Labour Gazette Vol. LXIV, No. 9, May 1985

Abstract

May 1985. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Employees State insurance corporation should be a national health body; Trade union movement reduced to populism; Amendment to payment of Bonus Act to remove anomaly; Stiffer child labour laws likely; ILO concern over forced labour; New ILO expert for INTUC’s education project; INTUC urges rise in eligibility limit for gratuity; Bodded labour report; ESI to be under labour ministry; Wage board for working journalists welcomed by NPEU; Bonus issue to be taken up with P.M.; New National policy for cotton and jute textiles; Public distribution system. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: Indira Gandhi and labour ; Textile industry can be put back in its rails, I and II; Indian leather industry. 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. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.