    in india the trade union movement is generally divided on political lines. according to provisional statistics from the ministry of labour, trade unions had a combined membership of 24,601,589 in 2002. as of 2008, there are 14 central trade union organisations (ctuo) recognised by the ministry of labour.http://www.labourfile.org/superadmin/document/113/table%201.pdf ==recognised ctuos== political affiliation in brackets. *national front of indian trade unions (nationalist congress party) *all india central council of trade unions (communist party of india (marxist-leninist) liberation) *all india trade union congress (communist party of india) *all india united trade union centre (socialist unity centre of india (communist)) *bharatiya mazdoor sangh (rashtriya swayamsevak sangh) *indian national trade union congress (indian national congress) *new trade union initiative *centre of indian trade unions (communist party of india (marxist)) *hind mazdoor sabha (socialists) *labour progressive federation (dravida munnetra kazhagam) *sewa *trade union coordination committee (all india forward bloc) *united trade union congress (revolutionary socialist party) *bharatiya janata mazdoor manch (bjmm) (trade union + federation of organised and unorganised sector which is registered from jaipur rajasthan). registration no. is jp/rtu/01/2014 ==other trade union centres (incomplete list)== *all india railwaymen's federation (airf) () *indian railways technical supervisors' association (irtsa) () *akhil bharatiya kamgar sena (akhil bharatiya sena) *all india centre of trade unions (marxist communist party of india (united)) *all india federation of trade unions (marxist-leninists) *andhra pradesh federation of trade unions (communist party of india (marxist-leninist)) *anna thozhil sanga peravai (all india anna dravida munnetra kazhagam) *bihar-jharkhand sales representatives' union bssr union (bssr union) () *bharatiya kamgar sena (shiv sena) *bharatiya mazdoor sabha (provisional central committee, communist party of india (marxist-leninist)) *hind mazdoor kisan panchayat (janata dal (united)) *indian confederation of labour *indian federation of trade unions (communist party of india (marxist-leninist) new democracy) *kerala trade union congress (kerala congress, k
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