Labour Gazette Vol. LII, No. 1, September 1972

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September 1972. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Ordinance to amend the payment of Bonus Act promulgated; Scavengers in Corporations Area-Committee to study conditions; Employment Gaurantee scheme wages government directive; Indian trade unionists visit USA industrial areas; Shops Act in Jintur from Aug 1; Convictions under Smoke Nuisances Act; Indian trade unionist study USA labour problems; Employment oriented programme for fresh technologists and engineer; Bombay Municipal Corporation services declared essential; Advisory board for Minimum Wages Act; Public utility services declared, July 1972; All India Average CPI number for industrial workers on base 1960=100 for Jul 1972. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Prime Minister’s call to engineers and scientists, by Mrs. Indira Gandhi; Role of Trade unions in increasing productivity, by D.P. Upadhyay; Technical progress brings social problems, by John M. Whitton. NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. OTHER LEGISLATIONS: Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Ordinance, 1972, No. 8 of 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 relations, Maharashtra, Jul 1972; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, May 1972; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, May 1972; Absenteeism Statistics, Jun 1972 (Cotton textile); Night shift in cotton mills, Bombay, Jul 1972; Labour turnover in cotton mills, Bombay, Jun 1972; Trade Unions Act 1926, Maharashtra, Jul 1972; Employees State Insurance Scheme, Non-medical/medical, Jul 1972 and May 1972; Fatal Industrial Accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra, Jul 1972; Employment situation, Maharashtra, Jul 1972; Textile Employment’s (Decasualisation) Scheme, Jul 1972. LABOUR LITERATURE. BOOK REVIEW. CASES UNDER LABOUR LAWS. STATISTICS: Employment through employment exchange; Employment through Decasualisation Scheme; CPI for low paid employees in different Mofussil Centres in Andhra and Madras State, Jun and Jul 1971; Dearness allowance for Bombay, Sholapur, Jalgaon, Nagpur and Nanded, CPI for working class; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, May 1972; Statement of agricultural wages (Urban, Rural Areas), June 1972.