INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN INDIA DURING THE YEAR-2003

                                                            TABLE B-IV

TIME LOSS DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN DIFFERENT SECTORS

 (PER 1,000 WORKERS EMPLOYED) DURING THE YEARS 1994 TO 2003

Year

Number of Mandays Lost (in '000)

Estimated Employment (in '000)

Time Loss per 1,000 Workers Employed

1

2

3

4

MANUFACTURING

1994

17,193

8,528

2,016

1995

10,691

8,267

1,293

1996

14,798

8,305

1,782

1997

13,213

7,546

1,751

1998

12,168

8,314

1,464

1999

18,040

8,314

(L)

2,170

(P)

2000

16,456

8,314

(L)

1,979

(P)

2001

19,099

8,314

(L)

2,297

(P)

2002

22,380

8,314

(L)

2,692

(P)

2003

17,638

8,314

(L)

2,121

(P)

PLANTATIONS

1994

373

1,744

214

1995

392

1,290

304

1996

804

1,074

749

1997

540

807

669

1998

405

945

429

1999

3,696

898

4,116

2000

567

959

591

2001

841

381

2,207

2002

1,809

718

2,519

2003

2,926

718

(L)

4,075

(P)

COAL MINES

1994

254

524

485

1995

3,319

513

6,470

1996

828

506

1,636

1997

774

503

1,539

1998

5,241

491

10,674

1999

152

476

319

2000

1,406

458

3,070

2001

1,009

438

2,304

2002

612

423

1,447

2003

6,382

423

(L)

15,087

(P)

(P) = Provisional

(L) = Figures for earlier year have been repeated.

Note: (i) During the years 1994 to 2003 in the Plantation Sector, the figures for mandays lost relate to all affected Plantations while estimated employment relates to Tea, Coffee and Rubber only.

(ii) From the year 2000 and onwards the figures for mandays lost relate to crops, market gardening and horticulture as per NIC-1998.