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Rajya Sabha
As many as 16,327 cases and 3,293 applications were pending before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour courts (CGIT’s) as on March 31, 2005. Government has taken several steps for expeditious disposal of industrial disputes. These include setting up of five new Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts at Ahmedabad, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Chandigarh and New Delhi during the Tenth Five Year Plan, in addition to the Seventeen existing Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts to expedite settlement of industrial disputes. A new scheme for adjudication of disputes through Lok Adalats has been introduced during the Tenth Five Year Plan as an alternative grievance redressal mechanism.
This information was given by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
MLD :LK/labour-81(industrial tribunal) Aug 4.
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