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UPSC CSE Prelims 2022 · GS Paper I · Question 71 · Poverty, inclusion, demographics & social sector

भारत में, निम्नलिखित में कौन एक, उन फैक्टरियों में जिनमें कामगार नियुक्त हैं, औद्योगिक विवादों,…

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2022, General Studies Paper I, Question 71 — Poverty, inclusion, demographics & social sector.

भारत में, निम्नलिखित में कौन एक, उन फैक्टरियों में जिनमें कामगार नियुक्त हैं, औद्योगिक विवादों, समापनों, छँटनी और कामबंदी के विषय में सूचनाओं को संकलित करता है ?

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In India, which one of the following compiles information on industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs in factories employing workers?

(a) Central Statistics Office · (b) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade · (c) Labour Bureau · (d) National Technical Manpower Information System

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (c) श्रम ब्यूरो

The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, brings out the annual statistics on industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs. It builds them from monthly returns sent by State Labour Departments and the Regional Labour Commissioners (Central).

  • ✓ (c) The Labour Bureau (headquartered in Chandigarh, with a Shimla office) publishes the yearly report 'Statistics on Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs in India' from voluntary monthly returns.
  • ✗ (a) The Central Statistics Office (part of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) handles national accounts, industrial production and price indices, not industrial-dispute returns.
  • ✗ (b) DPIIT frames industrial and trade promotion policy and FDI policy; it does not compile labour-dispute statistics.

Remember · Labour Bureau (Ministry of Labour and Employment) is the official compiler of labour statistics, including industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs, and the CPI for Industrial Workers.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

Cite this question: UPSC CSE Prelims 2022, Q71 — minimalistias.com/pyqs/prelims/2022/q71

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