Union Cabinet approves merger of National Institute of Miners' Health with ICMR NIOH

Published On 2019-07-26 04:15 GMT | Update On 2019-07-26 04:15 GMT

New Delhi, Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the merger of National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH) with Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Occupational Health (ICMR-NIOH).

Briefing the decisions, Union I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the Cabinet approved the dissolving of NIMH, the autonomous institute under Ministry of Mines, and merge with ICMR- NIOH, Ahmedabad, under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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"The merger with all assets and liabilities and absorb all the employees of NIMH in NIOH in the similar post/pay scale as the case may be and their pay be protected", he said.

NIMH, ICMR, NIOH, MOM, and department of Health Research (DHR) and MoH&FW will take actions required for effecting dissolution and merger, amalgamation of NIMH with NIOH.

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According to the government, the merger/ amalgamation of NIMH with NIOH will prove beneficial to both the institute in terms of enhanced expertise in the field of occupational health besides the efficient management of public money.

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Union Cabinet approves merger of National Institute of Miners' Health with ICMR NIOH

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