What Is "Industry' under Industry Dispute Act, 1947

“INDUSTRY” MEANS ANY :-

1) BUSINESS,

2) TRADE,

3) UNDERTAKING,

4) MANUFACTURE OR

5) CALLING OF EMPLOYERS AND

INCLUDES ANY CALLING, SERVICE, EMPLOYMENT, HANDICRAFT, OR INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATION OR AVOCATION OF WORKMEN;

'Industry', as defined under Section 2(j) and explained in Bangalore Water Supply & Sewrage Board v A. Rajappa, has a wide import.

• Where Systematic activity,

• Organized by co-operation between employer and employee, (Whether the employment is made directly or by or through any agency or a contractor)

• For the production and/or distribution of goods and services calculated to satisfy human wants and wishes (not spiritual or religious but inclusive of material things or services used in providing services of spiritual or religious nature for e.g. Making Prasad or Organising a Canteen ).

• Absence of profit motive or gainful objective is irrelevant, be the venture in the public, joint private or other sector.

• Functional and the decisive test is the nature of the activity with special emphasis on the employer-employee relations.

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