Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2010, Publicación: 100ª reunión CIT (2011)

Convenio sobre el benceno, 1971 (núm. 136) - India (Ratificación : 1991)

The Committee notes the responses provided in the Government’s report and the attached details of the factories notified under section 85 of the Factories Act 1948 and the Schedule on benzene, across a number of states and union territories, which continues to give effect to Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of developments in this regard with particular reference to the listed states and union territories not yet notified under section 85 of the Factories Act 1948 and the Schedule on benzene, and to those states and union territories not listed.

Article 10(2) of the Convention. Provision of free medical examinations. The Committee notes the response provided by the Government indicating the states and union territories that provide free medical examinations. The Committee further notes the information that in the State of Rajasthan, a fee of 10 rupees per examination of each worker is charged from the occupier, and that in the State of Uttar Pradesh, measures only apply to factories which employ five or more workers. The Committee asks the Government to provide further information on whether the costs indicated with regard to the State of Rajasthan are transferred to the workers concerned, and whether measures exist in the State of Uttar Pradesh in factories employing less than five workers.

Part IV of the report form. Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee asks the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country, and to attach extracts from inspection reports and, where such statistics exist, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, and the number, nature and cause of accidents reported.