2026-04-161949https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/3140September 1949. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Provincial labour advisory board; Workers’ literacy Boards – two governments resolutions; Labour Central Advisory Council – Fair wages report adopted; National income of India; Appointment of a committee for enquiry for the textile mills in the central provinces and Berar; 32nd session of the International Labour Conference; Protection of wages. COST OF LIVING: Bombay Working Class Cost of living Index, July 1949; Ahmedabad Working Class cost of living, July 1949; Sholapur working class cost of living, July 1949; Jalgaon working class cost of living, July 1949; Index numbers for industrial workers, India. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Indian; Bombay; Ambernath (Thana district); Dhulia (West Khandesh District); Sholapur; Employment situation, July 1949; Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923; Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926; Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948; Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946; Wage Board for the cotton textile industry; Standardisation committee for the engineering industry; Appointment of a tribunal in place of Mr. K. C. Sen. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION: Arbitration under section 73-A of the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946; Reference under section 86-C of the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946. SUBMISSIONS UNDER SECTION 58 (C) AND 66 OF THE BOMBAY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT, 1946. ARBITRATION AWARDS: 1. Khandesh Spg. & WVG. Mills Co. Ltd., Jalgaon and others; 2. Millowners’ Association, Ahmedabad. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947. ADJUDICATION AWARDS: 1. Triangular Motors Ltd., Bombay; 2. Bombay Cycle and Motor Agency Ltd., Bombay; 3. Gujrat Iron Works, Ahmedabad; 4. Paragon Engineering Co. Ltd., Bombay; 5. Messrs. Richardson and Cruddas, Bombay. BOOK REVIEWS. BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS. CHARTS: Working class cost of living (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Sholapur, and Jalgaon); Industrial disputes, July 1949; Retail food prices (June, July 1949); Principal trade unions, Province, April 1949.