Labour and Social Welfare Secretariat

The systematic development of Industries commenced in the State only after World War II in 1939-1945. Minor labour problems, which arose in the earlier period, were dealt with in some relevant departments, particularly in the Commerce and Industries Secretariat up to 1944. It appears that the records in qu4estion have been separated from their relevant series and added to the records of the Labour Secretariat.

It was Col. Slaughter, the then Chief Commercial Superintendent, H.E.H the Nizam’s State Railways in 1941, who proposed to Government in 1941 that a special Labour Officer should be appointed as an experimental measure for a period of two years to bring about better labour conditions in the State and to ensure the smooth working of the legislations concerning labour. Government accepted his proposal and appointed the first Labour Officer on 28th September 1941. He was assigned with the organization of a new office for drafting or amending labour legislation and for keeping an up-to-date record of legislative enactment in force in British India. This was the beginning of the new Labour and Social Welfare Secretariat, which in the year 1945, developed into a Regular Secretariat, and dealt with all labour problems in this State. This helped to introduce social welfare amenities in several industries of the State. The records of this Secretariat are in Urdu and English. These records were transferred to Archives in 1957.

The detailed information of Labour and Social Welfare Secretariat are given below:

S.No	Nature of the Document	Periodicity	No.of Documents Approximately
1	Files consist of Labour disputes, Social and Welfare Amenities in various Industries, Labour conferences and Enforcement of Labour Legislation	1929-1950	2,880