Labour Gazette Vol. LXVI, No. 3, November 1986

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November 1986. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Factories and PF Acts to be amended this winter; Child labour welfare plan; 23 days’ pay as bonus for central staff; PF contribution rate to be raised soon; Panel for indirect distinctive to employment of child labour; Child labour forms 11 to 20 percent of work-force in third world nation; PF insurance scheme liberalised; Coal mines nationalisation acts amended; ILO convention on asbestos a compromise; Guidelines for mill workers relief textiles. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Productivity – A great challenge-Where resources are scarce by R. Venkataraman, Vice president of India; Reflections on Gandian economics, by V.P. Raghavan; “Towards equality, freedom and peace”-The Gandian Alternative by N. Krishnaswamy; India of the 21st century and Gandhi, by V.P. Gupta; We can’t go on the way we are by, Vasant Sathe Union Minister for Energy; Industrial relations-Policies and perspective inaugural session by R.N. Gawande, President, Industrial Court, Maharashtra. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. STATEMENT SHOWING CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS BY GROUPS FOR SEVEN CENTRES OF MAHARASHTRA STATE. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.