Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) — post-independence consolidation (1947–1975)

1. Industrial Disputes Act creates national dispute framework

   Apr 1, 1947Labels: Industrial Disputes

   • LawMin India
   • Wiki IDA

2. INTUC founded as Congress-aligned trade union centre

   May 3, 1947Labels: INTUC, Indian National

   • Britannica INTUC
   • INTUC About
   • Wiki INTUC

3. Minimum Wages Act strengthens wage-floor policies

   Mar 15, 1948Labels: Minimum Wages

   • Wiki MWA
   • VVGNLI MWA

4. Factories Act enacted to regulate factory work

   Sep 23, 1948Labels: Factories Act

   • Wiki Factories
   • LabourBureau

5. Constitution sets “living wage” as state objective

   Jan 26, 1950Labels: Constitution of

   • Art 43 text
   • Constitution India

6. Gulzarilal Nanda helps shape INTUC’s early leadership

   Mar 1, 1950Labels: Gulzarilal Nanda

   • Britannica Nanda
   • PM India bio

7. First Five-Year Plan begins state-led development era

   Jan 1, 1951Labels: First Five-Year

   • Wiki Five Year
   • IndiaToday 1951

8. Payment of Bonus Act expands negotiated wage benefits

   Sep 25, 1965Labels: Payment of

   • CLC Bonus Act

9. AICC–INTUC coordination committee formed under Nanda

   Jan 1, 1967Labels: AICC INTUC, Gulzarilal Nanda

   • Wiki INTUC

10. Bank nationalisation boosts public-sector expansion and union reach

    Jul 19, 1969Labels: Bank Nationalisation

    • Forbes India

11. 1974 railway strike shows limits of industrial action

    May 8, 1974Labels: Railway Strike, All India

    • Wiki Rail Strike

12. Emergency begins, tightening controls over unions and politics

    Jun 25, 1975Labels: Emergency 1975

    • Britannica Emergency
    • Wiki Emergency