Published in association with Indian Society of Labour EconomicsInstitute for
Human DevelopmentThis book is perhaps the firstattempt to study the menacing
problem of lockouts in India whichhas plagued industries in the last three
decades. Besides giving anoverview of lockouts from 1961 to 1997, the author has
made aspecial study of lockouts in West Bengal - the state with maximumnumber of
man days lost due to lockouts in India. He suggests thatthe causes for lockouts
put forward by the Indian government in theLabour Year Book as well as Labour in
West Bengal (a publication ofthe West Bengal government) are not tenable since
the data is basedon the employers