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A labour audit checklist for Kaveri Beedi Works, holding an OSH Code licence, tests several statements. Which statement is correct as per the OSH Code, 2020?

The State Government may permit only wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves outside industrial premises, on the employer's application and subject to conditions. The employer must keep a record of that permitted work in the prescribed form; other manufacturing processes outside premises are generally prohibited.

  1. AAny employer may let beedi making be done outside industrial premises without permission
  2. BThe State Government may permit wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves outside premises on the employer's application, and the employer must maintain a record of such permitted work in the prescribed formCorrect
  3. CThe Central Government alone may permit work outside premises, with no record required
  4. DOutside work is allowed for any beedi manufacturing process once the licence is deemed issued

Explanation

Section 76 lets the State Government permit wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves outside the premises on the employer's application, subject to conditions, and requires the employer to maintain a record in the prescribed form. Other manufacturing processes outside premises are barred, save the proviso for workers given raw material to make beedi at home.

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