Arunachal Pradesh explained: this guide covers what it means, who it applies to, the step-by-step process, documents required, fees, due dates and penalties in India — so you can stay compliant with confidence and avoid costly mistakes.
The Arunachal Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2022 are the State's rules under sections 133 and 135 of the OSH Code, 2020. They tell an employer in Arunachal Pradesh how to register an establishment and what fee to pay, which notices and examinations are due, when a safety committee and safety officers are required, how overtime is paid and which registers and returns to keep. This article covers Chapters I to VII and the registration fee Schedule B.
The rules come into force from the date of effect of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. A registration certificate is issued immediately or not later than seven working days from a complete application, failing which the establishment is deemed registered (rule 5). A death in an establishment is notified forthwith in Form VI; an injury keeping a person from work for 48 hours is notified within twelve hours after the 48 hours (rule 10). A safety committee is required in an establishment employing 250 or more workers (rule 15). Overtime is paid at twice the ordinary rate of wages (rule 19).
Which rule set this is
The rules are the Arunachal Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2022, as notified on 1 April 2022 in the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary No. 132 of 2 May 2022 (notification No. LAB (W) 03/2020). Later amendments and State notifications under these rules should be checked in the State Gazette.
Draft rules were published in December 2021 and objections received within forty-five days were considered. The notification supersedes, "except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession", four earlier sets: the Arunachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Services) Rules, 2006 and amendment 2016; the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Arunachal Pradesh Rules, 1995; the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Arunachal Pradesh Rules, 1993; and the Arunachal Pradesh Factories Rules, 2012.
Rule 1(b) reads: "These Rules shall come into force from the date of effect of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020." The four Labour Codes were brought into force from 21 November 2025. Section references and the Central rules are explained in our posts on rules 1 and 2 of the Central OSH Rules and on State rules and Central regulations under sections 135 and 136.
If you run a factory, plantation, transport undertaking or construction site in the State, our labour law compliance service can map these rules to your premises.
Rule 3 adds that a family member with income up to rupees five thousand per month from all sources, or up to the limit notified by the ESIC for medical benefit, is included as a dependent for the purposes of the rules. Rule 4 points to Schedule A for hazardous substances.
Registration of establishments (Chapter II, rules 5 to 7)
Our Central posts on application for registration and on notice of commencement and cessation give the Central position. In Arunachal Pradesh:
| Point | Rule | As printed |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 5(1)(a) | Electronically or otherwise in Form I, with documents and proof of identity and address; signed digitally or as the portal requires |
| Certificate | 5(1)(c) | Form II, issued immediately if complete but "not later than seven working days", failing which the establishment is deemed registered and the certificate is auto generated |
| Display | 5(1)(d) | Non-transferable; a copy displayed at a conspicuous place in hard copy or electronically |
| Fee account | 5(2) | Head Account "B-Non Tax Revenue 0230" Labour and Employment |
| Late application | 5(1)(e) and 5(17) | Late fee: rule 5(17) prints "Up to 60 days 25%" of the fees and "After 60 days Additional 1% for every day"; rule 5(1)(e) prints a late fee "at the rate of 25% per annum of the total fee" |
| Already registered under State rules | 5(4) | Update registration particulars within six months from the date the Code comes into force |
| Change in ownership, management or particulars | 5(7) | Update within thirty days |
| Cancellation on closure | 5(8) | Application online or otherwise, with dues stated; entertained only after all returns are filed and statutory dues paid, with a self-certification |
| Registration number | 5(6) | To be quoted on all documents and correspondence |
| Wrong information | 5(5) | Registration may be cancelled after an opportunity to show cause |
Rule 5 has separate sub-rules for plantations (11), motor transport undertakings (12), beedi and cigar premises (13), audio-visual production (14), building and other construction work (15) and contract work (16). Each applies in Form I with the fee proof (Treasury Challan or e-Challan) and each has the same seven-working-day deemed registration. The State Government may amend the fee schedule by notification and, in exceptional circumstances, dispense with electronic registration for a class of establishments. A motor transport undertaking with units in more than one State applies to the Registering Officer of the State where its headquarters is located.
Appeal (rule 6). An employer may appeal to the Appellate Officer within thirty days from receipt of the Registering Officer's order. A dismissed appeal can be restored on application within thirty days, and the appeal is to be disposed of "within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of appeal".
Notice of commencement and cessation (rule 7, and rule 5(10)). The employer of a factory, mine, contract labour or building work establishment submits Form IV to the Registering Officer within thirty days of commencement or cessation. A notice of cessation carries a certificate that all dues to workers have been paid and that the premises are clear of hazardous chemicals and substances.
Schedule B fees (as printed)
Schedule B prints fees for six categories of registration. It prints no fee for an ordinary establishment outside those categories, and no figure should be inferred for them.
| Category | Band | Fee in Rupees |
|---|---|---|
| Plantation (hectares) | Not more than 10 | 1000 |
| 10 or more but less than 25 | 1500 | |
| 25 or more but less than 50 | 2500 | |
| 50 or more but less than 75 | 3000 | |
| 75 or more but less than 100 | 3500 | |
| 100 or more but less than 150 | 4000 | |
| More than 150 | 5000 | |
| Motor transport (maximum workers in the year) | 10 | 1000 |
| 25 | 2000 | |
| 50 | 4000 | |
| 100 | 6000 | |
| 250 | 10000 | |
| 500 | 20000 | |
| 750 | 30000 | |
| 1000 | 40000 | |
| 1500 | 60000 | |
| Building and other construction work (workers on any one day) | Up to 100 | 5000 |
| More than 100 but less than 500 | 10000 | |
| More than 500 | 20000 |
Contract work, audio-visual production and beedi and cigar premises have their own fee tables in Schedule B, covered in our sibling article on contract labour, migrant workers, plantations, factories and offences.
Employer duties (Chapter III, rules 8 to 13)
Our Central posts on annual health examination, letter of appointment and notice of accidents give the Central side. The State text prints:
- Annual health examination (rule 8). For every worker who has completed forty five years of age, arranged without charge to the worker, annually, within 120 days from the commencement of each calendar year, by a qualified medical practitioner in Form V, with the certificate given to employer and employee.
- Letter of appointment (rule 9). No employee may be employed without a letter in Form VA. An employee not yet issued a letter with the required particulars is to be issued one "within three months of coming into force of this rule".
- Accidents (rule 10). A death: notice in Form VI forthwith, with a telephone call to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Officer, the Officer-In-Charge of the Police Station, and family members. An injury preventing work for forty eight hours or more: Form VI within twelve hours after completion of the forty eight hours. A dangerous occurrence in the Schedule: Form VI within twelve hours. Where disability arises later or in spells, the report goes within 24 hours after the total disability reaches 48 hours. A later death after notices is confirmed in writing within 12 hours.
- Disease (rule 11). A notice in Form VIA, forthwith, for a disease in the Third Schedule to the Code; a medical practitioner who attends such a patient reports in writing to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
- Imminent danger (rule 13). On information from an employee, the employer takes immediate remedial action and reports forthwith in Form VIA.
Safety committee and safety officers (Chapter IV, rules 14 to 30)
- State Board (rule 14). The Arunachal Pradesh Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board has the Secretary, Labour and Employment as ex-officio Chairperson and nominated members who serve three years.
- Safety Committee (rule 15). An establishment employing "250 or more workers" constitutes a Safety Committee with equal employer and worker representatives, three-year tenure and quarterly meetings. Workers' representatives are chosen by the registered trade union or, absent one, by the workers, with adequate representation of women. The employer acts on its recommendations within 15 days of receipt.
- Safety Officers (rule 16). The qualification is a recognised degree in engineering, technology, physics or chemistry, or a diploma plus two years' supervisory experience, or a degree or diploma in industrial safety. The scale is one officer for 250 to 500 workers, two for 501 to 1000, three for 1001 to 2000, four for 2001 to 5000 and five for 5001 to 10,000, with one more for every additional 5000 above 10000. The appointment is notified to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
- Safety audit by empanelled experts (rule 25). The audit is once in every two years, the auditor reports within one month, and the occupier forwards the report with an action taken report within thirty days of receiving it.
- Women (rules 29 and 30). Work before 6.00 a.m. and beyond 7.00 p.m. needs consent, transport, a lit workplace, nearby toilets and drinking water, and compliance with the Sexual Harassment Act, 2013; below-ground work needs not less than 3 women on duty. Rule 30 lists processes, such as lead processes and benzene exposure, for which adequate safety measures are required. See our Central post on employment of women and dangerous operations.
Hours of work and leave (Chapter V, rules 17 to 20)
| Topic | Rule | As printed |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly day of rest | 17 | A notice displayed outside the office of every establishment, showing the day (and each relay or set's day) |
| Compensatory holidays | 18 | Not more than two compensatory holidays in a week; notice by the end of the month in which holidays are lost; changes at least three days in advance |
| Overtime | 19(1) | Beyond eight hours a day or forty-eight hours a week, "twice his ordinary rate of wages", paid at the end of each wage period |
| Rounding | 19(2) | A fraction of 15 to 30 minutes counts as 30 minutes; above 30 minutes counts as an hour |
| Daily wage for monthly paid | 19(3) | 1/26th of monthly wages |
| Overtime ceiling | 19(4) proviso | Not exceeding one hundred twenty five hours in any quarter |
| Notice of work periods | 20 | Displayed and maintained in Form VII, copy to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator |
Our Central posts on working hours, weekly and compensatory holidays and overtime wages explain the Central rules.
Registers, records and returns (Chapter VI, rule 21)
The employer maintains a register of workers, wages, overtime, fine and deduction for damage or loss in Form VIII, electronically or otherwise, kept at the office or nearest convenient building. Manual registers are in ink in English and Hindi or the language most workers understand, and are preserved for one calendar year after the last entry. A notice board shows the name and address, hours of work, wage period, date of payment, details of accidents and dangerous occurrences for the last five years, the Inspector-cum-Facilitator's name and address, and the date of payment of unpaid wages. The annual return in Form IX reaches the Inspector-cum-Facilitator "not later than 1st February following the end of each calendar year", with a copy to the Director General, Labour Bureau. The accident register is Form X and the leave with wages register is Form XI, preserved for two years after the last entry. See our Central posts on reports, registers and records and on the register of accidents and register of leave with wages.
Inspector-cum-Facilitator (Chapter VII, rules 22 to 28)
After an inspection the Inspector-cum-Facilitator may issue a prohibition or improvement notice in Form XII; the employer informs compliance in Form XII A and the officer visits again (rule 24). Samples are divided into three sealed portions (rule 23). If a prohibition order stops work, the occupier provides alternate employment as far as practicable, and otherwise pays wages for the period (rule 26). Our Central post on powers of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and improvement notice is the Central counterpart.
A worked example
Pasighat Plywood, an invented factory employing 300 workers, has no Safety Committee. Rule 15 requires one at 250 or more workers, with equal employer and worker representatives, quarterly meetings and action on recommendations within 15 days. It also needs one safety officer under the scale for 250 to 500 workers, and must notify the appointment to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator. A worker's death in a boiler accident would call for a Form VI notice forthwith.
Common lapses
- Treating the deemed registration after seven working days as a reason not to display a certificate.
- Missing the thirty-day update after a change in ownership or management.
- Sending an accident notice late, or without the telephone call to the officers named in rule 10(1).
- Rounding overtime incorrectly, or paying below twice the ordinary rate.
- Filing the Form IX return after the 1st of February.
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Key takeaways
- The rules come into force from the date of effect of the OSH Code, 2020, and replace four earlier State rule sets.
- Registration is issued within seven working days or deemed granted; Schedule B prints the fees for six categories.
- Report a death forthwith and a 48-hour injury within twelve hours after the 48 hours, in Form VI.
- A Safety Committee is required at 250 or more workers; safety officers follow the printed scale.
- Overtime is twice the ordinary rate, with a ceiling of 125 hours a quarter, and the Form IX return is due by 1 February.
Read next
- Arunachal Pradesh OSH Rules, 2022: contract labour, migrant workers, plantations, factories and offences
- Code on Wages (Arunachal Pradesh) Rules, 2022: minimum wages, working hours and weekly rest
- Application for registration under the Central OSH Rules, 2026
- Wages for overtime under the Central OSH Rules, 2026
Disclaimer: Based on the State or Union territory rules named above, as notified under the Labour Codes and consulted on 4 October 2026. Later amendments, State notifications, fees and forms should be checked in the State Gazette and on the State labour department website. This article is general information, not legal advice; check the official text before acting.