NHRC notice to Centre, States on high death rate of factory workers
"The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of a newspaper article that according to the Ministry of Labour and Employment's Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) data, three people died and 11 were injured each day on an average between 2017 and 2022, due to accident in the registered factories of the country," said the NHRC.;
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre, States and Union Territories over the reported high death rate of workers in accidents in the registered factories and the measures taken for ensuring the protection of their human rights.
"The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of a newspaper article that according to the Ministry of Labour and Employment's Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) data, three people died and 11 were injured each day on an average between 2017 and 2022, due to accident in the registered factories of the country," said the NHRC.
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Reportedly, as many as 3331 deaths were recorded between 2018 and 2020 but only 14 people were imprisoned for offences under the Factories Act 1948. The data collected by DGFASLI from Chief Inspectors of Factories and Directors of Industrial Safety and Health represents that only registered factories have provided the data, whereas, 90 per cent of workers in India are employed in the informal sector. Even after two years of passing the new occupational safety and health code, it is yet to be implemented, the statement mentioned.
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