The term 'Labour Welfare' is very comprehensive and includes various types of activities undertaken for the economic, social, intellectual or moral benefit of the labour community, the activities are so varied that the concept of labour welfare may vary from country to country. The royal commission on labour in India (1931) rightly pointed out: "the term welfare as applied to the industrial workers is one which must necessarily be elastic, bearing a somewhat different interpretation in one country from another, according to the different social customs, the degree of industrialisation and educational development of the worker". Hence, this book try’s to elaborate the concepts from layman’s perspective.