Correct answer: (c) Labour Bureau
Explanation
- A
Central Statistics Office
CSO / NSO. National accounts and surveys, not this factory-dispute series.
- B
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
DPIIT. Industry policy and IIP users, not the compiler of disputes/lay-offs.
- C
Labour Bureau
Labour Bureau. Compiles industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs.
- D
National Technical Manpower Information System
NTMIS. A manpower-information scheme, not this returns series.
Summary. Official key is (c) Labour Bureau. The Bureau (Ministry of Labour) compiles statistics on industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs from factory returns.
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