-Shri N.M. Tidke’s announcement; Cut in D.A. restored in two mills; Small industries should form sheet-Anchor of nature’s economy; Improved performance of labour-Aids inflation fight; Public utility services declared, Sept 1972. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Air pollution antidotes, by H.P. Seervai; Matching jobless and jobs, by computer B. John Written; New Service will advise on medical problems at work, by John Written. NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. LABOUR LEGISLATION: Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 (Draft rules). OTHER LEGISLATIONS: Bombay Electricity (Special Powers) Act, 1946 (Order); Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Rules, 1972. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Poona. CPI for working class for certain industrial centres in India; Index number for Bombay, Sholapur, Jalgaon and Aurangabad on base shifted to 1944=100. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, Jul 1972; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, Jul 1972; Absenteeism Statistics, Aug 1972 (Cotton textile); Absenteeism Statistics and in respect of other industries excluding Cotton Textile Industries, April, May and June 1972; Night shift in cotton mills, Bombay, Sept 1972; Labour turnover in cotton mills, Bombay, Aug 1972; Trade Unions Act 1926, Maharashtra, Aug 1972; Employees State Insurance Scheme, Non-medical/medical, Sept 1972 and Jul 1972; Fatal Industrial Accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra, Sept 1972; Employment situation, Maharashtra, Sept 1972; Textile Employment’s (Decasualisation) Scheme, Sept 1972. LABOUR LITERATURE. CASES UNDER LABOUR LAWS. BOOK REVIEW. STATISTICS: Employment through employment exchange; Employment through Decasualisation Scheme; CPI for low paid employees in different Mofussil Centres in Andhra and Madras State, Aug and Sept 1972; Dearness allowance for Bombay, Sholapur, Jalgaon, Nagpur and Nanded, CPI for working class; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, Jul 1972; Statement of agricultural wages (Urban, Rural Areas), Aug 1972.