FACTORIES

Implementation and enforcement of:

1.THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 AND THE RULES MADE THERE UNDER.

FUNCTIONS UNDER THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 AND THE RULES MADE THERE UNDER.

• Approval of factory plans
• Registration, grant & renewal of factory license
• Routine inspections of registered factories
• Inspections for new coverage of factories
• To attend complaints
• Investigation of accidents, dangerous occurrences & occupational diseases reported
• Initiate legal proceedings against the defaulters in the court of law & follow up for the same
• Recognition of Competent Persons, Safety Officers, Factory Medical Officers, Welfare Officers, Occupational Health Laboratories & Occupational Safety and Health Auditors under the Act and the Rules.
• Issue of Notifications, Framing & amendment of rules prescribed under the aforesaid Act

2.THE ENVIRONMENT(PROTECTION) ACT, 1986 (PART IMPLEMENTATION)

Functions under The Environment Protection Act, 1986.

• Implementation & enforcement of Manufacture, Storage & Import Of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 in the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948.