⇒ Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Environment, Forest and Climate Change presented Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar, National Safety Awards for the performance year 2018 and National Safety Awards (Mines) for the contest years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
» In case of Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar, for the performance year 2018, total 96 awards were given.
» In case of National Safety Awards, total 141 number of (80 winners & 61 runners-up) awards were given.
» In case of National Safety Awards (Mines), total 144 awards were given (72 Winner prizes and 72 Runner-up prizes) for the contest year 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020.
About Awards:
- The Ministry of Labour & Employment, has been operating the “Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar” and “National Safety Awards (NSA)” since 1965 and National Safety Awards (Mines) since 1983.
- VRP and NSA are operated by the Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), Mumbai.
- NSA (Mines) is operated by Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS), Dhanbad.
- VRP is awarded in recognition of outstanding suggestions given by a worker or group of workers and implemented by the management during the performance calendar year resulting in improvement in quality, productivity and working conditions such as safety, health and environmental conservation in the industrial undertakings where “Suggestion Schemes” are in operation.
- The NSA is given in recognition of outstanding safety performance of industrial establishments, construction sites, ports and installations under Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to stimulate and maintain the interests of both the management and the workers in accident prevention programs.