PREFACE
Rapid industrial development and changed economic scenario has necessitated availability of a reliable database for formulation of progressive labour policies and for evaluating their implementation. The present report contains comprehensive statistical information on the working of Registered Factories in India based on the Annual Returns/Reports received from the responding States/Union Territories pertaining to the year 2002.
The Rules framed under the Factories Act, 1948 impose obligations on the employers of the registered factories to submit annual returns in the prescribed format to the Chief Inspectors of Factories/Labour Commissioners of their respective States/Union Territories. These State/U.T authorities in turn furnish the consolidated data in respect of the entire State/Union Territory in the prescribed proformae, a facsimile of which is given in the annexure, to the Labour Bureau along with a detailed annual report on the working of the Factories Act. The Labour Bureau compiles and disseminates these Statistics at All India level. It may be mentioned here that the statistics of employment in respect of factories, not submitting returns to the concerned state authorities, are the estimates prepared by these authorities.
I am thankful to the responding State Governments/Union Territories without whose support it would not have been possible to bring out this Report. I also place on record my appreciation of the work done by the team of officers and staff members, whose names are given in Annexure.
The views expressed, if any, are not necessarily those of Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment. Suggestions for further improvement of this publication are welcome.
A.S.AHLUWALIA
DIRECTOR GENERAL
CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA