Executive Summary:
This notification announces amendments to the Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Rules, 1963. It mandates that employers of mines or circuses must upload a unified annual return in Form X online by February 1st of each year. Additionally, in cases of sale, abandonment, or discontinuance of operations, a further unified return must be uploaded within a specified timeframe. The rules come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
Key Points / Main Content:
Amendments to Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Rules:
* The notification amends the Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Rules, 1963.
* These amendments are called the Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Amendment Rules, 2019.
* The rules come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Annual Return Requirements:
* Rule 16 of the Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Rules, 1963 is substituted.
* Employers of every mine or circus must upload a unified annual return in Form X online.
* The return must be uploaded on the web portal of the Central Government in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
* The return must be uploaded on or before the 1st day of February each year.
* The return must contain information about the preceding year.
* Inspectors may require the production of accounts, books, registers and other documents maintained in electronic form or otherwise during inspection.
* "Electronic form" has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Discontinuance, Sale, or Abandonment:
* If a mine or circus is sold, abandoned, or discontinued, a further unified return in Form X must be uploaded.
* This return covers the period between the end of the preceding year and the date of sale, abandonment, or discontinuance.
* The return must be uploaded within one month of the date of sale or abandonment, or four months of the date of discontinuance.
Impact Analysis:
Employers of Mines and Circuses:
Impact: Employers are now required to submit annual returns online in a specified format and within set deadlines. They also have new reporting obligations in case of sale, abandonment or closure.
Action Required: Employers must familiarize themselves with Form X, establish a process for collecting the required information, and ensure timely online submission via the Ministry of Labour and Employment web portal. They must also adhere to the new reporting requirements in case of sale, abandonment, or discontinuance of operations.
Ministry of Labour and Employment:
Impact: The Ministry's web portal will be the central point for receiving and managing the unified annual returns.
Action Required: The Ministry needs to ensure that its web portal is equipped to receive, process, and store the data from Form X.
Inspectors:
Impact: Inspectors are granted authority to require the production of accounts, books, registers and other documents maintained in electronic form or otherwise during inspection.
Action Required: During inspections, the inspector may require the production of accounts, books, register and other documents maintained in electronic form or otherwise.
Key Entities Referenced
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961: A law concerning maternity benefits mentioned in the context of amending rules.
Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Rules, 1963: Rules related to maternity benefits in mines and circuses, which are being amended.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The government ministry responsible for labour and employment policies, including the rules being amended.
Central Government: The governing body making the amendments to the Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Rules.
Information Technology Act, 2000: Indian Legislation that defines electronic form in context of unified annual return.
New Delhi: The location where the notification is issued.
Maternity Benefit Mines and Circus Amendment Rules, 2019: The short title of the amended rules.
Official Gazette: The official government publication where the amended rules are published.
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[स.ं जेड-20025/23/2018-एलआरसी]
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अनसु ार तारीख 29 मई, 2015 को सशं ोिधत (cid:1)कया गया था ।
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th January, 2019
G.S.R. 57(E).—Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend the Maternity Benefit (Mines and Circus)
Rules 1963, among other rules, were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 28 of the Maternity Benefit Act,
1961 (53 of 1961), in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification of the
Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment number G.S.R. 413(E), dated the 23rd April, 2018,
inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of three months, from
the date on which copies of Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the general public on the
23rd April, 2018;
And whereas the objections and suggestions received on the said draft rules from the public have been
considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28 of the said Act, the Central Government
hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Maternity Benefit (Mines and Circus) Rules, 1963, namely:-—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Maternity Benefit (Mines and Circus) Amendment Rules, 2019.
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2. In the Maternity Benefit (Mines and Circus) Rules, 1963, for rule 16, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
‘16. Annual return.- (1) The employer of every mine or circus shall, on or before the 1st day of February in each
year, upload a unified annual return in Form X online on the web portal of the Central Government in the Ministry
of Labour and Employment, giving information as to the particulars specified, in respect of the preceding year:
Provided that during inspection, the inspector may require the production of accounts, books, register and other
documents maintained in electronic form or otherwise.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-rule, the expression “electronic form” shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in clause (r) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).
(2) If the employer of a mine or circus to which the Act applies sells, abandons or discontinues the working of the mine
or circus, then, he shall, within one month of the date of such sale or abandonment or four months of the date of such
discontinuance, as the case may be, upload online, on the web portal of the Central Government in the Ministry of
Labour and Employment, a further unified return in Form X referred to in sub-rule (1) in respect of the period between
the end of the preceding year and the date of the sale, abandonment or discontinuance.’.
[No. Z-20025/23/2018-LRC]
MANISH KUMAR GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Maternity Benefit (Mines and Circus) Rules, 1963 was published in the Gazette of India vide notification
number G.S.R.1642, dated the 5th October, 1963 and lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R.435(E) dated
the 29th May, 2015.
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