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Under section 16(2)(a) of the OSH Code, 2020, the Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment is the Chairperson of the National Occupational Safety and Health Advisory…

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Who is the Chairperson of the National Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board under section 16 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020?

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Under section 16(2)(a) of the OSH Code, 2020, the Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment is the Chairperson of the National Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board ex officio, so no separate appointment of a chairperson is made. The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and the Director General, Mines Safety are ex officio members, and the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment is the Member Secretary ex officio. (Under the former section 3(2)(a) of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, the Chairman of the Central Advisory Contract Labour Board was appointed by the Central Government.)

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