Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - India (Ratification: 1978)

Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government in August 2012 in reply to the 2011 direct request. In reply to issues raised by the All India Manufacturers’ Organization (AIMO) and the Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), the Government indicates that it is committed to the principles of tripartism in the implementation of labour-related policies and programmes. With respect to tripartite consultations in the non-industrial economic zones, the Government reports that 94 per cent of the workforce in India work in the informal sector and only 6 per cent work in the formal sector. It adds that the Ministry of Labour and Employment is implementing various programmes for the informal sector in consultation with the social partners. The Committee notes information provided on the following tripartite meetings: the 35th Session of the Tripartite Committee on Conventions, held in July and August 2011, the National Tripartite Workshop on the Maritime Labour Convention, held in October 2011, and the 36th Session of the Tripartite Committee on Conventions, held in September 2012. The Committee notes that at the 35th Session of the Tripartite Committee on Conventions, eight unratified Conventions were taken up for discussion including four fundamental Conventions. It further notes that a workshop on strengthening the implementation of the Equal Remuneration Act through enhanced application of the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), and improved data collection, was organized in New Delhi with technical assistance from the ILO in February 2012. Representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations, labour officers, gender and labour researchers, participated in the workshop. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the content and outcome of the tripartite consultations held on the matters concerning international labour standards listed in Article 5(1) of the Convention.