National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH) Dissolve

(Cabinet)

WHAT

The Union Cabinet has approved to dissolve the ‘National Institute of Miners’ Health’ and merge/amalgamate with the ‘ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health’ with all assets and liabilities.

It absorbs all the employees of NIMH in NIOH in the similar post/pay scale as the case may be and their pay be protected.

 

IMPACT

The merger/amalgamation of NIMH with NIOH will prove beneficial to both the Institutes in term of enhanced expertise in the field of occupational health besides the efficient management of public money.

 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINERS’ HEALTH

• The National Institute of Miners’ Health was registered under Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 as an “Autonomous Body” on 21st February 1990.
• Its registered office is located at Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka and the Central Laboratory in Nagpur.
• The Institute conducts applied research in occupational health and hygiene.
• It also specializes in providing technical support services to mining and mineral based industry with special reference to metalliferous sector and endeavors for safe mines and healthy miners through research & development.

 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

• ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health is a premier public health institute, which was established in 1966 as Occupational Health Research Institute (OHRI).
• The OHRI was later renamed as “National Institute of Occupational Health” (NIOH) in 1970.
• The focus areas of NIOH include a vast array of areas related to occupational health which also includes, occupational medicine and occupational hygiene.
• The National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad, was established by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.

 

Objectives:

• To promote intensive research to evaluate environmental stresses/factors at the workplace.
• Promote the highest quality of occupational health through fundamental and applied research.
• To develop control technologies and health programmes through basic and fundamental research and to generate human resources in the field.

 

Source: PIB

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