The Factories Act of 1948 (Act No. 63 of 1948), as amended by the Factories (Amendment) Act of 1987 (Act 20 of 1987), serves to help formulate national policies in India with respect to safety and health at work. factories and docks in India. It deals with several problems related to the safety, health, efficiency and well-being of people in the workplace.
The Law is administered by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in India through its General Directorate for the Advisory Service of Factories and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) and by the state governments through its factory inspectors. DGFASLI advises central and state governments on the administration of the Factories Act and the coordination of factory inspection services in the States.
The Law is applicable to any factory in which ten or more workers work, or were working on any day of the previous twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is carried out with the help of the power, or Ordinarily carried out, or where twenty or more workers work, or were working on any day of the previous twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process takes place without the help of energy, or normally is carried out; but this does not include a mine, or a mobile unit belonging to the armed forces of the union, a railway house or a hotel, restaurant or place of food.