{"id":52128,"date":"2019-09-12T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T05:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=52128"},"modified":"2019-09-12T10:54:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T05:24:01","slug":"answered-indias-record-in-promoting-occupational-and-industrial-safety-remains-weak-even-with-years-of-robust-economic-growth-discuss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-indias-record-in-promoting-occupational-and-industrial-safety-remains-weak-even-with-years-of-robust-economic-growth-discuss\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cIndia\u2019s record in promoting occupational and industrial safety remains weak even with years of robust economic growth.\u201d Discuss."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Status of poor occupational and industrial safety in India. Solutions for the same.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Around 2.3 lakh workers were affected and 2,500 died in more than 81 industrial accidents in the past three-and-a-half decades. Laws for safety and health at work in India have provisions to report the accidents and occupational diseases, but enforcement is so weak that there is a huge gap between the estimated fatal and non-fatal accidents reported by ILO for India, and the figures reported to ILO by the Indian Government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor occupational and\nindustrial safety:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Based on occupational injury rates estimated by\nthe World Bank, the risk of fatal and non-fatal occupational injury in India is\nabout two and a half times higher than in the Europe and North America.<\/li>
  2. Diagnosis of occupational disease is still a\nrare event and is majorly ignored. Medical professionals in public and private\nsectors are not reporting cases of occupational diseases for several reasons.  Between 2014-16, 132 cases of occupational\ndiseases were notified by only 5 states of India. <\/li>
  3. In India, there are still thousands of people\nwho do not know where they were born and when. The literacy rate in India\nstands at 74% (2011) which may be an indicator, though it does not assure that\npeople know their legal rights. <\/li>
  4. Society is riddled with divisions on the lines\nof religion, caste, colour, region and language. Social and economic\ninequality, poor governance, rule of the mighty, legacy of feudal thought, and\nhuge economical gaps are hindrances in achieving labour rights. And now under\nthe \u201cease of doing business,\u201d labour laws are further liberalised to push more\nworkers out of the purview of the law. <\/li>
  5. State governments are curbing powers of\nenforcement agencies by amending policies for inspection of workplaces.\nOverall, it does not provide a conducive social environment for reporting of\naccidents and occupational diseases.<\/li>
  6. Dissonance prevails between the labour\ndepartment and the health department about their duties. Setting up a separate\ncell on occupational health within the health department and making them\nresponsible to monitor the health of workers in all economic sectors may be a\nsolution. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What should be done?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The state has a major role to play. It should invest\nin propagating legal provisions.<\/li>
    2. Workers, trade unions and non-profits may be\neducated on notifiable occupational diseases.<\/li>
    3. The government should provide assistance to\nindustry to improve the work environment.<\/li>
    4. The central government should name one single\ncompetent authority for all cases notified from mines, manufacturing, services\nand other sectors. Amend the law to empower any citizen to notify a case.<\/li>
    5. The notifications should be online and should be\naccessible to the public so that possibility of changing the record by the\nauthority can be minimised or diminished.<\/li>
    6. Multiple approaches are needed \u2013 surveillance,\ndata collated from research, data from social security and compensation claims\nare important.<\/li>
    7. Out-patient departments may be opened in all\npublic hospitals for diagnosis of occupational diseases. Private hospitals also\nmay be encouraged.<\/li>
    8. Society, in general, should invest more in\noccupational safety and health rights including diagnosis and notifications of\noccupational diseases and accidents.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      As countries get economically stronger, governance must improve, reflected by better data on occupational injuries and diseases. People with more political power may lead to develop technology and a social atmosphere where reporting of occupational diseases will be easier. With technological advancement, working conditions may improve which would reduce occupational diseases. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Status of poor occupational and industrial safety in India. Solutions for the same. Conclusion. Way forward. Around 2.3 lakh workers were affected and 2,500 died in more than 81 industrial accidents in the past three-and-a-half decades. Laws for safety and health at work in India have provisions… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cIndia\u2019s record in promoting occupational and industrial safety remains weak even with years of robust economic growth.\u201d Discuss.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52128","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}