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Factory Labour in the Punjab

Author: Mukhtar, Ahmad

Keywords: Factory legislation, Factory labour, Punjab, Social-economic data, trade-unionism

Publisher: Huxley Press, Madras

Description: Published in 1929, this book is an attempt to study the economic condition of the factory labourers in Punjab. The author examines the history of factory legislation in India as well as the economic data necessary for the study. The chapters provide data and information on the supply and demand for labour, accidents and compensation, trade-unionism. Apart from the facts and figures of factories, the author has also looked inside the life of the labourers. This includes bribery and oppression of the employers, the illiteracy of workmen, their early marriages, their infant mortality and their unsanitary surroundings.

Source: Central Secretariat Library

Type: Rare Book

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Mukhtar, Ahmad
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-23T08:14:30Z
dc.date.available 2018-07-23T08:14:30Z
dc.description Published in 1929, this book is an attempt to study the economic condition of the factory labourers in Punjab. The author examines the history of factory legislation in India as well as the economic data necessary for the study. The chapters provide data and information on the supply and demand for labour, accidents and compensation, trade-unionism. Apart from the facts and figures of factories, the author has also looked inside the life of the labourers. This includes bribery and oppression of the employers, the illiteracy of workmen, their early marriages, their infant mortality and their unsanitary surroundings.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent ix, 207 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Huxley Press, Madras
dc.subject Factory legislation, Factory labour, Punjab, Social-economic data, trade-unionism
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1929
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-004168
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Mukhtar, Ahmad
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-23T08:14:30Z
dc.date.available 2018-07-23T08:14:30Z
dc.description Published in 1929, this book is an attempt to study the economic condition of the factory labourers in Punjab. The author examines the history of factory legislation in India as well as the economic data necessary for the study. The chapters provide data and information on the supply and demand for labour, accidents and compensation, trade-unionism. Apart from the facts and figures of factories, the author has also looked inside the life of the labourers. This includes bribery and oppression of the employers, the illiteracy of workmen, their early marriages, their infant mortality and their unsanitary surroundings.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent ix, 207 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Huxley Press, Madras
dc.subject Factory legislation, Factory labour, Punjab, Social-economic data, trade-unionism
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1929
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-004168
dc.format.medium text