Question

The first factories act was enacted in
(A) $1881$
(B) $1895$
(C) $1897$
(D) $1885$

Answer 1

Hint The first Factories Act was basically designed to conserve children, to provide few measures for health and safety of the workers, to protect the environment, to ensure a sound working environment, to assure welfare of the person, to ensure protection from hazardous equipment.

Complete answer:
Factory is the group of buildings where goods and products are manufactured in large quantities. A building where on $10$ or more persons are engaged if power is used or, $20$ or more persons are engaged if power is not used in a manufacturing process [section $2$ (m)]. In India the first Factories Act was enacted in $1881$ year. Following this Act, Factory commission was furnished in the year $1885$ . It is applicable for only those factories, which employed $100$ or more workers. Regarded as one of the Noble and a Comprehensive Labour Legislation, which is inforce in our country. The Factories Act, $1948$ came into force on $1949$ and spread to the whole India.

It covers all aspects regarding to workers employed in factories:
1. Secure- safety, health, welfare
2. Regulates- working hour
3. Ensures- annual leave with payments
4. Provides- additional production to women, workmen, prohibition of children.

Component of the Factories Act- $1948$ :
1. Total number of chapters- $11$
2. Total number of sections- $120$

Thus the option (A) is correct

Note The Factories Act extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Pondicherry in $1963$ , extended to Goa in $1965$. This Act extended to Jammu and Kashmir in $1970$ . The Factories Act was amended in $1949,1950,1956,1976$ and $1989$ . Other Act important Acts are The Indian Boilers Act- $1923$ , The Indian Dock Labourers Act- $1934$ .