Industrial Disputes Act
Industrial Disputes Act
First Schedule

INDUSTRIES WHICH MAY BE DECLARED TO BE PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES UNDER SUB-CLAUSE (vi) OF CLAUSE (n) OF SECTION 2

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

[See section 2(n)(vi)]

1. Transport (other than railways) for the carriage of passengers or goods, 2[by land or water]; 3[2. Banking;

3. Cement;

4. Coal;

5. Cotton textiles;

6. Food stuffs;

7. Iron and Steel;

8. Defence establishments;

9. Service in hospitals and dispensaries;

10. Fire Brigade Service; 4[11. India Government Mints;]

12. India Security Press; 5[13. Copper Mining;

14. Lead Mining;

15. Zinc Mining;] 6[16. Iron Ore Mining;] 7[17. Service in any oilfield,] 8[***] 9[19. Service in the Uranium Industry;] 10[20. Pyrites Mining;]

21. Security Paper Mill, Hoshangabad; 11[22. Services in the Bank Note Press, Dewas;] 12[23. Phosphorite Mining;] 13[24. Magnesite Mining.] 14[25. Currency Note Press;] 1[26. Manufacture or production of mineral oil (crude oil), motor and aviation spirit, diesel oil, kerosene oil, fuel oil, diverse hydrocarbon oils and their blends including synthetic fuels, lubricating oils and the like;] 2[27. Service in the Airports Authority of India;] 3[28. Industrial establishments manufacturing or producing Nuclear Fuel and components, Heavy Water and Allied Chemicals and Atomic Energy.] 4[29. 'Processing or production or distribution of fuel gases' (coal gas, natural gas and the like)] 5[30. Manufacturing of Alumina and Aluminium; and

31. Mining of Bauxite.] 6[32. Services in the Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, Mysore, Karnataka.] 7[33. Chemical Fertilizer industry.]

Judgments on Section First Schedule