• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Advertisement
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Law & Policy

National Safety Council (NSC)

February 5, 2021
in Law & Policy
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
National Safety Council (NSC)
553
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook
image_pdfMake PDF
  • The Ministry of labour and employment has appointed Larsen & Toubro’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director SN Subrahmanyan as the chairman of the National Safety Council for a period of three years

National Safety Council (NSC) 

  • Set up by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India (GOI) on 4th March, 1966 to generate, develop and sustain a voluntary movement on Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) at the national level. 
  • It is an apex not-for-profit making tripartite body, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950.
  • Objective NSC carries out various activities, these include 
    • organising and conducting specialised training programmes/courses, conferences, seminars & workshops; 
    • conducting consultancy studies such as safety audits, safety ratings, hazard evaluation & risk assessment; 
    • designing and developing HSE promotional materials & publications; 
    • facilitating organisations in celebrating/observing  various campaigns viz.  National Safety Day/Week, Fire Service Week, World Environment Day and Road Safety Week.
    • To its credit, NSC has successfully organised many national and international conferences e.g. XIII World Congress (1993) and APOSHO Conferences (1995 and 2016) and implemented many prestigious projects. 
  • It also serves as a gateway to the state-of-art information on HSE aspects at the international level.
  • In the course of its services for more than 50 years, it has built up technical expertise and competence to meet the emerging challenges in the HSE aspects due to continuous advancements in technologies.
  • It has been doing dedicated service to the nation in developing and leading the voluntary movement under the able guidance of the Governing Body since 1966.

Management

  • The affairs of the Council are managed by a Governing Body called Board of Governors. 
  • The Board consists of 51 members besides the Chairman. 
  • The Board is tripartite in nature with members from Government, Employers Organizations and Trade Union Organizations.

Chairman

  • An eminent industrialist, nominated by the Govt. of India as the Chairman of NSC.

Director General

  • The Director General is the Chief Executive of NSC and Secretary to the Board of Governors.

The Board Comprising:

  • Immediate Past Chairman
  • 16 members, nominated by the Govt. of India  (8 representing the Central Organisations of Employers and 8 representing the Central Organisations of Workers)
  • 32 members elected by the General Body of NSC
  • 2 experts nominated by the Board
image_pdfMake PDF
Source: nsc.org.in and The Hindu
Tags: News PaperPrelims

Related Posts

Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat (SRESTHA-G project)

Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat (SRESTHA-G project)

May 20, 2022
Article 142 of the Constitution

Article 142 of the Constitution

May 20, 2022
‘Gifted seat’ norms by AICTE

‘Gifted seat’ norms by AICTE

May 20, 2022
National Policy on Biofuels, 2018

National Policy on Biofuels, 2018

May 19, 2022
The first Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT)

The first Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT)

May 18, 2022
What is the Places of Worship Act?

What is the Places of Worship Act?

May 18, 2022
First ‘smoke free’ state in India

First ‘smoke free’ state in India

May 17, 2022
SSR and SRIMAN Guidelines

SSR and SRIMAN Guidelines

May 14, 2022
FSSAI formulates regulations for ‘Ayurveda Aahara’ products

FSSAI formulates regulations for ‘Ayurveda Aahara’ products

May 13, 2022
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 5

National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 5

May 10, 2022
Please login to join discussion

Our Offline Classroom Student

PRELIMS 2021 POLITY QUESTIONS ANALYSED

https://youtu.be/5q8hBcRGhAs

PRELIMS 2021 HISTORY QUESTIONS ANALYSED

https://youtu.be/v0SIZ7SUybg

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2020 TOPPERS !!!

Rank 25 Vaibhav Rawat 

Rank 218 Kankanala Rahul Reddy
Rank 385 Sagar A Wadi
Rank 504 Malashree MV
Rank 573 Shridevi B V
Rank 707 Mamatha G

COURSES OFFERED

PRELIMS SURESHOTS

May 2022
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031 
« Apr    

Browse by Category

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tags

AIR BBC Business Standard CNN Deccan Herald DownToEarth Down to Earth DTE Economic Times ET GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express India today Indiatoday Kurukshetra LiveMint Mains News News Paper Newspaper PIB PIB & The Hindu pre Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The Hindustan Times The India Express The Indian Express The New Indian Express Times of India TOI TOPPERS UNDP website Wikipedia Yojana
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR BBC Business Standard CNN Deccan Herald DownToEarth Down to Earth DTE Economic Times ET GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express India today Indiatoday Kurukshetra LiveMint Mains News News Paper Newspaper PIB PIB & The Hindu pre Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The Hindustan Times The India Express The Indian Express The New Indian Express Times of India TOI TOPPERS UNDP website Wikipedia Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In