Lok Sabha Question No. 410 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Training Programme on Chemical and Petrochemical Industrial Safety
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Ashish Dubey, Shri Rajkumar Chahar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS & PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA

## Starred Question No. 410

ANSWERED ON 28.03.2025

## TRAINING PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

## * 410.  SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

## SHRI ASHISH DUBEY:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be please to state:

- (a) whether the Government has organized a series of Training Programmes on Chemical and Petrochemical Industrial Safety;
- (b) if so, the number of representatives who participated in each of the above programmes including the features thereof;
- (c) the  manner  in  which  the  said  training  programmes  help  the  Small  and  Medium Enterprises in the Chemical and Petrochemical sector to improve safety standards;
- (d) whether any new policy initiatives are being launched based on the findings of the said training programmes; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the table of the house.

## Statement in respect of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 410 for answer on 28.03.2025 on 'Training Programme on Chemical and Petrochemical Industrial Safety'

(a) to (e): Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals has undertaken a new initiative in the form of a series of training programs on 'Chemicals and Petrochemicals Industrial Safety' to impart  training  to  workforce  of  primarily  Major Accident  Hazard  (MAH)  units  on  'Safe handling of hazardous chemicals at work place and reducing risk associated with hazardous chemicals". There are 2393 such MAH units as per the database maintained by the Ministry of Environment  Forest  &  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC),  Government  of  India.  These  units include Small & Medium Enterprises also.

48  such  training  programmes  will  be  conducted  over  the  course  of  next  five  years covering all the MAH units. Two persons from each such MAH unit will be trained. During the  Financial  Year  2024-25,  eight  training  programs  have  been  conducted  covering  554 industries including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

The  details  of  these  training  programmes  including  the  no.  of  participants  in  these programmes are given below:

| S. No   | Place                                        | Date of Training        |   No of units participated |   Total no. of Representa tives |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | CIPET: IPT, Ahmedabad, Gujarat               | 28-29 th November, 2024 |                         62 |                             100 |
| 2       | New Delhi                                    | 16-17 th December, 2024 |                         58 |                             111 |
| 3       | CIPET: IPT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha              | 10-11 th January, 2025  |                         62 |                             108 |
| 4       | CIPET:IPT Chennai, Tamil Nadu                | 23-24 th January, 2025  |                         65 |                             113 |
| 5       | CIPET : SARP - APDDRL - Bengaluru, Karnataka | 30-31 st January, 2025  |                         89 |                             127 |
| 6       | CSMJ University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh       | 06-07 th February, 2025 |                         78 |                             144 |
| 7       | CIPET: IPT-Hyderabad, Telangana              | 21-22 nd February, 2025 |                         81 |                             134 |
| 8       | Chandigarh University, Punjab and Haryana    | 28 Feb-1 st March 2025  |                         59 |                             126 |
| Total   | Total                                        | Total                   |                        554 |                             963 |

These training programs which are being conducted under Chemical Promotion and Development Scheme (CPDS) focus on improving process safety and reducing the  risk of hazardous situations arising from potential failures. The training programs are designed for mid-level  executives  from  various  chemical  and  petrochemical  industries.  The  training programme combines theoretical lectures with practical exercises, including mock drills for hands-on experience.

Department has engaged Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET)  to  execute  these  training  programmes.  Domain  experts  from  various  educational Institutes  like  Indian  Institute  of  Technology(IIT),  National  Institute  of  Technology  (NIT), Council  for  Scientific  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  &  Universities  and  Industry  experts  are invited  to  train  the  participants  on  topics  such  as  Chemicals  Safety,  Risk  assessment, Emergency Preparedness, Fire Hazard, Process Safety Management, Labelling of Chemicals and Safety Data Sheets (SDS), Hazardous Waste Management, Guidelines and Standards for Chemical and Petrochemical Sectors etc.

Based on the feedback  received from  the  participants,  Department will  bring  about suitable modifications in these training programs to be conducted in future.

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