2026-04-161975https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/3213May 1975. Month in brief: CPI for working class; Industrial disputes. Current notes: Higher PF interest mooted; Wage body for brick and roof units, Maharashtra; Wages panel for plastics units, Maharasthra; Tea industry nationalisation ruled out; Delhi’s job schemes okayed; No take over of foreign drug units; SB Patil New labour minister in Maharashtra; Legislation soon for equal pay for women; Labour representation on tobacco board; Wage panel for glass industry; Minimum Wages Act for legal profession employees; Minimum wages award upheld; Sugar workers win wage increase; MP state advisory council for contract labourers-Viyogi selected member. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: CPI numbers in Maharashtra: Historical developments and special features (P. J. Ovid). Notification under labour laws. CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Naded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra (Jan); Industrial disputes (Jan).