Renu's company runs a steel plant. Under Section 57 of the OSH Code, 2020, contract labour…

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Renu's company runs a steel plant. Under Section 57 of the OSH Code, 2020, contract labour is prohibited in core activities. Which of the following activities in the plant falls outside the meaning of 'core activity'?

Option A: Making steel, the activity for which the plant was set up
Option B: Smelting iron ore in the blast furnace, which is essential and necessary for making steel
Option C: Running the canteen for the plant's workers
Option D: Rolling the steel produced, which is a necessary part of the plant's main production

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Answer: C. Running the canteen for the plant's workers

Explanation

Under Section 2(1)(p), a core activity is any activity for which the establishment is set up, and any activity essential or necessary to it. The proviso treats sanitation, security, canteen and catering, loading and unloading, and similar support services as not core where the establishment is not set up for them, so running the canteen of a steel plant is not a core activity. Smelting ore and rolling steel are essential and necessary to steel-making, so they are core.

Legal provision:: Section 2(1)(p) and Section 57, Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

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