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Labour Legislations

Notes industrial relations, workers' education, labour administration, co-operatives and rural
institutions.
The International Training Centre also organises special courses for members of workers
organisations from different parts of the world.
The ILO assists countries in formulating and developing their labour policies and labour
administration and to improve labour inspection and employment services. It also meets
requests from the governments for advice or technical assistance in drafting labour laws,
undertaking their reviews and adapting laws consistent with its established principles.
ILO supports and promotes co-operatives as a means of relieving poverty, creating
employment and generating income. In its programme relating to co-operatives, it
encourages voluntary membership, autonomous decision-making, democratic control,
and equitable distribution of benefits and risks. The organisation collaborates with national
co-operative movements, nongovernmental organisations, governments, and
organisations of employers and workers in formulating and promoting these objectives.
It provides advisory and information services in regard to legislation concerning co-
operatives and human resource development, and extends technical cooperation.

During more recent years, the development of rural institutions has received special
attention of ILO. Many activities of the organisation such as establishment of international
standards of labour, employment promotion, training and technical cooperation have
given particular attention to the development of rural institutions and informal sectors.
8. Other activities: Some other activities of ILO relate to such areas as:

(a) Promotion of universal respect for the observance of human rights and rights at
work;
(b) Undertaking regional programmes;

(c) Establishment of Industrial Committees;
(d) Undertaking special programmes for specially handicapped groups of workers such
as children, women, migrants and disabled;

(e) Establishing collaboration with other international organisations having an effect
on its policies and programmes.

Task Critically analyse the success of the ILO in promoting the major activities
to achieve social security & labour welfare in India. Support your report
with facts & figures.

2.5 Influences on Indian Labour Legislation

So far, India has ratified 39 out of 185 Conventions adopted by ILO. The ratification of the
Conventions has put the nation under the obligation of implementing their provisions through
their incorporation in labour laws and collective agreements or in other effective ways. In India,
the provisions of most of the ratified Conventions have been given effect to mainly through
their incorporation in labour laws, a reference of which has been made in the relevant sections
of particular labour enactments in the preceding chapters. Labour laws in the country have also
been influenced extensively by the provisions of even unratified Conventions and a number of
Recommendations. The assistance of ILO's experts in the drafting of certain labour enactments,

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