# Labour Welfare Organisation

Labour Welfare Organisations (LWOs) are subordinate offices of the Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E). The organisation is headed by the Director General of Labour Welfare (Joint Secretary, MoL&E). This organisation implements welfare schemes for unorganised workers such as beedi workers, non-coal mine workers and cine Workers.
There are 18 LWO Regions, each headed by a Welfare Commissioner, an officer of the Central Labour Service (CLS).

## Organogram

The organisational structure of the Labour Welfare Organisation (LWO) is as follows
| | | | | | | Cabinet Minister (Labour & Employment) | Cabinet Minister (Labour & Employment) | Cabinet Minister (Labour & Employment) | Cabinet Minister (Labour & Employment) | Cabinet Minister (Labour & Employment) | Cabinet Minister (Labour & Employment) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Minister of State | Minister of State | Minister of State | Minister of State | Minister of State | Minister of State | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Secretary (L&E) | Secretary (L&E) | Secretary (L&E) | Secretary (L&E) | Secretary (L&E) | Secretary (L&E) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Director General (Labour Welfare) | Director General (Labour Welfare) | Director General (Labour Welfare) | Director General (Labour Welfare) | Director General (Labour Welfare) | Director General (Labour Welfare) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Deputy Director General | Deputy Director General | Deputy Director General | Deputy Director General | Deputy Director General | Deputy Director General | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Welfare Commissioner | Welfare Commissioner | Welfare Commissioner | Welfare Commissioner | Welfare Commissioner | Welfare Commissioner | | | | | | |
| Medical Officer [Hospital] | Medical Officer [Hospital] | Medical Officer [Hospital] | Medical Officer [Hospital] | Medical Officer [Hospital] | Medical Officer [Hospital] | Deputy Welfare Commissioner Assistant Welfare Commissioner [Administrative Wing] | Deputy Welfare Commissioner Assistant Welfare Commissioner [Administrative Wing] | Deputy Welfare Commissioner Assistant Welfare Commissioner [Administrative Wing] | Deputy Welfare Commissioner Assistant Welfare Commissioner [Administrative Wing] | Deputy Welfare Commissioner Assistant Welfare Commissioner [Administrative Wing] | Deputy Welfare Commissioner Assistant Welfare Commissioner [Administrative Wing] | Medical Officer [Dispensary] | Medical Officer [Dispensary] | Medical Officer [Dispensary] | Medical Officer [Dispensary] | Medical Officer [Dispensary] | Medical Officer [Dispensary] |

## LWO Regions

There are 18 Labour Welfare Organisations.
| Sl. No. | LWO | Region covered | Number of Hospitals | Number of Dispensaries |
| 1. | Bangalore | Karnataka | 2 | 28 |
| 2. | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 36 |
| 3. | Kolkata | West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar islands,Sikkim | 1 | 23 |
| 4. | Bhubaneshwar | Odisha | 1 | 24 |
| 5. | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana | 1 | 25 |
| 6. | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 24 |
| 7. | Chennai | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry | | 22 |
| 8. | Patna | Bihar | 1 | 17 |
| 9. | Nagpur | Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | | 18 |
| 10. | Ajmer | Rajasthan | | 23 |
| 11. | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 1 | 7 |
| 12. | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | | 12 |
| 13. | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | | 10 |
| 14. | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala, Lakshadweep | | 7 |
| 15. | Guwahati | Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram | | 2 |
| 16. | Dehradun | Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh | | 1 |
| 17. | Chandigarh | Punjab, Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana | | |
| 18. | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 279 |

## LWO Hospitals and Dispensaries

There are a total of 10 Hospitals and 279 Dispensaries under Labour Welfare Organisations. These medical institutions are headed by Officers of the Central Health Service (CHS).

### Types of Dispensaries (Mobile/Static-Modern Medicine/Ayurvedic)

* Beedi Workers Welfare Fund (BWWF) Dispensary
* Cine Workers Welfare Fund (CWWF) Dispensary
* Limestone & Dolomite Mine Workers Welfare Fund (LSDMWWF) Dispensary
* Iron Ore, Manganese Ore & Chrome Ore Mine Workers Welfare Fund (IOMCWWF) Dispensary