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Trade unions in India are registered and file annual returns under the Trade Union Act (1926). Statistics on trade unions are collected annually by the Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India. As per the latest data, released for 2012, there were 16,154 trade unions which had a combined membership of 9.18 million (based on returns from 15 States – out of a total of 28 states and 9 union territories).^[1] The trade union movement in India is largely divided along political lines and follows a pre-Independence pattern of overlapping interactions between political parties and unions.^[2] The net result of this type of system is debated as it has both advantages and disadvantages. According to the data submitted by various trade unions to the Ministry of Labour and Employment as part of a survey, INTUC with a combined membership of 33.3 million, has emerged as the largest trade union in India as of 2013.^[3]

The firm or industry level trade unions are often affiliated to larger federations. The largest federations in the country represent labour at the national level and are known as central trade union organisations (CTUO). As of 2002, when the last trade union verification was carried out, there are 12 CTUOs recognised by the Ministry of Labour.^[4]

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^ Bhattacharya, Gautam (2022). "Trade Unionism in Competitive Politics: The Story of an Arrangement Clerk", The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 57, No. 4, April 2022 (pg.702-712)
^ Menon, Sreelatha (6 April 2013). "Indian trade unions are getting bigger, coinciding with slowdown". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ Order of verification of membership of trade unions affiliated to CTUOs, as of 31 Dec. 2002 (MoLE, 2008)

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