Contents of the OSH (Central) Rules

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026

Rule 85. Qualification and criteria of the contractor

Chapter XIPart I — Contract LabourMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026

Official text

For the purposes of obtaining license, the contractor as an entity or as an individual shall not be an un-discharged insolvent or be convicted at any time during the last two years, of an offence which is liable for punishment for more than three months of imprisonment.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026, G.S.R. 345(E) — Gazette of India, p. 198 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 198 · official download · all sources

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