By Haryananewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, FEB 8
More than 6,000 workers in Haryana have been benefitted
to the tune of over Rs 15 crore under various welfare schemes being
implemented for building and other construction workers so far during the
tenure of the present State Government.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of Labour
Department said that for the welfare of registered building and other
construction workers, schemes like Health Insurance Plan on the pattern of
RSBY, death benefit, funeral assistant, Kanya Dan Scheme, education scholarship
and maternity scheme were being implemented by the Constitution of
the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
He said that apart from this, facilities of mobile
crèches and toilets, medical dispensary vans, labour sheds at labour
chowks where such workers are assembled for their daily employment are also
available to the workers.
He said that the Government has notified the Building and
Other Construction Workers Rules, 2005 under the Building and Other Construction
Workers (Regulation of employment and conditions of service) Act, 1996. The
present Government had constituted Constitution of the Building and Other
Construction Workers Welfare Board. The main source of income of this Board is
collection of cess at a rate of one per cent of the cost of construction
incurred by an employer including public sector undertaking which is
exclusively spent for the welfare of registered construction workers in the
State. The benefit is admissible to those such workers who get themselves
registered after paying Rs 25 as registration fee,once in life, and
further contribution of Rs five per month. As many as 1.70 lakh
construction workers have sofar been registered, he added.
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