Chairman of National Safety Council appointed 

Chairman of National Safety Council appointed 

Part of: GS Prelims and GS- II – Policies and Interventions

In news 

• The Ministry of Labour & Employment has appointed Shri S.N. Subrahmanyan, CEO and Managing Director, L&T Ltd, as the Chairman of the National Safety Council for three years.

Important value additions 

National Safety Council 

• National Safety Council is a non-profit, self-financing apex body at the national level in India.
• Objective: To generate, develop and sustain a voluntary movement on Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) at the national level.
• It is an autonomous body. 
• Set up by: Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1965.
• It was registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and subsequently, as a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950.