2026-04-171987https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/3337October 1987. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: (1) Amendment to TU Act; (2) Advisory panel on child labour; (3) Labour courts in every district ruled out; (4) Flexible working hours posing problem; (5) 30,000 children in 10 to projects to be looked after by govt. new policy child labour suggest legal action plan, more welfare steps. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: (1) IN touch with labour by M. Gandhi; (2) Struggle for improvement in working women’s-Trade unions role, by Kanti Mehta; (3) Child labour-protection against exploitation, by Upendra Panigrahi. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. STATEMENT SHOWING CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS BY GROUPS FOR SEVEN CENTRES OF MAHARASHTRA STATE. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.