Strikes rise at central PSUs, fall at state-run units in Jan-Sept: Govt
Raj Kumar Ray: New Delhi, Nov 19 2012, 01:47 IST
LPG cylinder sales and allowed FDI in multi-brand retail in September. The total man-days lost due to strikes and lockouts were 1,698,527 during 2012 -- it was 748,108 in central sphere and 950,419 in states. It was much less than the cumulative 5,461,622 in 2011 and 19,174,630 in 2010.
Close to 6.5 lakh workers were affected due to strikes in first nine months of 2012 -- 6 lakh in central sphere and 37,661 in states -- compared with 3.9 lakh in 2011 and 8.9 lakh in 2010. Strikes and lock-outs not just lower industrial output but also lowers income of labourers especially those on daily-wage contract.
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