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Chair on labour research instituted in Bangalore University

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TELLING images:Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium in Bangalore on Wednesday.

BANGALORE: A Chair on labour research named after labour leader and former president of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Alampalli Venkataram, was instituted at Bangalore University on Wednesday.

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa inaugurated the programme organised by the university.

Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor N. Prabhudev said the Chair was set up to encourage research on labour issues and to submit a “vision document” to the government. Some of the areas to be studied are child labour, labour laws and labour markets. Reports would be submitted to the government for implementation, he said.

The Chief Minister said the chair was the second in the country for labour studies, after the V. V. Giri Chair in Noida, and the first in the southern region. He said the incumbent of the Chair should provide research reports to the government to help take up labour reforms.

He pointed out that he had allocated Rs. 1 crore in the previous budget for the Chair. If need be, he said, the Government was ready to increase the allocation to Rs. 5 crore. The main intention was to help improve the condition of labourers “a dream of Alampalli Venkataram.”

He recalled Venkataram's association with the RSS and pointed out that he had good relations with organisations, leaders and those subscribing to other ideologies.

Labour union leader

He hinted at the possibility of nominating a labour union leader to the Legislative Council by stating that he was working towards bringing one or two labour leaders into the legislature.

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