National Safety Council (India)

National Safety Council is a premier, non-profit, self-financing and tripartite apex body at the national level in India.^[1] It is an autonomous body, which was set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment on 4 March 1966 to generate, develop and sustain a voluntary movement on Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) at the national level. It was registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and subsequently, as a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950.

Vision

Serving the Society by creating a preventive culture, scientific mindset and organised approach to SHE issues. It is our belief that these issues are a basic humanitarian concern. We equally believe that their effective addressal is greatly facilitated if their intrinsic relationship with quality and productivity is well demonstrated.

Activities

• Conducting specialised training Courses, Conferences, Seminars & Workshops all over the Nation
• Conducting consultancy studies such as Safety Audits, Hazard Evaluation, Emergency Management Planning & Risk Assessment
• Designing and developing HSE promotional materials & publications
• Facilitating organisations in celebrating various campaigns e.g. Road safety week, Safety Day, Fire Service Week, World Environment Day
• Organised many national and international conferences e.g. XIII World Congress (1993) and XI APOSHO Conference (1995) and implemented many a prestigious project

A computerised Management Information Service has been established for collection, retrieval and dissemination of information to achieve its Objective^[2] .

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