In India, which one of the following compiles information on industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs in factories employing workers?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) Labour Bureau
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
- Labour Bureau, Statistics on Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs in India during 2013 ↗ “Labour Bureau has been bringing out Statistics on “Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs in India” based on the voluntary returns received every month from the Labour Departments of the States and Union Territories”
- Labour Bureau, Reports on Statistics on Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs ↗ “Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment is located at Chandigarh”
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