Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety Awards for the Performance Year 2013 Presented
The Minister of State for Labour & Employment (Independent Charge) Shri Bandaru Dattatreya gave away Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety Awards for the Performance Year 2013, here today. Speaking on the occasion Shri Dattatreya said that workforce is the biggest asset and the backbone of industrialization and protecting their health and interests and ensuring their safety at all times is of the utmost importance. The VRP and NSA awards work both as an impetus as well as a catalyst to unleash the latent and untapped potentials of the promising workers at the plant level while recognizing the excellent performance of the companies in preventing accidents and promoting safety at work place VRP is awarded in recognition of outstanding suggestions given by a worker or group of workers and implemented by the management in the form of cash prize and a certificate of merit in three categories: Class A Five (5) of Rs. 75,000/- each, Class B Eight (8) of Rs. 50,000/- each and Class C - Fifteen (15) of Rs. 25,000/- each. There are 28 award winners out of a total of 193 applications received from different industries for the Performance Year 2013. This year these 28 awards are being shared by 132 individuals.
The NSA is given in recognition of outstanding safety performance of industrial establishments, construction sites, ports and installations under AERB to stimulate and maintain the interests of both the management and the workers in accident prevention programmes. The awards are given under twelve schemes, out of which ten are meant for Factories /Construction sites /Installations under AERB and two are for Ports. Under each award, a Shield and a Certificate of Merit is given to each of the Award Winners and Runners-up. The establishments are classified in different schemes on the basis of working of highest man-hours.
The criteria for presentation of these Awards is - Lowest Average Frequency Rate over a period of three consecutive years ending in the contest year as compared to the National Average for that group of industries.The other one is -Accident Free year based on man-hours worked during the contest year.
For the Performance year 2013, the total number of NSA Award Winners and Runners-up in all the ten schemes adds up to 98 (53 winners & 42 runners-up), which were selected out of 199 applications received under various schemes.
The Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, has been operating the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) (Previously known as Shram Vir National Awards) and National Safety Awards (NSA) since 1965. These Award schemes are operated by its technical wing namely the Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), Mumbai an attached office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. DGFASLI renders technical advice /service to workers, their representatives and managements in factories and docks to humanize industrial activities by promoting safety & health at work.
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