Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

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

The Committee notes the observations submitted by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), received on 13 September 2016.

In its observations, the CITU recalls that in the past the Government convened meetings of the Tripartite Committee on Conventions twice per year. The CITU alleges that this practice has changed in that since the Tripartite Committee met in September 2012, this was followed only by a meeting held in April 2015. No further meetings of the Tripartite Committee on Conventions had been held at the time that the CITU’s observations were submitted in September 2016. The Committee notes from the Government’s 2015 report that consultations with the social partners were held, in writing, in 2014 and 2015. The Committee recalls that Article 5(2) of the Convention states that, in order to ensure adequate consideration of the matters referred to in paragraph 1 of the Article, consultation shall be undertaken at appropriate intervals fixed by agreement, but at least once a year. The Committee requests the Government to provide its comments in this respect. In addition, referring to its previous direct request, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the content and outcome of tripartite consultations held on the matters concerning international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention.