WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Working Hours in India: As per the Factories Act 1948, every adult (a person who has completed 18 years of age) cannot work for more than 48 hours in a week and not more than 9 hours in a day. According to Section 51 of the Act, the spread over should not exceed 10-1/2 hours.

Detailed explanation-2: -Daily hours under the Factories Act cannot exceed nine hours in any day, according to Section 54. Every worker is entitled to an interval break of at least half an hour and not more than 5 hours of work should pass before such interval.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Britain it was not until 1847 that an effective limit of 10 hours per day was placed upon the factory employment of women and children.