New Dehi, Dec 16, 2014:The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises is aware of the use of hazardous chemicals in industrial activities for economic growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, registered as factories under Factories Act 1948.
The Ministry has taken a number of steps to ensure safety and health of the workers through enactment of various statutes in the form of the factories Act 1948 and the Model Factories Rules framed thereunder for the manufacturing sector. For observing safety in industrial plants, Hazardous Chemical Rules 1989 are laid down for Manufacture, Storage and Import and under The Chemical Accidents (Emergency, Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules 1986, Ministry of Environment and Forest has prescribed various safety and environment standards for chemical plants.
This information was given by the Minister of State, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Giriraj Singh in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here today.
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