New Delhi: International Labour Organisation (ILO) on September 18 prescribed a "tripartite model" for Indian economy aimed at promoting healthy industrial relations among the various stakeholders.

The issue of industrial relations had not been adequately addressed in a coordinated manner in India by involving the stakeholders – labour, employer and government, ILO director Herman van der Laan said.

The tripartite model proposed by ILO includes country's government, trade unions and employers, van der Laan said at a Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) seminar on Industrial Relations.

Providing an "insight notion" to the whole issue, Laan said, "Though Indian economy has been trying to integrate with the rest of the world, no noticeable reforms have taken place in the crucial areas like the industrial relations and labour legislations."

Though some states have initiated labour reforms, he said, "These are only piecemeal and not done on a systematic way."

Collective coordinated efforts by the stakeholders could only bring effective structure changes, he added.

Noting that legislative reforms till date are inadequate, he said they have failed to promote a harmonious industrial relations in India.

He also pointed towards the bottlenecks that exist in the economy in form of existence of multiplicity trade unions and lack of any comprehensive dispute resolution mechanism.

The multiplicity of trade unions and absence of effective disputes resolution mechanism was hindering the overall efficiency, he said, adding a new look Industrial Relations Act is needed for decentralisation at the grass root level.

PTI