National Security Day 4th March 2021 – Facts About NSC | NSD

March 4^th is commemorated as National Security Day, also referred to as Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas, to praise the work of security forces, who confirm that the citizens of India sleep can sleep peacefully, without fretting over the protection of the country. This day is devoted the protection forces like policemen, commandos, guards, army officers, para-military forces and other persons involved in security, who sacrifice their lives for maintaining the soundness of the country.

The National Safety Week is observed to target the importance of Safety altogether spheres of life so on prevent mishaps and accidents resulting out of neglect or lack of awareness. National Safety Week was earlier called National Safety Day. National safety day is widely known on 4th march because on during this day National Security Council (NSC) of India was established.

NSC – National Security Council is an apex non-profit making, tripartite body which has been founded to teach and influence society to adopt appropriate policies, practices and procedures for preventing and reducing human suffering and economic loss arising from every form of accidents.

Security nowadays has become a vital part of India, as India is a big country, and the second-biggest country after China in terms of area and population. India is rich in various religions i.e. it is a nation where you’ll find followers of various religions. It belongs to the people of various religions like Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christians. Along with different religion, it also consists of assorted numbers of fairs and festivals. To safeguard the people especially in festival or events time all the protection forces are always there on their duty to protect people against various unnecessary events. National Security Day is celebrated to praise the work of security forces like police, commandos and other security forces.

National Security Week is commended with extraordinary excitement to create awareness among the population about the ways of keeping away from the trendy mishaps by displaying far reaching wellbeing mindfulness programs. Amid the entire week of festivity, assortments of particular exercises are shown to the population in line with the protection necessities.

 

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HISTORY of NATIONAL SAFETY DAY

The idea of commemorating the National Security Day of the Council, 4th March; and also the first National Safety Day (NSD) Campaign was launched in 1972 and has since been organised every year. The initiative to watch such every day was preoccupied by the National Safety Council of India. NSC was founded by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India on 4th March 1966, as an autonomous body to get, develop and sustain a voluntary movement on Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) at the national level. As an honour for such a noble cause, the foundation day of NSC was decided to be celebrated as National Safety Day in 1972. It was soon converted into a week-long event and was thus called National Safety Week (NSW).

The Campaign is now entering its 47th year and has grown into a major national campaign widely celebrated by industry, trade unions, govt. departments, regulatory agencies, NGOs and institutions with the active support of the Central and State Governments and media. Started as celebrating 4th March as NSD, the Campaign has now been covering each week from 4-11 March.

It was in 1962 during the 22nd Labour Ministers’ Conference that a call to convene a Conference on ‘Safety in Factories’ was considered. The concept of making a National Safety Council for conducting a campaign on accident prevention was also considered. Then in 1965 ‘The President’s first Conference on Industrial Safety’ was organised in Delhi from 11th to 13th December 1965 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India (GOI) in cooperation with the State Governments, Employers’ Organisations, Trade Unions and Institutions concerned. The 24th Session of the Standing Labour Committee accepted the proposal concerning the constitution of the National Safety Council (NSC) in February 1966. Thus, NSC was founded on 4th March 1966 by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India. It had been registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and subsequently, as a trust under the Bombay trusts Act, 1950.

 

OBJECTIVES of the National Security Day Campaign:

The Campaign is aimed toward renewing the commitment of employees and also the general public to figure safely throughout the year. The final word objective of the Campaign is to confirm integration of OSH in work culture and lifestyle.

The objectives of the Campaign include –

i. Ensure that safety and health are integrated into work culture and lifestyle.

ii. Renew the commitment of the staff towards safety and health at the workplace.

iii. Achieve greater participation of the staff in OSH activities.

iv. To take Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) movement to different parts of the country.

v. To achieve the participation of major players in several industrial sectors at different levels.

vi. To promote the utilisation of the participative approach by employers by involving their employees in SHE activities.

vii. To promote the event of need-based activities, self-compliance with statutory requirements and professional SHE management systems at workplaces.

viii. To bring into the fold of voluntary SHE movement sectors, which haven’t to this point been statutorily covered.

ix. To remind employers, employees and others concerned of their responsibility in making the workplace safer.

APPROACH of NSD CAMPAIGN :

Initial

i. Appeal to the Members to organise the Campaign.

ii. Supply them with professionally designed promotional materials and promotional-cum-utility items with SHE slogans/messages printed on them.

iii. Convenience in organising the Campaign.

iv. Ensuring that the materials are of professional quality with appealing messages reflecting national SHE issues.

vi. Generating fund to contribute to NSC’s financial self-reliance.

Expanded

i. Secured Government support at the national level.

ii. Electronic media advised by the govt to push coverage which has made the Campaign highly visible.

iii. Effective use of NSC’s journal, newspapers and house magazines of industries.

iv. Duration of the Campaign increased to per week. This has increased the span of the visible impact of the Campaign.

v. State Chapters and District Action Centres of NSC actively following up and involving State Governments and District Administrations within the Campaign at the grass-root level.

 

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES :

In order to create the celebration successful, the preparations are required to be started quite prior to a number of the suggested activities during the NSD/W are:

At Workplace

Administration of Safety & Health Pledge of NSD by the staff was led by the topmost executive. The model text of the security & Health Pledge designed, developed and distributed by the NSC is shown below.

i. The unfurling of the NSD Flag.

ii. Pinning of the NSD Badge on employees.

iii. Displaying Safety Day Banners at strategic locations within the units.

iv. Safety message by the manager or Chief military officer to any or all employees.

v. Safety competitions – Essay, Slogans, Posters, Housekeeping, Safety performance.

vi. Safety suggestion schemes.

vii. Safety exhibitions.

viii. One-act play/drama, songs, qawwali etc.

ix. Training Programmes/Workshops/Seminars etc.

x. Screening of Safety films in unit/employee colonies.

xi. Practical demonstrations on the utilisation of PPEs, Fire Fighting, rescue etc.

xi. Organising emergency drills.

xii. Displaying of Safety Posters at prominent locations within the unit.

xiii. Holding award functions, Safety suggestions, performance etc.

xiv. Lecture sessions by eminent guest speakers within the field.

xvi. Community Awareness Programmes.

xvii. Printing safety slogans on company stationery, say, pay packets.

xviii. Holding meetings to analyse past accidents and suggested actions.

xix. Safety slogan on dial tone of telephone and intercom.

xx. Safety Procession within the unit.

xxi. Art competitions by families of employees like Rangoli Competition.

Outside Workplace

i. Pinning Safety Badges on VIPs.

ii. Advertisement of Safety on local T.V. channel and native newspapers.

iii. Writing articles on the importance of safety in local newspapers.

iv. Display of banners at strategic locations within the city/town.

v. Workshop/Seminars.

vi. Contractor Safety Programmes

vii. Consumer/Customer product safety awareness programmes.

THE PLEDGE of NSD:

THEMES OF NATIONAL SAFETY DAY:

 

i. National Safety Day theme of 2020 is “Sadak Suraksha”(Road safety)

ii. National Safety Day theme of 2019 and 2018 was “Reinforce positive behaviour at the workplace to realise safety and health goals”.

iii. National Safety Day theme of 2017 was “Keep one another Safe”.

iv. National Safety Day theme of 2016 was “Strengthen Safety Movement To Realise Zero Harm”.

v. National Safety Day/week theme of 2015 was “Build a security Culture for Sustainable Supply Chain”.

vi. National Safety Day/week theme of 2014 was “Manage stress at Workplace and Control Hazards” and “Safety: It Takes All of Us”.

vii. National Safety Day/week theme of 2013 was “Working Together to make sure Safe and Healthy Workplace”.

viii. National Safety Day/week theme of 2012 was “Ensure a secure and healthy working environment – A fundamental human right”.

ix. National Safety Day/week theme of 2011 was “Establish and maintain preventative safety and health culture”.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC)

1. National SC (NSC), the apex agency that appears into the country’s political, economic, energy and strategic security concerns, was established by the then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on November 19, 1998.

2. The National Security Adviser of India is Ajit Kumar Doval. He’s the Chief Executive of NSC and first Adviser to the Prime Minister on issues associated with National Security.

3. The intelligence agencies like (Research and Analysis Wing) RAW and (Intelligence Bureau) IB report back to the National Security Adviser.

 

 

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