**Executive Summary**
This document is a notification from the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, published on January 29, 2026. It designates the Head of Project, SPL Project, Pellet Plant Complex, as the "occupier" under the Factories Act, 1948, for specific factories. This notification supersedes the earlier notification S.O. 3549 (E) dated July 27, 2022, with certain exceptions.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Supersession of Previous Notification:** The notification S.O. 3549 (E) dated July 27, 2022, is superseded, except for actions already completed before this supersession.
* **Designation of "Occupier":** The Central Government appoints the Head of Project, SPL Project, Pellet Plant Complex, as the occupier under the Factories Act, 1948, for the following factories:
* Pellet Plant, NMDC Ltd., near NMDC Steel Limited, Chokawada and Kasturi
* Slurry Pipeline System from Bailadila to Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh (138Km length)
* Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant, Bacheli Complex, Dantewada
**Impact Analysis**
**Impact on Head of Project, SPL Project, Pellet Plant Complex**
* *Impact:* They are officially designated as the "occupier" under the Factories Act, 1948, for the specified factories.
* *Action Required:* They must manage the affairs of the mentioned factories in accordance with the Factories Act, 1948.
**Impact on NMDC Ltd.**
* *Impact:* NMDC Pellet Plant comes under Factories Act, 1948, with new "occupier" defined.
* *Action Required:* Ensure compliance of factories with Factories Act, 1948, in coordination with the appointed "occupier".
Key Entities Referenced
Factories Act, 1948: The primary law under which this notification is issued, specifically referencing section 2.
Ministry of Steel: The government ministry issuing the notification related to factories.
Pellet Plant, NMDC Ltd: One of the factories, managed by NMDC, to which the notification pertains.
Chhattisgarh: The state where the factories and pipeline systems mentioned in the notification are located.
Slurry Pipeline System from Bailadila to Nagarnar: Another industrial system, in Chhattisgarh, to which the notification pertains.
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इस्ट्पात मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 29 िनवरी, 2026
का.आ. 425(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, कारखाना अजधजनयम, 1948 (1948 का 63) की धारा 2 के खंड (ढ) के पहल े
परन्द्तुक के खंड (iii) के अनुसरण म ें और भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड-3, उपखंड (ii), तारीख 29 िलु ाई,
2022 में प्रकाजित भारत सरकार के इस्ट्पात मंत्रालय की अजधसूचना संखयांक का.आ. 3549 (अ), तारीख 27 िुलाई, 2022
का अजधक्रमण करत े हुए, उन बातों के जसवाय जिन्द्ह ें ऐसे अजधक्रमण स े पूवव दकया गया ह ै या करन े का लोप दकया गया है,
नीचे िी गई सारणी के स्ट्तंभ(1) में जवजनर्िवष्ट अजधकारी को उक्त सारणी के स्ट्तंभ (2) म ेंतत्संबंधी प्रजवजष्ट में जवजनर्िवष्ट कारखान े
के कायों का प्रबंध करन े के जलए जनयुक्त करती ह,ै जिन्द्ह ें उक्त अजधजनयम के प्रयोिनों के जलए अजधष्ठाता के रूप में समझा
िाएगा, अर्ावतः-
सारणी
अजधकारी का पिनाम और पता कारखाने का नाम और पता
(1) (2)
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पैलेट पलांट काम्पपलेक्स, चोकावाडा- कस्ट्तूरी, एनएमडीसी इस्ट्पात जलजमटेड के जनकट
पोस्ट्ट-नगरनार, जिला-बस्ट्तर, ग्रामःचोकावाडा और कस्ट्तरू ी
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िगिलपुर,छत्तीसगढ पोस्ट्ट –नगरनार, िगिलपुर,
जपनः 494001 जिला-बस्ट्तर, छत्तीसगढ,
जपन-494001
2. बैलाडीला से नगरनार तक स्ट्लरी पाइपलाइन
प्रणाली (138 दकमी लम्पबाई ), छत्तीसगढ़
3. लौह अयस्ट्क बेजनदिजसयेिन संयंत्र,
बचेली कॉम्पपलेक्स,
ज़िला: िजिण बस्ट्तर,िंतेवाडा
जपन: 494553
[िा. स.ं S-28016/5/2025-NMDC]
जवनोि के. जत्रपाठी, संयुक्त सजचव
MINISTRY OF STEEL
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th January, 2026
S.O. 425(E).—In pursuance of clause (iii) of the first proviso to clause (n) of section 2 of the Factories Act,
1948 (63 of 1948), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Steel number
S.O. 3549 (E), dated the 27th July 2022 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(ii), dated the 29th July 2022, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central
Government hereby appoints the officer specified in column (1) of the Table below to manage the affairs of the factory
specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table who shall be deemed to be the occupier for the
purposes of the said Act, namely :-
TABLE
Officer’s designation and address Name and address of factory.
(1) (2)
Head of Project, SPL Project, Pellet Plant Complex, 1. Pellet Plant, NMDC Ltd.,
Chokawada-Kasturi, PO: Nagarnar, Jagdalpur, Near NMDC Steel Limited
Chhattisgarh, PIN-: 494001. Plant Village: Chokawada and Kasturi
PO- Nagarnar, Jagdalpur
District Bastar, Chhattisgarh,
PIN-494001
2. Slurry Pipeline System from Bailadila to
Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh
(138Km length)
3. Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant,
Bacheli Complex,
District: Dakshin Bastar, Dantewada,
PIN: 494553
[F. No. S-28016/5/2025-NMDC]
VINOD K. TRIPATHI, Jt. Secy.
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