The Mines Labour Welfare Organization makes efforts to bring mining labour at par with the other labour classes by performing the following functions.
Arrangements for Collection of Excise Duty on minerals.
Inspections of the record of mining firms.
Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner.
Chairman of Regional Scrutiny Committees for death grants, marriage grants and talent scholarships.
Regular and periodical medical examinations of mining labour and their families in MLW Hospitals and Dispensaries.
Field visits of Doctors and Mobile X – Ray Units.
Detection of occupational diseases and their monitoring.
Certification of age by medical practitioners.
Formal education to the miner’s children thorough Higher Secondary, High, Middle and Primary Schools.
Provision of vocational training for the children of ladies at Miners Institute, Dandot.
Provision of free books, note books and uniforms etc.
Proposals for new welfare schemes.
Construction s labour barracks, Duplexes, Labour Colonies.
Drinking Water and sanitation facilities.
Solar Plants on labour barracks and other welfare facilities.
To Act for mine workers with regard to their employment conditions i.e. wages, bonus and compensation under various labour laws.
To ensure implementation of labour laws.
