Delhi's factories are concentrated in Okhla, Bawana, Narela, Mayapuri, Wazirpur, Naraina, Patparganj and Mangolpuri industrial areas — predominantly small and medium engineering, electroplating, printing, plastics, garments and electronics units, many of which fall within the electroplating and solvent dangerous-operation schedules.
Statutory medical surveillance in Delhi (NCT) follows the Factories Act, 1948 as implemented through the Delhi Factories Rules, 1950: pre-employment and periodic examinations of workers in hazardous processes by a Factory Medical Officer, Certifying Surgeon examinations for notified dangerous operations, a Health Register and Certificates of Fitness in the state-prescribed format, and an Occupational Health Centre scaled to the workforce. Nodal Healthcare delivers all of this as an on-site programme.
| Applicable rules | Delhi Factories Rules, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Enforcing authority | Labour Department (Factories Wing), Government of NCT of Delhi |
| Health Register (Certifying Surgeon / dangerous operations) | Form 17 |
| Health Register (Factory Medical Officer / hazardous process) | Official cross-check pending |
| Certificate of Fitness | Certificate of Fitness under the dangerous-operation schedules — form number pending official cross-check |
| Examination frequency | Dangerous operations: as per schedule, commonly every 12 months. Hazardous-process interval: pending cross-check (six-monthly in comparable rules). |
| Verification status | Verified against official text · last checked 2026-09-12 |
Duties of Certifying Surgeon (Chapter II): at visits to factories carrying on dangerous operations the Certifying Surgeon examines the persons employed and records the results in a register known as the Health Register (Form No. 17), kept by the factory manager and produced at each visit; power of suspension by an entry in the register.
Hazardous-process medical examination by the Factory Medical Officer (pre-employment and periodic) — rule number and register pending cross-check against the full official text.
Occupational Health Centre for hazardous-process factories — rule number pending cross-check.
Schedules (electroplating, lead, solvents, printing and others common to Delhi's industrial areas) require Certifying Surgeon examination at first employment and periodically with Form 17 entries.
Per schedule — skin/nasal inspection and urinary metals for electroplating, blood lead, spirometry and chest X-ray for dust and fume processes.
Form 17 is kept by the factory manager, produced to the Certifying Surgeon at each visit and available to the Inspector.
Form 17 verified from the Delhi Labour Department's published Chapter II. Hazardous-process provisions to be confirmed from the full text.
We map your process list to the Delhi Factories Rules, 1950 to determine which workers need pre-employment, six-monthly or annual examinations and which tests apply.
Occupational-health physicians holding the DGFASLI-recognised AFIH qualification conduct the Factory Medical Officer examinations and support your Occupational Health Centre.
Where a schedule requires the State-appointed Certifying Surgeon, we coordinate their visit and examinations as part of the same programme, subject to the appointment rules in Delhi (NCT).
Completed registers and certificates in the state-prescribed format, a digital copy, due-date recall and de-identified batch statistics for management.
Factories in the National Capital Territory are governed by the Delhi Factories Rules, 1950, framed under the Factories Act, 1948 and enforced by the Factories Wing of the Delhi Labour Department. As in other jurisdictions, the rules require the State-appointed Certifying Surgeon to examine workers employed in notified dangerous operations at prescribed intervals and to record the results in a Health Register kept by the manager, and require workers in hazardous processes to be medically examined by a qualified practitioner before employment and periodically thereafter, with an Occupational Health Centre for hazardous-process factories. Delhi's industrial areas — Okhla, Bawana, Narela, Mayapuri, Wazirpur and Naraina — contain a high proportion of electroplating, powder-coating and solvent-using units, so the electroplating and solvent schedules are the most frequently triggered. We are completing verification of the prescribed Delhi form numbers against the official text before publishing them; until then we confirm the applicable register and certificate forms with the Labour Department for each client. Nodal Healthcare runs on-site examination batches across Delhi and the adjoining NCR with AFIH-qualified occupational-health doctors and coordinates authorised Certifying Surgeons where a schedule requires them.
Send us your process list and headcount — we will map the applicable rules, tests and frequency and quote an on-site batch.
Status: Verified against official text · Last checked: 2026-09-12. Source: Delhi Factories Rules, 1950 — Chapter II as published by the Labour Department, Government of NCT of Delhi. Enforcing authority: Labour Department (Factories Wing), Government of NCT of Delhi. Rules change — we re-check each state periodically and confirm current requirements before every batch.
Nodal Healthcare provides occupational-health services through qualified medical professionals. AFIH-qualified doctors and Factory Medical Officers are not, by virtue of that qualification, Certifying Surgeons; Certifying Surgeons are appointed or authorised by the State Government under Section 10 of the Factories Act, 1948. Where a statutory provision requires a Certifying Surgeon or other authority-approved practitioner, we coordinate compliant services through appropriately qualified, authorised or empanelled professionals, subject to the applicable state rules and appointment requirements. Content on this page is a general guide and not legal advice; always confirm current requirements with the competent state authority.
