Labour Bureau
Government of India
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STATISTICS

Industrial Disputes

ITEM

2002

2003

 2004

2005

A. No. of Strikes

295

255

236

227

No. of Workers

Involved

900,386

1,010,976

1,903,054

2,722,784

No. of Mandays lost

9,664,537

3,205,950

4,828,737

10,800,686

B. No. of Lockouts

284

297

241

229

No. of Workers

 Involved

179,048

804,969

169,167

190,817

No. of Mandays lost

16,921,382

2,70,49,961

19,037,630

18,864,313

(P) = Provisional

N.B. : Only those work stoppages which are on account of industrial disputes and which involves
10 or more workers, whether directly and /or indirectly are included in the statistics of Industrial disputes.
 

Sphere-wise Statistics of Strikes and Lockouts during the years 2007, 2008 (P) and 2009 (P)- (January y to May)

 

2007 (January to August)

2008 (January to August)

2009 (January to August)

Item

Central Sphere

State Sphere

Total

Central Sphere

State Sphere

Total

Central Sphere

State Sphere

Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A. Industrial Units affected by :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i) Strikes

36

109

145

98

117

215

33

24

57

ii) Lockouts

- 158 158 - 165 165 - 7

7

iii) Mandays Lost

169,475 21,504,430 21,673,905 848,035 9,038,485 9,886,520 118,830 1,957,107 2,075,937

B. Workers Affected as a result of :-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i) Strikes

159,844

288,517

448,361

743,199

121,442

864,641

68,367

43,246

111,613

ii) Lockouts

-

89,005

89,005

-

56,479

56,479

-

5,992

5,992

 P – Provisional

- = Nil

IV  Inflation Rate under Consumer Price index for Industrial Workers ( Base (1982=100):

  As on 2007* As on 2008* As on 2009*
January 6.72 5.51 10.45
February 7.56 5.47 9.63
March 6.72 7.87 8.03
April 6.67 7.81 8.70
May 6.61 7.75 8.63
June 5.69 7.69 9.29
July 6.45 8.33 11.89
August 7.26 9.02 11.72

*= Converted figure of All India General Index from New base 2001=100

to previous base 1982=100 ( Linking Factor 4.63 )

Material for 'Industrial Relations Scenario in the Country'

III Industrial Relations 

 

2007

 (January to August)

2008 (P)

 (January to August)

2009 (P)  

 (January to August)

Item

Central Sphere

State Sphere

Total

Central Sphere

State Sphere

Total

Central Sphere

State Sphere

Total

A. Industrial Units affected by :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i) Retrenchments 3 14 17 7 4 11 3 8 11
ii) Closures - 68 68 19 29 48 - 44 44
                   

B. Workers Affected as a result of :-

                 
i) Retrenchments 18 158 176 394 176 570 1354 776 2130
ii) Closures - 2295 2295 140 2402 2542 - 1444 1444

(P) = Provosional

- = Nil.