Labour Gazette January 1942

PUBLICATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE I. L. O. YEAR-BOOK 1939-40 Review of the outstanding events in the fields of industry and labour in 1939 and to some extent in the first quarter of 1940. [...] 5 The Month in Brief EMERGENCY FOODSTUFFS DISTRIBUTION SCHEME FOR BOMBAY CITY In conformity with its policy to make preparations for all eventualities however remote the Government of Bombay has made arrangements for the distribution of essential foodstuffs in Bombay and the suburbs in the case of a breakdown in the normal channels of supply and distribution. [...] The following table shows the annual averages of the index numbers of the various groups and items included in the Bombay working class cost of living index number for the years 1939 1940 and 1941 :— INDEX NUMBERS OF RETAIL PRICES OF COMMODITIES INCLUDED IN THE BOMBAY WORKING CLASS COST OF LIVING INDEX NUMBER Group or item Annual average for 1939 Annual average for 1940 ; Annual ' average for 194 [...] The items included in each group are food 16 fuel and lighting 4 clothing 7 house-rent 1 and miscellaneous 2. The relative importance of the items has been determined on the basis of the results of the Ahmedabad working class family budget enquiry which was conducted by the Labour Office in the year 1926. [...] The items included in each group are food 16 fuel and lighting 4 clothing 7 house-rent 1 and miscellaneous 2. The relative importance of the items has been determined on the basis of the results of the Ahmedabad working class family budget enquiry which was conducted by the Labour Office in the year 1926.