UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for

  1. the participation of workers in the management of industries.
  2. arbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes.
  3. an intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute.
  4. a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.

Answer

Correct Answer

a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.

Explanation

The Trade Disputes Act, 1929 provided for a system of courts of inquiry and boards of conciliation (tribunals) and restricted/banned strikes and lockouts in public utility services, as a colonial response to the rising labour movement.

Topics: history, labour movement and legislation, modern india, trade disputes act 1929