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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 · XI

Section 72: Establishment, maintenance of rescue services and vocational training

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026

Section 72 — Governs establishment, maintenance of rescue services and vocational training and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: The Central Government may prescribe vocational training and rescue and recovery services for persons employed in a mine.

Full official textSource checked: 20 August 202654 direct Central Rule link(s)

Current-law status

All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.

Primary sources

Provision / India Code ↗ · Official Act PDF ↗ · 2026 Central Rules ↗

Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does

Operative clauses

The Central Government may prescribe vocational training and rescue and recovery services for persons employed in a mine.

Provisos, explanations & qualifications

No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this section text.

Thresholds and timelines in the text

No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this section text.

Actors expressly appearing in the text

No standard actor label extracted; identify the legal subject from the full text.

Full statutory text — Section 72

Official English text transcribed from the current India Code consolidation; page headers/line breaks are normalised for web reading. The Gazette/India Code PDF remains authoritative for typography, amendment footnotes and schedules.

72. Establishment, maintenance of rescue services and vocational training.—The Central
Government may prescribe vocational training and rescue and recovery services for persons employed in
a mine.

How to apply this provision

Primary statutory test — The Central Government may prescribe vocational training and rescue and recovery services for persons employed in a mine.
Central Rule mapping — 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
Prescribed-form link recorded in the corpus — IX, X. Confirm the current notified form/version before filing.

Why this is section-specific: the operative-clause, exception, threshold and cross-reference panels above are extracted from Section 72 itself rather than a generic “trigger/control/evidence” template.

Rules, forms and cross-references

Forms mapped

IX, X

Other sections cited in this text

None expressly mapped in the current concordance.

Related Labour Hub resources

State overlays Forms Labour litigation

A direct concordance is not exhaustive. Central/State jurisdiction, schemes, authority appointments, saved instruments and later notifications may change the practical route without changing the section wording.

Worked example

For an establishment affected by establishment, maintenance of rescue services and vocational training, 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: “The Central Government may prescribe vocational training and rescue and recovery services for persons employed in a mine.” Read the mapped Central Rule(s) 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176. Use the current notified IX, X where the process requires it.

Illustration only; it is not statutory text or a substitute for applying the actual facts, jurisdiction, current rule/scheme and official instrument.

Q&A — Section 72

What does Section 72 of the OSHWC Code cover?

What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 72?

The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “The Central Government may prescribe vocational training and rescue and recovery services for persons employed in a mine.” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.

Does Section 72 contain a proviso or explanation?

No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this section text. Check the full text below for clause-level qualifications.

What time limit, percentage or amount appears in Section 72?

No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in the official section text.

Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 72?

The current concordance maps Section 72 to Central Rule(s) 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176.

Is a prescribed form mapped to Section 72?

The current corpus records: IX, X. Confirm the current notified version before filing or service.

Is Section 72 currently operative?

All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.

Source & verification trail

Act: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — official India Code PDF ↗

Central Rules: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026 ↗

Official library: Ministry of Labour & Employment — Labour Codes ↗

Source check: 20 August 2026. Individual professional interpretation should be re-reviewed when the section, rules, notification, scheme, State overlay or controlling judgment changes.

Reliance note: This page is an educational legal-reference layer. Verify the current official text, the applicable Central/State rules, notifications, schemes and judicial decisions before acting on a live matter.

Mine rescue and training evidence controls

Section 72 should be applied with the current delegated rules and mine-sector implementation material, not as a standalone checklist. The Code is in force from 21 November 2025; operational duties may depend on the applicable rules, standards, directions and the mine category.

Map rescue facilities, equipment, competencies, drills and vocational training to the current applicable instrument.
Maintain training attendance, competency/authorisation records, equipment inspection/test logs and drill records.
Identify the responsible employer/owner/agent/manager role for each control instead of using a generic “management” label.
For DGMS-regulated matters, verify current DGMS directions/standards before stating a numeric frequency or equipment requirement.

Primary source: India Code — OSHWC Code, 2020.