Indian Labour Conference Conclusions (1-33 Sessions)

Contents: Introduction. 1. Indian labour conference and allied organisations--genesis, aims, objectives, composition and fraction. 2. Rules of procedure. 3. Industrial truce. 4. Industrial relations. 5. Protection against unemployment. 6. Trade unions. 7. Wage, dearness allowance and bonus. 8. Consumer price index. 9. Welfare. 10. Social security. 11. Workers\' education and training. 12. Workers\' participation in management. 13. Contract labour. 14. Unorganised labour. 15. ILO conventions and recommendations. 16. Code of discipline, efficiency and welfare. 17. New economic policy and labour. Appendices.

"The Indian Labour Conference is an unparalleled tripartite institution, placing the three segments of production, viz., the worker, the employer and the government, in unison for serving a common cause. The process of its formation started as far back as 1941 at the first conference of labour ministers. Recently it has held its thirty-third session.

"During this span of time, it swam in currents and undercurrents of the colonial politics and faced tremors of the national awakening. Yet, it has been a busy bee in dedicating itself to the task of shaping the labour policy and programmes of the country. Torrents and tornadoes also came in its way in the independent India owing to the Chinese aggression, Indo-Pak war, and finally, the influx of the millions of refugees during and after the Bangladesh war.

"But during these adversities, all the three partners of production remained consolidated, like parts of a ship built together and set sail rather than sinking like the dismantled parts of a shipwreck in high seas.

"The book highlights these currents and undercurrents, the torrents and tornadoes and undertakes the task of classifying, subjectwise, the conclusions arrived at during the sessions of the Indian labour conference spread over three decades." (jacket)