Rule 61: Residential facilities for workers including contract labours
Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026
Rule 61 — Governs residential facilities for workers including contract labours and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: Residential facility, if any, provided by mine employer, shall be at a safe distance from the active working area of opencast workings, pits, shafts, dump yards, stock piles, unstable workings, wells and other installations in…
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 were finally notified under G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026. The Central Rules must be read with the Code and any later amendment/corrigendum.
Finin2min analysis — operative rule mechanics
Operative clauses
- Residential facility, if any, provided by mine employer, shall be at a safe distance from the active working area of opencast workings, pits, shafts, dump yards, stock piles, unstable workings, wells and other installations in oil mines for workers including contract labour.
Provisos / explanations
- No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this rule.
Thresholds & timelines
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Mapped Code sections
Full notified text — Rule 61
61. Residential facilities for workers including contract labours.- Residential facility, if any,
provided by mine employer, shall be at a safe distance from the active working area of opencast
workings, pits, shafts, dump yards, stock piles, unstable workings, wells and other installations in oil
mines for workers including contract labour.
C. BUILDING OR OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKApplication and evidence
- Primary statutory test — Residential facility, if any, provided by mine employer, shall be at a safe distance from the active working area of opencast workings, pits, shafts, dump yards, stock piles, unstable workings, wells and other installations in oil mines for workers including contract labour.
- Code Section mapping — 24. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Employer, Worker.
Cross-references & prescribed forms
Sections cited/mapped
Forms
No form is directly mapped in the current rule register.
Worked example
For an establishment affected by residential facilities for workers including contract labours, the compliance owner should identify the applicable sector and authority, document the prescribed control/notice/record and retain inspection or training evidence. A text point to test is: “Residential facility, if any, provided by mine employer, shall be at a safe distance from the active working area of opencast workings, pits, shafts, dump yards, stock piles, unstable workings, wells and other installations in oil mines for workers including contract labour.” Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 24.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 61
What is Rule 61 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 61 — Governs residential facilities for workers including contract labours and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: Residential facility, if any, provided by mine employer, shall be at a safe distance from the active working area of opencast workings, pits, shafts, dump yards, stock piles, unstable workings, wells and other installations in…
What does Rule 61 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “Residential facility, if any, provided by mine employer, shall be at a safe distance from the active working area of opencast workings, pits, shafts, dump yards, stock piles, unstable workings, wells and other installations in oil mines for workers including contract labour.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 61 contain a proviso or explanation?
No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this rule text. Check the complete rule below for clause-level conditions.
What deadline, period, percentage or amount appears in Rule 61?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 61?
The current concordance maps Rule 61 to Section(s) 24.
When did Rule 61 come into force?
The final Central Rules were notified as G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026; Rule 1 states that the Rules come into force on publication. Check any later amendment or corrigendum before reliance.