Consider the following statements : 1. The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions. 2. N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

Statement 2 is correct because N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer of the Indian labor movement who founded the Bombay Mill Hands Association in 1890, the first labor organization in India. Statement 1 is incorrect because the Factories Act of 1881 focused exclusively on regulating child labor (limiting hours for children aged 7–12) and did not address wages or the formation of trade unions. This question tests the core concept of early labor legislation and the origins of the organized labor movement in British India.