🏛️ History & Art-CultureUPSC 2017British Policies in India

The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for:

athe participation of workers in the management of industries.
barbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes.
can intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute.
da system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
✓ Correct answer: d) a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
ExplanationThe Trade Disputes Act 1929 was a British Act of Parliament passed to regulate industrial disputes in India.The main objective of the Act was to make provisions for the establishment of Courts of Inquiry(tribunals) and Boards of Conciliation with a view to investigate and settle trade disputes.Strikes and lockouts in public utility services were prohibited without prior notice.Such strikes were illegal and punishable under the Act.Motilal Nehru called it “ The slavery of India Bill”.219

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