Labour Gazette Vol. L., No. 8, April 1971

Abstract

April 1971. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Labour minister inaugurated ILO’s Asian Employers’ Seminar on population and family planning; State farming cooperation creates history-Labour representatives taken in management; Minimum wages for stone-breaking and crushing; Governor lays corner stone of powerloom project; Major role of private sector in developing sector in developing ancillary industries; Encouragin development of anciliaries in Maharashtra, Shri R.A. Patil reviews steps; Wage-price regulation in building industry set-up; Purchases of cotton in Vidarbha-Chief minister’s assurance; Unemployment of educated persons-Committee submits report; Scheme for unprotected workers in goods transport; All India Average CPI number for industrial workers on base 1960=100 for Feb 1971. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Selectional policy by Navinkumar. NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. LABOUR LEGISLATION: Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1970; Labour Provident Fund Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1971; Bombay Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1970. 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, Jan 1971; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, Dec 1970; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, Dec 1970; Absenteeism Statistics, Jan 1971; Night shift in cotton mills, Bombay; Labour turnover in cotton mills, Bombay; Trade Unions Act 1926, Maharashtra, Feb 1971; Employees State Insurance Scheme, Feb 1971; Fatal Industrial Accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra, Feb 1971; Textile Employment (Decasualisation) Scheme, Feb 1971. LABOUR LITERATURE. BOOK REVIEWS. 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, Jan 1971 and Feb 1971; Dearness allowance for Bombay, Sholapur, Jalgaon, Nagpur and Nanded payable per CPI for working class; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra, Dec 1970; Statement of agricultural wages (Urban, Rural Areas), Jan 1971.