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Unit 3: The Factories Act, 1948

2. Ministry of labour in 1978 formulated a scheme for the rehabilitation of the bonded
laborers. The responsibility for the identification, release and rehabilitation of the free
bonded laborer rest entirely with the state government. Bonded laborers on release is
paid immediately 1000/- as subsistence allowance and is rehabilitated as per the situation
with a rehabilitation packages of 10,000 keeping in view the price escalation and increase
in the cost of the rehabilitation packages.
3. With the intention to focus on the heath of the women workers & to improve their
conditions, a women cell has been set up which provides the opportunities for increasing
the employment opportunities for women & providing grants & aids to the voluntary
organizations for carrying out the research on the problems faced by the women workers.
It also helps the women to be aware of their rights and opportunities so as to become
economically independent.
4. To achieve for the occupational safety and health of the workers, the Directorate General
of Mines Safety (DGMS) and Directorate General of Factory Advice Services and labour
Institutes( DGFASLI) have been set-up in mines, ports and factories. It monitors the working
environment, man-machinery interface training and safety requirements of the workers.
5. It also recommended that the formation of the craft and occupation trade unions should be
discouraged and formation of the industrial trade unions and industrial federations should
be encouraged.
6. Penalties may be legally provided to curb a management policy of victimization and
similar unfair labour practices which prevent the emergencies of internal leadership.
7. It also entrusts the labour bureau to be responsible for collection, compilation and
publication of the labour statistics and other information regarding employment, wages,
earnings, industrial relations, working conditions, etc. It also complies and publishes the
data related to consumer price index numbers for industrial and agriculture workers.

8. It also recommends educating the workers to help them avoid the wasteful expenditure,
adopting cost effectiveness and by enhancing productivity of the qualitative nature. It
includes rural awareness programmes, adult literacy classes, participative management,
etc.
9. It is also responsible for the social security and welfare of the working laborers through
certain Acts like the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, the Employees State Insurance
Act, 1948, etc.

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N itin Arora was wrapping up for the day, when his phone rang.

"Hi, Nitin, Anil here. Can I pop in for a few minutes?"
"Yes, if you can be here in two minutes flat" Arora said.

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Anil Mathur was a Brand Manager at Care Soft, a large fast-moving consumer products
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