Attached and Subordinate Offices
The Ministry is supported by the following two technical organizations in the area of occupational safety and health of workers :
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FACTORY ADVICE SERVICE & LABOUR INSTITUTES, MUMBAI
The Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), Mumbai which is an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, functions as a technical arm of the Ministry in regard to matters concerned with safety, health and welfare of workers in factories and ports/docks. It assists the Central Government in formulation and review of policy and legislation on occupational safety, health and welfare of workers in factories and ports/docks; it maintains a liaison with Factory Inspectorates of States and Union Territories in regard to the implementation and enforcement of provisions of the Factories Act, 1948; renders advice on technical matters; enforces the Dock Workers (Safety Health & Welfare) Act,1986; undertakes research in industrial hygiene and industrial psychology etc.; and provides training mainly in the field of industrial safety and health including one year Diploma Course in Industrial Safety, three-months Post Graduate Certificate course in Industrial Health (Associate Fellow of Industrial Health, six-weeks course in Industrial Hygiene techniques and one month’s Specialised Certificate Course in Safety and Health for Supervisory Personnel working in Hazardous Process Industries.
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF MINES SAFETY, DHANBAD
The Directorate General of Mines Safety is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, which administers the Mines Act, 1952 and the rules and regulations framed thereunder to regulate the objective of Safety, Health and welfares of workers employed in the mines. Apart from administering the Mines Act and Subordinate Legislations thereunder, such as
- Coal Mines Regulations, 1957.
- Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961.
- Oil Mines Regulations, 1984.
- Mines- Rules, 1955.
- Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966.
- Mines Rescue Rules, 1985.
- Mines Creche Rules, 1966.