“Indian safety policy makers unrepresentative of 80% of the workforce”

By admin November 23, 2012 7:02 am IST

India has had legislation on occupational safety and health for 50 years. But regulatory authorities are limited to a number that is grossly inadequate even for the inspection of formal units that only employ about 10% of India’s total workforce (around  26 million), let alone the millions who work in the informal sector with absolutely no safeguards. The occupational safety and health (OSH) scenario in India is complex with challenges such as huge workforce in a largely unorganised sector, availability of cheap labour, meagre public spending on health, apathy of stakeholders and infrastructure problems.

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