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Complete companion to Subject Code 55 — UGC NET / JRF / SET

Subject Code 55 · UGC NET / JRF / SET aligned

UGC NET Labour Welfare

A complete companion to the entire UGC NET Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations / Labour and Social Welfare / HRM syllabus — built to help you understand why each statute matters, recall every section and case, and walk into the exam with confidence.

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10

Modules covering the full syllabus

67

Topic-wise chapters

1,300+

Practice MCQs with solutions

200+

Statutes, cases & landmark dates

What’s inside every topic

Concept with attribution

Every topic opens with definitions, authors and years — the way UGC NET expects you to recall them.

Statutes & sections

Section-wise breakdown of every major Indian labour statute — Factories Act, Mines Act, ID Act, EPF, ESI, Gratuity, Bonus and the four 2019-20 Codes.

18–24 MCQs per topic

Direct, match-the-following, arrange-in-order and difficulty-tagged questions modelled on past UGC NET papers, with collapsible solutions.

Landmark cases

Supreme Court rulings woven into every topic — Bangalore Water Supply, PUDR, Olga Tellis, Randhir Singh, Mackinnon Mackenzie, T.K. Rangarajan, Steel Authority, M.C. Mehta, Jagjit Singh and more.

Indian & ILO context

ILO Conventions, PLFS 2022-23, e-Shram, four labour codes 2019-20, Code on Social Security 2020 — current right up to 2024–25.

Quick Recall

Every topic ends with a callout summary of authors, years, sections and cases — perfect for the final 48 hours of revision.

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The Ten-Module Syllabus

1Principles and Practices of ManagementEvolution of management thought, classical-neoclassical-modern approaches, POSDCORB and core functions 2Human Resource ManagementHRM conceptual framework, HR planning, job analysis, recruitment, training, performance, compensation, new trends 3Human Resource Development & IHRMHRD concepts, climate & interventions, HR accounting, knowledge management, IHRM, cross-cultural studies, transnationals 4Organisational BehaviourOB concepts, personality, perception, attitude, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, stress, OD & change 5Industrial Relations & Trade UnionsIR concepts & approaches, conflict, bipartism, collective bargaining, grievance, discipline, trade unions, Trade Unions Act 1926 6Industrial DisputesDisputes, prevention & settlement, strikes & lockouts, Standing Orders Act 1946, Industrial Disputes Act 1947 7Labour LegislationPrinciples & evolution, ILO, Constitutional anchors, Factories, Mines, ISMW, Contract Labour, BOCW, Child Labour Acts 8Wages and Wage LegislationWage theories, differentials, Minimum Wages, Payment of Wages, Bonus, Equal Remuneration, Gratuity, EPF Acts 9Labour Welfare & Social SecurityWelfare concept & types, industrial health, safety, occupational diseases, social security, insurance vs assistance 10Labour MarketFeatures, demand & supply, Indian labour force, unemployment, types, characteristics, new dynamics, economic systems, problems

Last-mile Revision & Tools

Full SyllabusOfficial UGC NET Subject Code 55 syllabus, unit by unit My ProgressTrack topic completion, study planner and final revision sprint About the AuthorsMeet Vijayakumar P and Rani C — the authors of this companion

How to use this book

Read a topic top to bottom the first time: each opens with its concept, statutory authority and year, builds up the section-wise framework with tables and Mermaid diagrams, anchors them in Indian and ILO context, and closes with 18–24 MCQs of mixed format. Try the questions before opening the solutions, then end with the Quick Recall callout to lock the names, sections and cases in. The Syllabus page is your map to the whole book; the My Progress page is your daily checklist.

About the Authors

Vijayakumar P is an Educator & Data Analytics Professional with 8+ years in Analytics, AI and HR. UGC-JRF-NET in Management.

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Rani C is an Educator & HR Business Intelligence Professional with 8+ years in HRM and HR Analytics. UGC-NET in Management.

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References

• UGC NET/JRF/SET Labour Welfare and Industrial Relations. Madaan, K.V.S. Pearson Education India.
• Trueman’s UGC NET/SET Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations. Sharma, S., & Sahu, P. Danika Publishing Company.
• UGC NET Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / IR / HRM. Arihant Experts. Arihant Publications.
• Personnel and Human Resource Management: Text and Cases. Subba Rao, P. (6th ed.). Himalaya Publishing House.
• Human Resource Management: Text and Cases. Aswathappa, K. (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
• Dynamics of Industrial Relations. Mamoria, C.B., Mamoria, S., & Gankar, S.V. (15th ed.). Himalaya Publishing House.
• Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Labour Legislation. Sinha, P.R.N., Sinha, Indu Bala, & Shekhar, Seema Priyadarshini. (3rd ed.). Pearson.
• Labour and Industrial Laws. Kumar, H.L. Universal Law Publishing.
• Organisational Behaviour. Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A., & Vohra, Neharika. (18th ed.). Pearson.
• Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. Tripathi, P.C. (24th ed.). Sultan Chand & Sons.
• Social Security and Labour Welfare in India. Saxena, R.C. Atlantic Publishers.
• Indian Labour Market and Economic Development. Papola, T.S., & Sharma, A.N. ILO Publications.
• Compensation Management. Bhattacharyya, Dipak Kumar. (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.