L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 825
(c) The answer to the first part is in the negative. As regards the second part, the policy of Government is not to make any comprehensive revisions in scales of pay during the present unstable economic conditions but to meet increases in the cost of living either by dearness allowance or by relief in kind or by both.
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*** Requests for Adjudication of Railway Trade** Disputes
- Mr. Badri Dutt Pande : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state:
(a) the number of requests for adjudication of trade disputes between the Railway Administrations and its employees recorded during the preceding five years; and
(b) how those requests were disposed of ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) and (b). I place on the table a statement showing the number of requests made for settlement of trade disputes between Railway Administrations and their employees during the past five years under the Trade Disputes Act or Rule 81A of the Defence of India Rules, and action taken on them.
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@ Procedure re Appointment of Adjudicator of Trade Disputes
- Mr. Badri Dutt Pande : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state :
(a) the rules governing the proceedings before an adjudicator is appointed under Rule 81 of the Defence of India Act Rules;
(b) the qualifications prescribed for the appointment of an adjudicator for the trade disputes between the employer and its employees; and
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1944, 20th November 1944, p. 1038.
@ Ibid., p. 1040.