Labour Minister Nayini Narsimha Reddy has said that a prestigious ‘Safety Academy’ would be set up near here with the sole objective of spreading awareness about industrial safety and preventing accidents at workplaces.
He said that on May Day the government would announce an increase in minimum wages from ₹12,000 to ₹ 18,000 for all contract workers in small, medium and large industries.
Responding to a request on the matter made by industrialists at a meeting conducted by the Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry to mark the World Day for Safety and Health here on Friday, he said the academy would be on the lines of an existing one at Bengaluru.
Industrial accidents were a matter of serious concern, he said.
The World Safety Day was when all concerned resolved to help prevent accidents and pay their respects to those who died in such accidents, he said, apart from remembering the services of those who were injured.
Thanks to the ruling TRS government and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the TS-iPass industrial policy had led to creation of more jobs in the private sector, he said. In 2015, 76 people had lost their lives across the State while 70 were injured.
Director of Factories (Telangana) Kishan was present.
