Madam, I beg to move

Madam, I beg to move that Bill to provide for the redressal of grievances of employees in hospitals and certain other institutions and for matters connected there with or incidental thereto be taken into consideration. Madam, as you are aware following the judgement of the Supreme Court in the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board case which gave a very wide interpretation to the term industry under the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, the definition of the term industry was revised so as to exclude among others, hospital or dispensaries, educational, scientific, research or training institutions, institutions owned or managed by organisations wholly or substantially engaged in any charitable, social or philanthropic service, khadi or village industries any activity of the Government relatable to the sovereign functions of the Government including all the activities carried on by the Department of Central Government dealing with defence research, atomic energy and space. Madam, this was necessary because these are the areas which we felt should be free from strikes or stoppages of work etc.