Safety, Health And Environment At Workplace-ILO Conventions

The Government of India, as a member of the International Labour Organization is committed to adopt the International Standards of safety, health and environment at workplace formulated by ILO. A Tripartite Committee on Conventions under the Ministry of Labour and Employment discusses the ways and means of giving effect to these standards. The ILO Conventions on safety, health and environment are regularly deliberated in the meetings of the committee and all efforts are made to ratify these Conventions.

The standards of safety, health and environment at workplace prescribed in the statutes namely under the Factories Act, 1948 and the Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 are at par with the international standards.

However, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops awareness campaigns etc. are conducted by Directorate General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) regularly to deliberate on these issues from time to time. This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Harish Rawat in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.