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The Attached, Subordinate, Statutory/Autonomous Organisations of Ministry of Labour and Employment

3.6 Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS)

Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS), a subordinate office of Ministry of
Labour & Employment. DGMS administers the provisions of the Mines Act, 1952
and Rules & Regulations framed thereunder viz. the Coal Mines Regulations, 2017,
the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961, the Oil Mines Regulations, 2017, the
Mines Rules, 1955, the Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966, the Mines Rescue
Rules, 1985, the Mines Creche Rules, 1966, the Coal Mines Pit Head Bath Rules,
1959, the Electricity Act, 2003 (related to Mines safety) to ensure the occupational
safety and welfare of mine workers. Besides, DGMS also administers certain
provisions of Central Electricity Authority (Measure relating to Safety and electric
Supply) Regulation, 2023.

The headquarter of DGMS is located at Dhanbad, Jharkhand. DGMS is headed
by the Chief Inspector of Mines & Director General of Mines Safety. Further,
DGMS has eight zonal offices across the country; each zone is under charge of
Deputy Director General (DDG). There are four to six regional offices under each
Zone. At present there are 38 regional offices which are headed by Director of
Mines Safety. The Organisational Chart of DGMS is given below: -

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