UPSC Prelims 2022 · GS Paper I
Question 71: Economy and Social Development
In India, which one of the following compiles information on industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs in factories employing workers ?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).
The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, compiles statistics on industrial relations, including industrial disputes, strikes and lockouts, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs in factories, and it publishes the consumer price index for industrial workers. The Central Statistics Office, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and the National Technical Manpower Information System have other mandates.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) The Central Statistics Office compiles national accounts and macro statistics, not factory-level labour data.
- (b) DPIIT promotes industry and internal trade and does not compile such data.
- (c) Correct. The Labour Bureau compiles industrial relations data.
- (d) NTMIS deals with technical manpower data, not disputes or lay-offs.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2022, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.