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Consider the following statements: 1. Matters concerning Trade Unions, industrial and labour disputes fall within the purview of the Concurrent List. 2. The subject of the welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident fund, workmen's compensation and maternity benefits are included in the State list. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements: 1. Matters concerning Trade Unions, industrial and labour disputes fall within the purview of the Concurrent List. 2. The subject of the welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident fund, workmen's compensation and maternity benefits are included in the State list. Which of the above statements is/are correct? Correct Answer 1 only

The correct answer is 1 only.

Key Points

  • The concurrent list is included in the Seven schedules of list 3.
  • Under the Constitution of India, Labour is a subject in the Concurrent List where both the Central & State Governments are competent to enact legislation subject to certain matters being reserved for the Centre.
    • Matters concerning Trade Unions, industrial and labour disputes fall within the purview of the Concurrent List. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
  • The welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds, employers’ liability, workmen’s compensation, invalidity, and old-age pensions, and maternity benefits are included in the Concurrent List. Hence, Statement 2 is incorrect.
  • Other concurrent lists:
    • Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oil fields.
    • Social Security and insurance, employment and unemployment.
    • Union agencies and institutions for "Vocational training".

Related Questions

Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Welfare of labour is item number 21 on the concurrent list.
2. Labour is included in the concurrent list in the seventh schedule of the Indian constitution.
3. Social Security and insurance are item number 24 on the concurrent list.4. Trade Union, industrial and labour disputes are item number 22 of the concurrent list.
Which of the following statements about the governance of trade unions in India are wrong?
1. Trade unions are primarily member driven.
2. Trade unions are financially self-sufficient.
3. Trade unions are allowed to collect political fund.
4. Trade unions have inter-union rivalry.
Select the correct answer
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. The International Labour Office is the permanent secretariat of the ILO.
2. Convention 182 regarding worst forms of Child Labour has been ratified by India.
3. International Labour Conference is also known as an international Parliament of labour.
4. International Labour Conference is a forum for discussion of key social and labour questions.
5. Trade Unions are involved in collecting wage data including fringe and personal benefits.
6. Strikes, boycotts and gheraos are militant functions of trade union.
7. Ministrant functions of trade unions involve providing financial support to members during strikes and lockouts.
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. The Trade Union Movement was by the workers and labour movement was for the workers.
2. The trade unions are an outcome of industrial relations and work towards raising the status of labours.
3. The organised labour is not the member of any Trade Union but are the members of Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
4. Trade Union movement conveys a higher degree of consciousness amongst the workers than conveyed by labour movement.
Labour welfare, though, is not exactly social work but any welfare is the result of social work. Social work lead to states of welfare both of individuals and groups. And, therefore, it can be derived that labour welfare is an area of social work. There exists four methods of undertaking social work.
Match the subject matter given in List-I with the method of social work given in List-II.
Which of the following statements relating to the trade unions under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 are not true?
1. Every registered trade union has to submit a half yearly return to the Registrar of Trade Unions.
2. Any person who has attained the age of eighteen can become an office bearer of the trade union.
3. Retired or retrenched employees of an organisation holding an office in a trade union shall not be construed as an outsider.
4. The number of outsiders working as office bearers in registered trade union functioning other than in an unorganised section shall be limited to eight.
Arrange the following developments in Labour Welfare Movement in the correct order from earliest to the latest.
1. Voluntary organisations engaged in labour welfare expanded in number and influences.
2. Trade unions fought to bring about an improvement in the working conditions of labour and to raise their status socially and economically.
3. Some enlightened employers took the initiative to improve the living and working conditions of labour.
4. The state tried through legislation to regulate and improve the lot of labour.
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Change theory of Trade Unions was propounded by Selig Perlman in 1928.
2. Industrial Democracy Theory of Trade Unions was given by Sidney and Beatrice Webb.
3. Protest theory of Trade Unions was given by Kerr, Dunlop and Myre.
4. Business theory of Trade Unions was propounded by Samuel Gompers.
Which of the following statement(s) on 'labour welfare' is/are not true?
1. Labour welfare work extended to worker's and their families does not come under the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
2. Labour welfare measures cannot be a substitute for wages.
3. It is only employers who are responsible to extend labour welfare.
4. Self-help and empowerment are not goals of labour welfare.
Select the correct answer
Which of the following statements are correct about NCT Delhi as per the Indian constitution? 1. The NCT of Delhi came into existence by the 69th Amendment Act, 1991. 2. The "appropriate Legislature" shall be deemed to be a reference to Parliament in case of provisions related to the Election Commission. 3. Legislative Assembly shall have the power to make laws for the whole or any part of the National Capital Territory concerning any of the matters enumerated in the State List or the Concurrent List except matters concerning Entries 1, 2, and 16 of the State List.