Mine Labour Protection Campaign

On June 7, 2007, MLPC was registered as a not for profit organisation under the Rajasthan Public Trust Act of 1959 at Jodhpur following deliberations through a series of workshops, seminars and activities in Jodhpur attended by environmentalists, lawyers and policy advocates on the mining situation in Rajasthan. These meetings demonstrated the need for the voices of mine workers to be heard as well as the necessity for a campaign to protect the rights of mine and quarry workers. The campaign was initially guided by a steering committee of experts from various areas of civil society including Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, as its patron.

MLPC has been working to improve the mining industry in Rajasthan by working with the government, the Human Rights Commission, other NGOs in the sector and the mineworkers themselves.

The board of MLPC Trust has 5 trustees and 9 executive members representing local not for profit organisations, environmental agencies, minority groups, Dalit rights struggle groups, the labour movement, mine workers unions, cooperatives and community Self Help Groups.

Our Vision

We seek to promote responsible mining with a focus on the economic, social and legal empowerment of mine workers.

Our Mission

To empower the communities of mineworkers in Rajasthan to have a minimum standard quality of life there are different programmes run by MLPC

Advocating ethical trading in the natural stone industry by collaborating with other organisations, government departments
Increasing access to all federal and state government schemes and provisions by conducting OHS and RnE awareness campaigns
Improving health and education for mine/stoneworkers childrens’ and adolescents by enrolling Crèche and Non-formal education children into the mainstream education system
Creating mechanisms of assuring labour rights, welfare and occupational health and safety by creating a gender-balanced local representation of mine worker welfare board and researching with mine workers through surveys
Improving access to occupational medicine for all mineworkers by roundtable consultation on the subject with doctors and government officials and providing policy recommendation to relevant authorities in a public forum
Filling the gap of literature and research about the hazards faced by mineworkers by conducting meta-data studies on projects funded by royalty and cess from the natural stone industry
Helping to find an alternative livelihood for Pneumoconiosis affected mineworkers and their families.