INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
(POLICY GENERAL)
Ø MONITORING OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Ø INDUSTRIAL TRIPARTITE COMMITTEES (ITCs)
Ø CLOSURE, RETRENCHMENT & LAY-OFF
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MONITORING OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The objective is to take timely and corrective action
for prevention of industrial unrest and disputes. A data bank has been
developed on the number of strikes, lockouts, lay-off, retrenchment, closure,
workers involved and extent of mandays lost,
production loss, etc. The data bank is primarily based on information made
available by the Labour Bureau, Shimla.
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Statistics on Strikes, Lockouts & Mandays Lost
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Statistics on Closure, Retrenchment & Lay-Off
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Labour Bureau website http://labourbureau.nic.in
STRIKES
& LOCKOUTS DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
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DURING 1985-2004 BY SPHERES |
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YEAR |
CENTRAL SPHERE |
STATE SPHERE |
TOTAL |
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No. of |
Workers |
No. of |
Workers |
No. of |
Workers |
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Units |
Affected |
Units |
Affected |
Units |
Affected |
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1985 |
4 |
821 |
180 |
19638 |
184 |
20459 |
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1986 |
2 |
21 |
234 |
28006 |
236 |
28027 |
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1987 |
3 |
3400 |
195 |
15749 |
198 |
19149 |
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1988 |
4 |
1568 |
255 |
12518 |
259 |
14086 |
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1989 |
- |
- |
239 |
6921 |
239 |
6921 |
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1990 |
- |
- |
154 |
4967 |
154 |
4967 |
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1991 |
3 |
537 |
247 |
24553 |
250 |
25090 |
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1992 |
- |
- |
187 |
12422 |
187 |
12422 |
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1993 |
3 |
79 |
490 |
25579 |
493 |
25658 |
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1994 |
- |
- |
228 |
21394 |
228 |
21394 |
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1995 |
- |
- |
183 |
14495 |
183 |
14495 |
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1996 |
1 |
102 |
203 |
11288 |
204 |
11390 |
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1997 |
2 |
150 |
152 |
12794 |
154 |
12944 |
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1998 |
- |
- |
175 |
13386 |
175 |
13386 |
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1999 |
1 |
21 |
158 |
15686 |
159 |
15707 |
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2000 |
2 |
333 |
136 |
11571 |
138 |
11904 |
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2001 |
6 |
826 |
145 |
10773 |
151 |
11599 |
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2002 |
2 |
32 |
211 |
9993 |
213 |
10025 |
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2003(P) |
2 |
453 |
109 |
7432 |
111 |
7885 |
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2004(JAN-MAY)(P) |
0 |
0 |
49 |
6758 |
49 |
6758 |
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- = NIL |
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(P) = PROVISIONAL |
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Source: Labour Bureau, Shimla |
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Ø
INDUSTRIAL
TRIPARTITE COMMITTEES (ITCs)
§
ITCs have been constituted
with the view to promote the spirit of tripartism. These tripartite bodies provide a forum
whereby the social partners through dialogue can appreciate the problems of
industries and workers affected by Economic Reforms. These Committees are
non-statutory Standing Committees meetings of which are convened as and when
required. Government’s proactive role has successfully harmonized the interest
of the employers and the workers resulting in a change of attitude from
confrontation to that of co-operation.
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There are 8 ITCs, one ITC each on
- Cotton Textiles Industry
- Jute Industry
- Road Transport Industry
- Electricity Generation and Distribution Industry
- Engineering Industry
- Sugar Industry, and
- Chemical Industry
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In 2003, meetings of the Industrial Tripartite
Committees on ‘Road Transport’, ‘Jute Industry’ and ‘Cotton Textiles industry’
were held on 10th April, 25th August, and 15th
December, respectively.
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In 2002 and 2005, meetings of the Tripartite
Industrial Committee on Plantation Industry were held on 3rd April,
2002 and 26th August, 2005 respectively.
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CLOSURE,
RETRENCHMENT & LAY-OFF
§ Under Chapter V-B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947,
application for permission for closure, retrenchment & lay-off is received
from CPSUs for which the Central Government is the
appropriate Government and from other establishments which fall in the Central
sphere.
§ These applications are examined and a hearing is held
at the Joint Secretary level in order to provide an opportunity to both the
management and the workers to make submissions on the issue. Decision as to
granting or not granting permission for closure, retrenchment or lay-off is
taken at the level of Hon’ble LM/Secretary (L).
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To the Legal
Affairs department website for relevant provisions of the Industrial Disputes
Act, 1947, including relevant forms (PA, QA, etc.).
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Statement on Closure, Retrenchment & Lay-Off cases handled by this
Ministry
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Number of permissions for
closure/retrenchment/lay-off granted and not granted by this Ministry during
the last 5 years |
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Total |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
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CLOSURE |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
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No. of applications
received |
133 |
65458 |
32 |
20678 |
55 |
26183 |
15 |
6383 |
21 |
10854 |
10 |
1360 |
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No. of permissions
granted |
108 |
50052 |
26 |
16942 |
49 |
20589 |
13 |
6029 |
16 |
5580 |
4 |
912 |
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No. of permissions
not granted |
25 |
15406 |
6 |
3736 |
6 |
5594 |
2 |
354 |
5 |
5274 |
6 |
448 |
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Total |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
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RETRENCHMENT |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
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No. of applications
received |
21 |
3569 |
4 |
252 |
2 |
1239 |
4 |
795 |
7 |
951 |
4 |
332 |
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No. of permissions
granted |
11 |
2229 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
1239 |
2 |
251 |
4 |
672 |
1 |
55 |
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No. of permissions
not granted |
9 |
1312 |
2 |
240 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
544 |
2 |
251 |
3 |
277 |
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Total |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
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LAY-OFF |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
No. of Units |
Workers Affected |
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No. of applications
received |
13 |
3665 |
5 |
2499 |
2 |
267 |
1 |
83 |
2 |
167 |
3 |
649 |
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No. of permissions
granted |
9 |
1205 |
3 |
600 |
2 |
267 |
1 |
83 |
2 |
167 |
1 |
88 |
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No. of permissions not
granted |
3 |
2373 |
2 |
1899 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
474 |
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