Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Board/Committee)

A. First National Commission on Labour, 1969

B. Wage Board for Working Journalists, 2009

C. Second National Commission on Labour, 2002

D. Index Review Committee, 2009

List-II (Chairperson)

1. G.K. Chadha

2. Ravindra Verma

3. P.B. Gajendragadkar

4. G.R. Majithia

Solution

• The first National Commission on Labour was set up on 24 December 1966 under the Chairmanship of Justice P.B.Gajendragadkar. The Commission submitted its report in August , 1969 after detailed examination of all aspects of labour problems, both in the organized and unorganized sectors. • The Government of India constituted two wage boards (Majithia Wage Boards), one for working journalists and other for non journalists newspaper employees in 2007 as sixth Wage Board under the Chairmanship of Justice Majithia as per the provisions of The Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955. The Majithia Wage Boards submitted their final report to the Government of India on 31st Dec., 2010. • The second National Commission on Labour (NCL) was set up on 15 October 1999 under the chairmanship of Ravindra Varma which submitted its report to the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 29 June 2002. • Since the release of current series of CPI-IW with base year 2001=100, various Central Trade Union Organizations had been pressing for a review of these Index Numbers by a high powered tripartite Committee. Accordingly, the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India constituted an Index Review Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. G.K. Chadha. • Therefore, A is the right answer.