The National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Mines (MoM), has been dissolved and merged with the ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad, under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW), with all assets and liabilities, as per a Cabinet decision announced on Wednesday.
“All the employees of NIMH will be absorbed in NIOH in the similar post/pay scale as the case may be and their pay be protected. NIMH, ICMR, NIOH, MoM and Department of Health Research (DHR), MoH&FW will take actions required for effecting dissolution and merger/amalgamation of NIMH with NIOH,” said a government release.
It said the merger would enhance expertise in occupational health and management of public money.