GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF LABOUR
DIRECTORATE
GENERAL FACTORY ADVICE SERVICE & LABOUR INSTITUTES
The Directorate General Factory Advice
Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) is an attached office of the Ministry of Labour, Government
of India. DGFASLI organisation was set
up in 1945 under the Ministry of Labour, Government of India to serve as a
technical arm to assist the Ministry in formulating national policies on
occupational safety and health in factories and docks and to advise State Governments
and factories on matters concerning safety, health, efficiency and well-being
of the persons at workplace. It also
enforces safety and health statutes in major ports of the country.
The Directorate General Factory Advice
Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) comprises:
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Headquarters situated in Mumbai
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Central Labour Institute in Mumbai
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Regional Labour Institutes in
Kolkata, Chennai, Faridabad and Kanpur
The Central Labour Institute in Mumbai
functions as a socio-economic laboratory and is a national institute dealing
with the scientific study of all aspects of industrial development relating to
the human factors.
Over the past 33 years the Central
Labour Institute has constantly grown not only in size but also in stature and
has earned national and international recognition. It has been recognised by the International Labour Organisation
as a Centre of Excellence in training on Occupational Safety and Health in the
Asian and Pacific Region. It also
functions as a National Centre for CIS (International Occupational Safety and
Health Information Centre) and the Centre for National Safety and Health Hazard
Alert System. At the national level,
apart from providing research and training support to the Government and
functioning as a technical arm of the Ministry of Labour, the institute
provides comprehensive and multi-disciplinary services to the Industrial Port
sector through studies, technical advice, training and dissemination of
information. It also runs National
Referral Diagnostic Centre for early detection of occupational disorders and
thereby controls and prevents them. It
has a modern Audio Visual Studio fully equipped with sophisticated video
production equipment to produce quality U-matic video films on Safety and
Health. The Regional Labour Institutes
are a scaled-down version of the Central Labour Institute and cater to the
needs of their respective regions.
The organisation is poised to grow
further, and meet the increased demands on it.
In a developing country with a large number of industries having diverse
and complex nature, the task of protecting safety and health of workers is an
uphill task. Armed with the technology,
good-will of the industrial society and the strength of the dedicated staff,
the organisation is well prepared to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It is committed to the goal of making the
workplace safer.
Visit us at : http://www.dgfasli.nic.in