Industrial relations in India: Identify which of the following is <not> part of the statutory machinery for settlement of industrial disputes. Choose the item that does not belong.

Given data

• We must pick the body that is not a dispute-settlement authority under the Industrial Disputes framework.

Concept / Approach
The machinery generally includes Works Committees, Conciliation Officers/Boards, Courts of Inquiry, Labour Courts, and Industrial Tribunals. Wage Boards are sectoral bodies for pay fixation, not core dispute-resolution tribunals.

Final Answer
Wage Board is not part of the industrial disputes settlement machinery.