,; ,,'  b'o no 65 01 198~  the working journalism and' other newspaper emplo- yees (condi'i10ns of service) and miscellaneous provisions (~ndment) bill, 1989 a billfurther to amend the working journalists a:nd other ·newspaper empio-1iees (conditions of service) and miscellaneous provisions act, 1955 , ' be it enacted by parliament in the- fortieth· year of 'the ·republic of india as follows: -' short title 1 this act may' be ealled the-" working j ourn8lisis and' other newspaper eiiiployees(conditions of service)' and miscellaneous provisions 5 (amendment) act, 1989 amendmentof section 2 2 in section 2 of the working' journalists and other newspaper' employees (conditions of service) and miscellaneous provisions act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act) ,-" (i) in clause (d), ~  followingshall be inserted at the end, 10 namely:-" l ( "and includes newip~perestablishmen,ts, specifted  as one estab-- ' "j " lishment under the schedule  explanation-for the purposes of this clause,-(a) different departments, branches and' centres of news· paper establishments shall be treated as parts thereof; (b) a printing press shall be deemed to be - newspaper establishment if the principal business thereof is to pnnt i newspaper''''  t ,-t ' ,  ~~, , (ii) after clause (ee) , the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-s c (eee) "wages" means all remuneration capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the terms of employment, expressed or implied were fulfilled, be payable to a newspaper employee in respect of his, employment or of work done in such employment, and includes-10 (i) such allowances (including dearness allowance) as the newspaper employee is for the time being entitled to; (ii) the value of any house accommodation or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any service or of any concessional supply of food-grains or 15 other articles; (iii) any travelling concession but does not include-(0) any bonus; (~ any contribution paid or payable by the employer 20 fa air ,pension fund or provident fund or for the benefit of ·1bt  ,  rl  ~, addu 'iiilj' jar fori thadlftle  being in:~_  (,,) -any gratuity payab1e on the tennination of his service expi4114tion-in thiattlame, the term c'wages" shall also include new allowances if any of any description fixed from ua,_,~?-3 in section 10 of the principal act, to sub-section (4), the following eii,ij  ,~,tihall ~ tie: aciiaa;  1,,-1 30 amendment ofaection 10 "erplaft4ticm-for the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared tw·  i  ,by ••• ' aiiriiil  l ~l jnake ,"  n  jb  f~l,  _  i!~oiliil-india basis" i ~ 4-miia~ ~"t_~h_~,tlrefjtilwltn~ •• hall 35 ri~  _':- c'the schzouli ta  <2,]1 for the purpgiii of cl&um (ci) at leetion 2,-'(~·'two-or-·mm'enew  ~~ common 40 control shall be deemed to -'ode 1'lewspaper'estltb!wi'twtedt; li'~"hro -or- more-~ '~ owned by an ~~",,atul ~,o;- ~u  -4temed to be one newspaper establishment unless it is shown that sueh spouse ta a sole proprietor or partner or a shareholder of a corporate body on the basis of his or her own individual funds; (3) two or more new!p!lp,er ~tr!~~ publlahing nen-s papers  'bearing' th'e'$aine 'of' 'simflar tttte ana tn the same language in "fyp~~e,inl i~~ oj;" j>,eil"~,,~~~ ~ but in clljterent l~~es i~ the,"~ ~~r-qj;uati~t4ltit~,~ be ,deem,ed tq b~ope n~w~r e~~,~ (3)· pm- ·the 'pttrp0se8 of ~ph' 1- (1) 'two or-·mo,fe ~ablish-19 tne'ftts· shah ·be deemed to be uft'der 'common control-(a) (i) where the newspaper establishments are owned by ~u~lon,_1iriiirallor  iddivw pis;:  (,i~) :wh~r~th,e fjews'n,~r; ~~~~~~ q~by firms, if such lirms have a substantial numbcn'qf_~odl,\p~ersj ls~ (~i) ",hereth~ newsjyl~r eg!l?~egs ,,re owned by ~ corpor~e, if one }rlody, co~w is~ &~iw of the other body corporate, or both me subaidiariesof~ ~on hold ing company or a substantial number of their equity shares are ,opin,w·tm"s~e,~llcm !pu6\,,-  whether tn-!' ~qj'd;  ~ qat; , (iv) where one establishment~ is owned by a body eorporate , "'f - ',~tmr 'isf~owmciub&" •• 1wiq, ~  1 number of partners of the firm togethe~balii"~si •• "hc»f equity shares of the body corporate; , 25 (v) where one is owned by a body corporate and the other is owned by a firm having bodies corporate ~lwy~ if a substantial number of equityi shares of such bodies corporate are owned, dinetly or indirectly, by the rille, penoa er·gnup of persons, whether incorporated or not, or 30 (b) where there is functional integrality between concerned newspaper establishments" ~e wage'bdardsappointec:l under section 10 of the w'ol'king journalista and oth~ newspaper employees (conditions of service) and miscellaneous provisions act, 1955 have experienced diftlculties in inteipreting of certain terms used in the act, and also of certain provisions of the act in order to remove doubts and varying interpretations, it is proposed to-<a) amplify the  definition of "newspaper establishment" con-tamed in clause (d) of section 2 so as to provide for clubbini of  various estab1ishments under the common control of any person or ,,'  body of persons; " ' (b) provide self contained definition of "wages" instead of adopting the definition by reference to the industrial disputes act, 1"7;' ,  (e)- tilaite elear that the power to ftx or revise rates of waget includes power to fix or revise allowances including new allowances; and (d) clarify that the wage boards are not prevented from fixing the wageeon all-india basis 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects nww'darr; the 8th august, 1989 bindeshwari dubey  extracts from the working journalists and other nzwspapia emplo~ (conditions of suvice) and misca,ianequs provisions act, 1955(45 of 1955) - - - - - z in this act unlesi the context otherwise requires,-- - - - - (d) "newspaper establishment" means an establishment under the control of any person or body of persons, whether incorporated or not for the production or publication of one or more newspapen or for conducting any news agency or syndicate; - - - - - 10 (1) -                            -                                             -                                                             -                                                                             -      (4) in making any recommendations to the central government the board shall have regard to the cost ot1fvtng, the prevalent rates of wages for' ootnparllble' ei'ftp1~ent; (the!' efremhlftanees "!'elating' toi~'!ie""paper incn1rtr1ui' !iffetent~onsof'the cltmltry'aild'to; my wler·eiteuitiit~ which to the board may seem relevant;               -                               -                                                 -                                                                  -                                                                                   - " a bnl ~"  to amend the working joumaliits and other  newspaper em -:pjoi (cond1tions of service) ,anq ~uaneous provilliolila ~t, 1955 (shri bi'rdeshwari dubey, mi"ister of labour) 