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The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34) consolidated the 1937 and 1959 acts. As of 2008, the Factories Act 1961 is substantially still in force, though workplace health and safety is principally governed by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) and regulations made under it.
The English East India Company ("the Company") was founded in 1600, as The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies.It gained a foothold in India with the establishment of a factory in Masulipatnam on the Eastern coast of India in 1611 and the grant of the rights to establish a factory in Surat in 1612 by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
The Factories Act, 1948 (Act No. 63 of 1948), as amended by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act 20 of 1987), served to assist in formulating national policies in India with respect to occupational safety and health in factories and docks in India. It deals with various problems concerning safety, health, efficiency and well-being of the ...
Export-Import Bank of India Act: 1981: 28 British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act: 1981: 29 Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act: 1981: 31 Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act: 1981: 33 Essential Service(Maintenance) Act: 1981: 42 Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign ...
The Company rule and the expansion of the British East India Company continued up until the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Ultimately, the Company rule ended with the Government of India Act 1858 following the events of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, [15] although the British East India Company was formally dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1874. [13]
Also, from the late 18th century British cotton mill industry began to lobby the government to both tax Indian imports and allow them access to markets in India. [36] Starting in the 1830s, British textiles began to appear in—and soon to inundate—the Indian markets, with the value of the textile imports growing from £5.2 million in 1850 to ...
The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2.c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.At the time of its passage, the Act consolidated much legislation on workplace health, safety and welfare in Great Britain.
The Factories Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 29), also known as the Ten Hours Act was a United Kingdom act of Parliament which restricted the working hours of women and young persons (13–18) in textile mills to 10 hours per day. The practicalities of running a textile mill were such that the Act should have effectively set the same limit on the ...