L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 705
( b ) the names of the Trade Unions, both registered and unregistered, separately, who are supplied official publications free of cost;
( c ) the names of the Trade Unions, both registered and unregistered separately, who were invited to take part in the Tripartite Labour Conference and Committees ; and
(d) the reasons for the differential treatment, if any, in the subject matters referred to in parts (b) and (c) ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) A list of registered trade unions, whose objects arc not confined to one province, compiled from materials readily available is attached. Particulars regarding unregistered trade unions are not available.
( b ) I presume the Honourable Member is referring only to unions whose objects are not confined to one province.
Copies of certain bulletins, annual reports, etc., have been furnished free of cost, on request, to the two All-India Associations of workers, namely the All-India Trade Union Congress and the Indian Federation of Labour. No official publication is supplied free of cost to any individual trade union as such.
( c ) The constitution of the Tripartite Labour Conference and the Standing Labour Committee provides for the nomination of workers’ representatives in the following manner:
(i) For the Labour Conference—
11 representatives of employees, of whom 4 will be nominated by Government in agreement with the AllIndia Trade Union Congress, 4 will be nominated by Government in agreement with the Indian Federation of Labour, and 3 will be nominated by Government as representatives of other employees interests.
(ii) For the Standing Labour Committee—
5 representatives of employees, 4 of whom will be nominated by the Labour Member in agreement with the two All-India Associations of workers and the fifth nominated independently by the Labour Member.
The nominations to the Conference and the Committees have been in accordance with their constitution and there has been no question of any differential treatment between different unions.