Independent Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions

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**INDECONT**

Independent Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Union
Founded	22 May , 2003
Members	3.8 million (2007)
Country	Nepal
Affiliation	Independent
Key people	Bam Devan(Rai), president Hom Prasad Adikari, general secretary
Office location	Kathmandu, Nepal
Website	[[[1]]]

Independent Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions Founded May 22, 2003 Members 6.2 million (2002) Country Nepal Affiliation Independent Key people Bam Devan(Rai), president Office location Kathmandu,Nepal Website [[www.indecont.org.np]]

INDECONT sticker Independent Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions is the largest central trade union organization in nepal. It was founded by Dattopantji Thengdi on July 23, 1955, which also happens to the birthday of Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

INDECONT itself claims to have over 8.3 million members. At present it is estimated around 5860 unions are affiliated to INDECONT. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, INDECONT had a membership of 6215797 in 2002.[1] It can also be noted that INDECONT is not affiliated to any International Trade Union Confederation.

For individual unions affiliated to INDECONT, see INDECONT-affiliated unions. Bam Devan(Rai) is the current president of the organization, and Hom Prasad Adikariits General Secretary.

[edit] References ^ http://www.labourfile.org/superAdmin/Document/113/table%201.pdf

[edit] External links INDECONT website INDECONT records largest increase in membership

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