Factories act of 1948
Factories act of 1948 INTRODUCTION The Factories Act,1948 (Act No. 63 of 1948), as amended by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act 20 of 1987) helps in assisting in formulating the national policies if India with regards to the occupational safety and health in factories at India. It deals with various problems concerning safety, health, efficiency and well-being of the persons at work places. The Act is applicable to any factory where ten or more workers are working or any working day in the twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on with the power, or is ordinarily so carried on, or whereon twenty or more workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on without the aid of power, or is ordinarily so carried on; but this does not include a mine, or a mobile unit belonging to the armed forces of the union, a railway r...