Directorate of Industrial safety and Health, Government of Maharashtra have even formed MahaMARG group for the entire state to work on safety and training programs post Covid 19..
The program started by
Directorate of Industry safety and Health (DISH) called as ‘Mutual Aid Response
Group’ (MARG) has gained much momentum since Covid 19. MARG that was started by DISH under the
Maharastra government to provide aid to factory workers during emergency has
been working extensively to look after the safety and health of the factory
workers across sectors.
S.P. Rathod, Director,
Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Govt. of Maharashtra while speaking
at the inaugural event of OSH India organised by Informa markets, a two day
conference at Nesco started on December 16 said, “MARG is very much active and
working at its best to help the workers at factories. It has gained much
momentum since Covid 19, as safety is a priority. We have been enforcing
provisions of factory act made for safety and health of workers. While it is
duty of factory owners to maintain factory in safe condition, the Government is
also enforcing the law and providing safety and health training to the
industry. Under MARG we are doing training program for workers at reactors,
electrical safety industrial, Chemical factories, confined industry, machine
guarding etc. Not only this we have come up with a group for whole Maharastra
together called as MahaMARG.
MahaMARG is a WhatsApp group formed
by the state government along with factory owners, health and safety trainer
to, share and train workers to keep them safe and healthy.
The
ninth edition of Osh Indai is organised to create awareness and building
business in occupational safety and health industry in the new normal. It
started with participation of over 120 Leading Brands, expected to attract over
4000 visitors, Innovation and
Technological breakthroughs at display.
The expo brought together internationally
renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts and key government officials
on a single platform to discuss global best practices and seek solutions to
some of the most pressing challenges in the field of workplace safety and
health.
The event was inaugurated in the presence
of Guest of Honour: S.P. Rathod, Director, Directorate of Industrial Safety
& Health, Govt. of Maharashtra and Mr. D.P. Antapurkar, Director,
Directorate of Steam Boilers, Govt of Maharashtra, along with dignitaries - Dr.
Bishwadeep Paul, Vice-President, Indian Association of Occupational Health;
Mrs. Wendy Leslie Pereira, Vice-President, Safety Appliances Manufacturers
Association; Mr. Pankaj Jain, Group Director, Informa Markets and Mr. Prashant
Jain, Project Director, Informa Markets in India amidst an august industry
gathering.
Pankaj Jain, Group Director,
Informa Markets said, “We as an event organiser are here to bring all
stakeholders together which include the Exhibitors, safety heads and safety
managers from various firms. This is a platform to bring the entire community
in the segment together. This event helps to increase awareness in the
community and marketplace.”
The participation of over 75 leading
exhibitors and over 120 brands across India reaffirmed the need and focus
of OSH India as an industry event. These include Gold Partners -Ansell
& Venus Safety & Health, Silver Partner – ABN Equipments & Redstar
Safety, Hygiene Partner – M.N Rubber ( Shuklaz hand gloves ) and other key
brands include, Diamond Protect, Udyogi International, Ion Science,
Tarapro, Youngman, Garware Technical Fibres Ltd, Portwest UC, Joseph Leslie,
Lancer Footwear, IPAF, System 5S, H2 Safety, Axnoy and many more.
Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, Informa
Markets in India said, “Covid-19 has forced companies to act quickly and
decisively to keep workers safe at work. The government's Atmanirbhar Bharat
initiative is also providing a massive boost to the manufacturing sector, thus
creating an enabler environment and ensuring complete safety standards at
various manufacturing facilities is the need of the hour. OSH India resonates
Government and industry’s support in ensuring the safety and health of
the growing workforce in our country and is geared up to filling this vital gap
with innovation and knowledge through its exhibits and conference in these two
days.”
This year, the expo is well supported by
associations such as - International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), World of
Safety & Health Asia ( WSHASIA ) and Safety Appliances Manufacturers
Association (SAMA).
The key sessions and panel discussions at the
conference are attended by industry
experts
from across the country and leading international organizations such as–
Tata
Coffee, Tata Consulting Engineers, Nayara Energy Limited, Hindalco Industries
Limited, PiramalEnterprises Limited, Sterling and
Wilson Solar, Dupont Sustainable
Solutions, JLL Property Management Consultants
India, National Peroxide Limited,
Bosch Ltd, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter
India, Rustomjee Constructions, Pfizer and
more.
OSH India 2021 is amply
supported by its AllSecure & Travel Safety Guidelines – a safety standard
initiative by Informa for its exhibitors, attendees, visitors, speakers or
sponsors, customers are visiting the event. This has been introduced to conduct
physical trade exhibitions amidst the new normal and has a detailed set of
enhanced measures.
About Informa Markets
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in markets including Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Infrastructure,
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Beverage, and Health & Nutrition, among others. We provide customers and
partners around the globe with opportunities to engage, experience and do
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About Informa Markets and our
business in India
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PLC, a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B Events
organiser in the world. Informa Markets in India (formerly UBM India) is
India's leading exhibition organizer, dedicated to help specialist markets and
customer communities, domestically and around the world to trade, innovate and
grow through exhibitions, digital content & services, and conferences &
seminars. Every year, we host over 25 large scale exhibitions, 40 conferences,
along with industry awards and trainings across the country; thereby enabling
trade across multiple industry verticals. In India, Informa Markets has offices
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