STATISTICS ON INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES, CLOSURES, RETRENCHMENTS AND

LAY-OFFS IN INDIA DURING THE YEAR 2005

CONTENTS

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Preface   i
Contents   ii
Executive Summary  

 

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INTRODUCTION    1
 

PART-I 

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES DURING 2005 

 

PART-I (A)

 

SIGNIFICANT TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND RESULTANT MANDAYS LOST  6

PART-I (B)

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS (COMBINED)  8
  Analysis by Months 8
  Analysis by States 8
  Analysis by Industries 8
  Analysis of Time-loss per 1,000 Workers 9
  Analysis of Lockouts 9
  Analysis of Major Industrial Disputes 9
  Analysis by Causes 9
  Analysis by Duration 10
  Terminated Disputes by Normal Employment Size of the Units Affected 10
  Analysis by Methods of Settlements and Results 10
  Analysis of All India Strikes / Lockouts  

PART–I (C)

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 12
  Analysis by Months 12
  Analysis by Industries 12
  Analysis of Lockouts 12
  Analysis by Causes 13
  Analysis by Duration  13
PART–I (D) POLITICAL / SYMPATHETIC STRIKES AND DISPUTES DUE TO REASONS OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES  14
  Analysis of Political and Sympathetic Strikes 14
 

Analysis of Disputes due to reasons other than industrial disputes

14

 

STATISTICAL TABLES 

PART -I (A)  (Salient Trends in Industrial Disputes and the Resultant Mandays Lost)                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

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Table A-I

Sector/Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers Involved, Man-days Lost, Wages Lost and Value of Production Loss due to Industrial Disputes during 2005

15

Graph-I

Sector-wise Total Number of Disputes during 2004-2005

16

Graph-II

Year-wise Number of Strikes & Lockouts During the Years 1995 to 2005

17

Graph-III

Year-wise Number of Workers Involved in Strikes & Lockouts During the Year 1995 to 2005 (in’000)

18

Graph-IV

Year-wise Mandays Lost Due to Strikes and Lockouts : 1995 – 2005

19

Table A-II

Number of disputes by Sectors and Spheres during 2003 to 2005

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Table A-III

Time-loss (Number of  Mandays Lost) by Sector / Sphere during 2003 to 2005 by Strikes and Lockouts

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Table A-IV

Percentage of Mandays Lost due to Strikes and Lockouts by Sector/Sphere during 2003 to 2005

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Table A-V

Average Time Loss per Dispute, Workers Involved per Dispute and Average Number of Man-days Lost per Worker Due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2005

22

 

PART–I ( B)  (Industrial Disputes in the Public and Private Sectors - Combined)

 

Table B-I(a)

Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) during the year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-I(b)

Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in the Central Sphere during the year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-I(c)

Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in the State Sphere during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-(d)

All Strikes during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-I(e)

Strikes in the Central Sphere during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-I(f)

Strikes in the State Sphere during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-I(g)

All Lockouts during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-I(h)

Lockouts in the Central Sphere during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-I(i)

Lockouts in the State Sphere during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table B-II(a)

Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) during the Year 2005  (By States)

28

Graph-V

State-wise Major Contributors of Mandays Lost Due to Work-stoppages During the Years 2004 and 2005

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Table B-II(b)

Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in Central Sphere during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-II(c)

Industrial Disputes (Strikes and Lockouts) in the State Sphere during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-II(d)

All Strikes during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-II(e)

Strikes in the Central Sphere during the year 2005 (By States)

33

Table B-II(f)

Strikes in the State Sphere during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-II(g)

All Lockouts  during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-II(h)

Lockouts in the Central Sphere during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-II(i)

Lockouts in the State Sphere during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-II(j)

Time-loss (Central and State Spheres combined) due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2005 (By States and Months)

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Graph-VI

Time Loss By Month during the Year 2005

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Table B-II(k)

Time-loss (Central Sphere) due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2005 (By States and Months)

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Table B-II(l)

Time-loss (State Sphere) due to Industrial Disputes during the Year 2005 (By States and Months) 

39

Table B-III(a)

Industrial Disputes Classified by Industries during the Year 2005(All Disputes)

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Table B-III(b)

Strikes Classified by Industries during the Year 2005

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Table B-III(c)

Lockouts Classified by Industries during the Year 2005

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Table B-III(d)

Industrial Disputes in the Central Sphere Undertakings during the Year 2005 (By Industry Groups)

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Table B-IV

Time-loss due to Industrial Disputes in different Sectors (per 1,000 Workers employed) during the years 1996 to 2005

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Table B-V(a)

Lockouts declared during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table B-V(b)

Number of Workers Involved and Man-days Lost separately for the period of Strikes and Lockouts in the Industrial Disputes in which Lockouts were preceded / succeeded by Strikes during the Year 2005  (By States)

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Table B-VI

Details of major Industrial Disputes (i.e. Strikes and Lockouts involving a Time-loss of 50,000 or more man-days) during the year 2005

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Table B-VII(a)

Industrial Disputes Classified by Causes (State and Central Spheres) during the Year 2005

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Graph-VII

Cause-wise Comparison of Mandays Lost Due to Strikes and Lockouts During the Years 2004 and 2005

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Table B-VII(b)

Industrial Disputes Classified by Causes (Central Sphere) during the Year 2005

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Table B-VII(c)

Industrial Disputes Classified by Causes (State Sphere) during the Year 2005

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Table B-VII(d)

Lockouts Classified by Causes during the Year 2005

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Table B-VII(e)

Lockout Classified by Causes in the Central Sphere during the Year 2005

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Table B-VII(f)

Strikes Classified by Causes in the State Sphere during the Year 2005

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Table B-VIII

Terminated Disputes by Duration during the Year 2005

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Table B-IX

Terminated Disputes Classified by Normal Employment Size of the units affected during the year 2005

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Table B-X

Terminated Disputes Classified by Method of Settlement and Result during the Year 2005

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Table B-XI

All -India Strikes / Lockouts during the year 2005

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PART– I  (C)  (Industrial Disputes in the Public Sector)

                                                               

Table C-I(a)

Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) in Public Sector (both in State and Central Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table C-I(b)

Industrial Disputes in Public Sector (Strikes and Lockouts in the Central Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table C-I(c)

Industrial Disputes in Public Sector (Strikes and Lockouts in the State Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table C-I(d)

Strikes in Public Sector during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table C-I(e)

Strikes in Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table C-I(f)

Strikes in the Public Sector (State Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table C-I(g)

Lockouts in the Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By Months)

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Table C-II(a)

Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) in the Public Sector (Central and State Spheres) during the Year 2005 (By States) 

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Table C-II(b)

Strikes in the Public Sector (Central and State Spheres) during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table C-II(c)

Lockouts in the Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By States)

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Table C-II(d)

Industrial Disputes in the Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2005 (By States)

66

Table C-II(e)

Strikes in the Public Sector (Central Sphere) during the Year 2005  (By States)

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Table C-III(a)

Industrial Disputes in the Public Sector (All Disputes) Classified by Industries during the Year 2005 (As per National Industrial Classification – 1998) 

68

Table C-III(b)

Strikes in Public Sector Classified by Industries during the Year 2005 (As per National Industrial Classification – 1998)

69

Table C-III(c)

Lockouts in Public Sector Classified by Industries during the Year 2005 (As per National Industrial Classification – 1998)

70

Table C-III(d)

Industrial Disputes in Public Sector Undertakings in the Central Sphere during the Year 2005 (By Industry Groups)

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Table C-IV(a)

Industrial Disputes in which Lockouts were declared in the Public Sector during the Year 2005 (By States)

71

Table C-IV(b)

Number of Workers involved and Mandays lost separately for the period of Strikes and Lockouts in Industrial Disputes in which Lockouts were preceded/succeeded by Strikes in Public Sector during the Year 2005 (By States)

71

Table C-V(a)

Industrial Disputes in Public Sector Classified by Causes during the Year 2005

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Table C-V(b)

Causes wise Number of Lockouts in Public Sector during the Year 2005

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Table C-V(c)

Causes wise Number of Lockouts(In Central Sphere) declared  in Public Sector during the Year 2005

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Table C-VI

Terminated Disputes in the Public Sector by Duration during the Year 2005

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 PART–I (D) (Political / Sympathetic Strikes and Disputes due to reasons other than Disputes) 

Table D-I

Political / Sympathetic Strikes during the Year 2005 (By Months and Spheres)

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Table D-II

Political / Sympathetic Strikes during the Year 2005 (By States and Spheres)

75

Table D-III

State-wise and Cause-wise Number of disputes due to reasons Other than Industrial Disputes, Workers Affected thereby and Mandays Lost during the Year 2005 (By States)

76

Table D-IV

Industry-wise Number of disputes due to reasons other than Industrial Disputes, Workers Affected thereby and Man-days Lost during the Year 2005

78

 PART-II

CLOSURES, RETRENCHMENTS AND LAY-OFFS IN INDUSTRIES DURING THE YEAR 2005 

PART-A
CLOSURES
80
 
Closures by States, Causes, Industry Groups, Sectors and Months
80
 
Closures by States
80
 
Closures by Causes
80
 
Closures by Industry Groups
81
 
Closures by Sectors
81
 
Closures by Months
81

 

 

 STATISTICS TABLES 

 

Table-I

Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected therein during the years 1996-2005 & Graphs I and II relating to No. of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected thereby

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Table-I(a)

State and Cause-wise Number of Permanent Closures and Workers  Affected

83

Graph-III

State-wise Number of Workers Affected due to Permanent Closures during 2005

86

Table-I(b)               

State and Industry-wise Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected

87

Table-I(c)

Industry and Cause-wise Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected

89

Table-I(d)

State-wise  Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected by Sectors and Spheres

92

Table-I(e)

Cause-wise Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected by Sectors and Spheres

93

Table-I(f)

Industry-wise Number  of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected by Sectors and Spheres

94

Table-I(g)

Month-wise  Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected

95

PART-B
RETRENCHMENTS 69
 
Retrenchments by States, Causes, Industry Groups, Sectors and months
96
 
Retrenchments by States
96
 
Retrenchments by Causes
96
 
Retrenchments by Industry Groups
97
 
Retrenchments by Sectors
97
 
Retrenchments by Months
97

 

STATISTICAL TABLES

 

Table-II

Number of Units Effecting Retrenchment and Workers Retrenched therein during the years 1996-2005 & Graphs IV and V relating to Workers Affected due to Retrenchments and No. of Units  Retrenched during the years 2000-2005

98

Table-II(a)

State and Cause-wise Number of Cases of Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched

99

Graph-VI

State-wise No. of Workers Affected due to Retrenchment during 2005

100

Table-II(b)

State and  Industry-wise Number of Cases of Retrenchments and  Workers Retrenched

101

Table-II(c)

Industry and Cause-wise Number of Cases of Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched

103

Table-II(d) 

State-wise Number of Cases of Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched by Sectors and Spheres

104

Table-II(e)

 

Cause-wise Number of Cases of Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched by Sectors and Spheres

105

Table-II(f)

Industry-wise  Number of Cases of Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched by Sectors and Spheres

106

Table-II(g)

Month-wise Number of Cases of Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched  

107

PART- C

Lay-offs by Industry Groups
109
Lay-offs by States, Causes, Industry Groups, Sectors and Months
108
Lay-offs by States
108
Lay-offs by Causes
108
Lay-offs by Sectors
109
Lay-offs by Months
109

Table-III

Number of Units Effecting Lay-off, Workers Laid-off and Mandays lost therein during the years 1996-2005 & Graph VII relating to Year-wise No. of Mandays Lost due to Lay-offs during 1996-2005 

110

Table-III(a)

State and Cause-wise Number of Cases of Lay-off, Workers Laid-off and  Man-days Lost  

111

Graph-VIII

State-wise Mandays Lost due to Lay-offs during 2005

114

Table-III(b)

State and Industry-wise Number of Cases of Lay-off, Workers Laid-off and Man-days Lost  

115

Table-III(c)

Industry and Cause-wise Number of Cases of Lay-off, Workers Laid-off and Man-days Lost  

117

Table-III(d)

State-wise Number of Cases of Lay-off, Workers Laid-off and Man-days Lost by Sectors and Spheres  

120

Table-III(e)

Cause-wise Number of Cases of Lay-off, Workers Laid-off  and Man-days Lost by Sectors and Spheres

122

Table-III(f)

Industry-wise Number of Cases of Lay-off, Workers Laid-off  and Man-days Lost by Sectors and Spheres  

124

Table-III(g)

Month-wise Number of Cases of Lay-off, Workers Laid-off and Man-days Lost

126

Graph-IX

Month-wise No. of Mandays Lost in State and Central Spheres during the year 2005

127

ANNEXURES

 

Annexure-I

National Industrial Classification 1998

128

Annexure-II

Proforma for submission of voluntary returns under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 by the states to Labour Bureau by 25th of the succeeding month

137

Annexure-III

Proforma for submission of returns on Closure, Retrenchment and Lay-off from State to Labour Bureau

143

Annexure-IV

A List of Officers and Officials of Labour Bureau Shimla associated with the Publication

146