Question : PRIVATISATION OF SAFETY AND SUPERVISION OF MINES

(a) whether the Governments have any proposal to privatise and hand over the safety and supervision in mines to private agencies; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL AND MINES(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)&(b): Mines Safety and related supervision is under the purview of Ministry of Labour who have intimated that they have no proposal to privatise and hand over the safety and supervision in mines to private agencies.