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169 of a public employment Bureau and makes it obligatory on the Government to provide statistics about unemployment to the International Labour Office. It also proposes the establishment of a system of free public employment agencies under the control of a central authority. 3. The employment of women before and after childbirth. The Draft Convention prohibits employment of women in factories 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after childbirth and provides maternity benefits sufficient for the full and healthy maintenance of herself and her child, provided either out of public funds or by a system of insurance. 4. The employment of women during the night. The Draft Convention prohibits the employment of women during the night, but the Government of India under Article 5 of the Convention may suspend this in respect of any industrial undertaking except factories. 3. The minimum age of employment of children in industry. This Draft Convention lays down under A:ticle 2 that children under the age of 14 shall not be employed in work, but by Article 6 India is made an exception and children under 12 years of age shall not be employed: a. In manufactories working with power and employing more than 10 persons. b. In mines, quarries and other works for the ex. traction of minerals from the earth. c. In the transport of passengers of goods or mails by rail or in the handling of goods at docks, quays and wharves but cxcluding the transport by hand.