L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 989
(x) the number of employees discovered working beyond rostered hours (i) habitually and (ii) occasionally ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The answer is in the negative.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) Information is not readily available.
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*** Statutory Rules** re Inspections of Railway Contractors’ Labour
- Seth Sukhdev : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) whether his attention has been drawn to a remark in the report of the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour, for the years 1941-44, published in the Indian Labour Gazette for November, 1945 to the effect that the Labour Inspectorate appointed under the Payment of Wages Act, was handicapped in the inspection of Railway Contractor’s Labour Establishments in the absence of statutory rules requiring contractors to maintain registers of wages, fines and deductions, and
(b) whether it is proposed to amend the statutory rules, if so, when, if not, why not ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The answer is in the affirmative. (b) The matter is under consideration.
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@ Factories (Amendment) Bill Presentation of the Report of the Select Committee
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Labour Member) : Sir, I present the Report of the Select Committee on the Bill further to amend the Factories Act, 1934.
***** Legislative Assembly Debates (Central). Vol. III of 1946, 6th March 1946, p. 1998.
@ Ibid., p. 1999.