A CRITICAL STUDY ON

LABOUR WELFARE MEASURES IN

NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION LIMITED, NEYVELI

Research Proposal submitted to

NOORUL ISLAM UNIVERSITY

By

Under the Guidance of

Dr.M.Janardhanan Pillai.M.A., M.Phil.,M.B.A.,Ph.D
Assistant Professor in Economics
Alagappa Government Arts College,Karaikudi

Department of Management Studies

Noorul Islam University
Thuckaly

Feb 2011
Introduction

Welfare” is a broad concept referring to a state of living of an individual or a

group, in a desirable relationship with the total environment-ecological, economic and
social. Labour welfare includes both the social and economic contents of welfare.
Labour welfare is a part of social welfare, conceptually and operationally. It covers a
broad field and connotes a state of well-being, happiness, satisfaction, conservation
and development of human resources.

Labour Welfare plays a vital role in the industrial economy of a nation. It

promotes and improves the productivity and production besides enabling the workers
to raise their standard of living. Labour Welfare also builds the morale and loyalty
and paves the way to reduce absenteeism and labour turnover. Knowing the
importance of Labour Welfare the Government of India had enacted many Welfare
and Social security legislation and the employers are under statutory legal obligation
to abide by the provisions of those legislations

Statement of the problem

The industrial progress of any organization largely depends on satisfied labour

force. The importance of labour welfare measures was accepted as early as 1931,

when Royal commission on labour stated the benefits which go under nomenclature

are of great importance to the workers. The schemes of labour welfare may be

regarded as “wise investment” which brings satisfied employees to an organization

and paves for the achievement of organizational goal. NLC limited is a public sector

organization employing more than 15000 workers and 3500 executives. The

government had enacted many legislations to protect the workers and for the

provision of welfare, and safety of the workers. Many such enactments apply to the

workers of NLC Limited. It is to be seen whether the NLC Limited actually extends

the statutory welfare measures to its employees. Also the review of the literature of
the previous study reveals that the organization has been extending many non

statutory labour welfare measures which stands as model to other public sector

organization. So there is an imperative need to study whether the corporation is

extending the welfare measures to the workers in pursuance of the provisions of

various labour laws enacted to protect the workmen

Objectives of the study

1. To study various statutory Labour welfare measures provided by the NLC

Management

2. To critically evaluate the voluntary Labour welfare measures extended by

NLC Management to its employees

3. To examine the Labour welfare measures of the Unions functioning at NLC

Limited.

4. To study the attitude of the employees towards various welfare measures.

5. Based on the study to suggest suitable recommendations.

Research methodology

Data collection

To collect the data Interview Schedule is to be constructed. For better understanding

the schedule is to be constructed in Tamil language as many of the workers are not

well versed with English. The questionnaire is to be constructed in such a way to elicit

information on personal data and attitude of the employee. The size of the sample will

be 400. Samples are proposed to be drawn from the universe under stratified random

sampling method. Samples are will be drawn from various categories of workmen.
The secondary data will be collected from various sources of the in house journal of

NLC and trade Union offices. Internet and Libraries in Tamilnadu and other states in

India will have its due share in the secondary data besides the printed books available

with the researcher.

Data analysis

Data collected will be analyzed with statistical tools like Chi square Test with

appropriate diagram like table and Pie charts. SPSS package is to be used for the

analysis of the data statistically.

Chapterisation

The proposed study will be organized in five chapters

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Review of Literature
Chapter 3 : Research Methodology
Chapter 4 : Analysis and interpretation of Data
Chapter 5 : Findings, suggestion and Conclusion

The Period of Study will be three years from the date of registration with the
University Research Department.