REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 125] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1977/A3ADHA 27,1899
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 18th July 1977
No. S-61011/3/77-DIA —.In pursuance of a recommendation made by the Tripartite Labour Conference held on the 6th-7th May, 1977, the Government of India have decided to set up a Committee on Comprehensive Industrial Relations Law and Composition of the Indian Labour Conference cons sting of the following persons :—
chairman
Shri Ravindra Varma, Minister of Labour and Parliamentary Affairs
Members
1. Shri N M. Barot,
Labour Minister, Gujarat
2 Shri B. N. Waghrav,
Labour Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh.
3 Shri I. C. Kumar,
Labour Secretary, Bihar
4. Shri Vaman Sardessar,
Labour Commissioner, Goa.
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5. Shn P D. Kasbekar,
Labour Secretary, Maharashtra
fi Shn G Kamalaratnsm,
Labour Commissioner, Tamil Nadu
7 Shn Bnj Nandan Swarup,
Labour Secretary, Uttar Praderh
8. Shri S. N. Roy,
Deputy Secretary, Labour Depiarlment, Went Bengal,
9. Shri G. N Mchra,
Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Development.
to. Shn Jagdisb Lai,
Director (Establishment1), Railway Board.
11. Shn D. D Fun,
Employers' Federation of India,
12 Shri P. C Mehta,
Employers' Federation of India
13. Shri K N Modi,
All India Organisation of Employers.
14. Shn G H Pai,
All India Orgpnibstioti of Employers
15. Shn Mir 00 R. Shroff,
All India Manufacturers' Orgai mation.
16. Shri B D. Somanr,
All India Manufacturers' Organisation
17. Shn R. P Bilhmnria,
Central Public Sector.
18. Shd B. L. Wadhera.
Central Public Sector.
19. Shn K. Jai Singh,
Central Public Sector
20. Shn B N. Baliga,
State Public Sector
21. Shn G Ramanujem,
Indian National Trade Union Congress
22. Shn K G Snvastava,
All Irdia Trade Uwon Congress.
23 Shri Mahe"h Desai,
Hind Mazdoor Sabha
24. Shn Jatin Chakravorty,
Public Works and Housing Minister, West Bengal,(representing Unted Trades Union Congresp)
25. Shri D. B. Thengadi,
Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh.
26. Shri V N Sane,
Hind Mazdoor Panchayat
27. Shri P. Ramamurti,
Certre of Indian Trade Unions.
28. Shn Pntish Chanda,
United Trades Union Congrcss-Iemn-Sarem
29. Shn Naren Sen,
National Front of Indian Trade Unions.
30. Shri A N Buch,
Nati"TFl Labour Organisation
2 The Secretariat will be provided by the Mimstrv of I abour 3 The terms of rcfrrerce of the Commit ec will be us foUowr —
(1) To study—
(a) the existing provi. ions of the Centre! and State LawF conrerning trade unions, industrial disputes/relations and Handing orders.
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(b) non-statutory schemes such as the Code of Discipline in Industry, criteria and proceduies for recognition of trade unions,; rights of recognised and unrecognised unions, and unfair labour practices on the ptirt of employers, workers and trade unons, and
(c) recommendations of the National Commission on Labour.
(2) To make recommenditions in regard to the broad framework of a comprehensive
Law on industrial relations with special reference to the following —
(I) the categories of workmen (including public servants) and industries to which
the suggested legislation should epp'y,
(II) the orgari'satien, structure and functions of the Industrial Relations Mtchmety so ai to muke it an effective instrument for the maintenance of Industrie! peece through the promotion of collective bargoining end for the settlement of industrial disputes through mediation, conciliation, arbitratitnor edjudicatkn,
Oil) the conditions for registration of unions and listing of unfair labour practices on the part of workers/unions and employers;
(IV) the method of determining the representative character of trade unions for the purpose of recognition as bargaining egent by menrgement in a unit or industry including the question of constituting a juridical sale bargaining p^ent with uni- versal membership of all the workmen employed therein or any variation thereof, such as collegiite bargaining rgent with proportional representation of various unions, possibly through tecrct ballot.
(3) The Committee will alpo recommend changes in labour laws[not covered by para- graph 3(i))]that miy he considered necessary in the light of the proposed frame- work of the comprehensive law on industrial relations
(4) The Committee will also review the existing crmpositiin end pattern of representation of the nationul tripartite jdvisory forums-si ch as the Indian Labour Conference and the Standing Labour Committee—and recommend the changes that may be neceisary, keeping in view the cxistftnce of various workers' end employers' organisations (including management- in public sector) at the national level.
(51) The Committee will submit its report to Government of India within a period of two months
(6) The Committee may device its own procedure and call for such information and take such evidence as it may cons'der necessory.
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