Labour Gazette Vol. LII, No. 9, May 1973

Abstract

May 1973. Month in brief. Current notes: Animal feed manufacturing industry declared public utility service; Presiding officers of labour courts; TB concessions for work-charged establishments; Public utility service declared for supply and distribution of petroleum and petroleum products; Garments for drought-hit industrial trainee’s gestur; Labour camps at rail work; Expert panel for need-based wage; Employment growth in eastern and western regions; Workless millions; Number of man-days lost, state-wise, due to strikes and lockout during 1971 and 1972; Strikes in public sectors; ESI medical benefit ceiling raised; Public utility service declared, Mar 1973; All India average CPI for Industrial workers (On base 1960=100), Feb 1973. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: Union policy and industrial relations (Y. B. Chavan). Notifications under labour laws. Importance circulars orders issued by Commissioner of Labour; CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Naded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra Feb; Industrial disputes, Jan; Important industrial disputes, Jan; Absenteeism Statistics – Cotton trade (Feb); Night shifts in Cotton mills (Feb) & Labour turnover (Feb); Workers Compensation Act (quarter to Sept 1972); Trade Unions Act, Maharashtra (March); State Insurance Scheme (non-medical side, Mar); Fatal accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra (Mar); Employment situation, Maharashtra (Feb); Textile employment (decasualization) Scheme (Mar). Labour literature. Statistics: Employment through employment exchange & decasualization scheme; CPI, Andhra & Madras (Feb); Dearness allowance; Agricultural wages (Feb).