Taking up the most neglected and sensitive topic in the coal mining sector – safety of mine labours, the ministry of coal is working towards ‘zero harm’ policy and coal companies would increase revenue spend on it. The plan also includes phasing out of all manual...

By Our Representative Gujarat’s powerful health officialdom has created yet another hurdle in the payment of compensation to the victims of the deadly disease, silicosis. It has questioned the diagnosis of the disease by a privately-run reputed hospital operating in...

Nearly 42.5% private sector employees in India suffer from depression or general anxiety disorder due to demanding schedules, high stress levels and performance-linked perquisites, a study said today on the eve of World Health Day. Delhi ranks first in terms of number...

MEDIA RELEASE: March 23, 2015 Dozens of prestigious scientific organizations and scientists from around the world have issued a Statement calling on the Government of India to withdraw a discredited scientific study on chrysotile (white) asbestos and to stop blocking...

By Our Representative The labour and employment department, Government of Gujarat, in a letter to Vadodara-based NGO People’s Training and Research Centre (PTRC), has refused to give in the demand that musculoskeletal diseases (MSD) and the diseases caused due to...