Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1999, publiée 88ème session CIT (2000)

Convention (n° 42) (révisée) des maladies professionnelles, 1934 - Inde (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee has noted the information communicated by the Government in its latest report as well as the comments made by the National Front of Indian Trade Unions (NFITU). In its comments, the NFITU alleges that the legislative provisions relating to compensation for employment injury are not properly applied. Application of these provisions is not subjected to effective supervision machinery to guarantee respect for the rights of the persons concerned. The trade union reports decisions taken arbitrarily to deprive the victims of their rights as well as overt or covert endeavours to prolong the processing of the cases. Finally, the NFITU considers that the authorities apparently lack the human orientation needed for processing and settling compensation in an equitable manner.

The Government recognizes in its report that diagnosis of occupational diseases must be improved. In this regard, the Employees' State Insurance Corporation has made arrangements for training of its doctors in occupational diseases and to set up occupational diseases centres in each of its four hospitals.

The Committee notes all this information. It would be grateful if the Government would supply in its next report further detailed information on the difficulties mentioned by the NFITU in applying the legislation and would indicate the measures taken or envisaged to improve diagnosis of occupational diseases. The Committee also requests the Government to provide detailed information on the practical application of the Convention, in accordance with Part V of the report form, particularly on the number of cases of diseases or poisonings which have been reported and the sums paid by way of compensation.