Lok Sabha Question No. 51 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Release of Funds under Various Schemes
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 51

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2019

## RELEASE OF FUNDS UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES

## †51. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the details of the funds released to Darbhanga, Bihar under various schemes of the Ministry during each of the last four years and the current year;
- (b)whether  the  said  funds  have  been  utilized  under  the  concerned schemes;
- (c)if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  the  schemes which have been completed or are on the verge of completion; and (d)the reasons for non-completion of the schemes, if any?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (d): The Ministry of Labour & Employment, through its Labour Welfare Organizations across the country including Bihar, implements welfare  schemes relating  to  housing,  education  and  health  for  beedi workers, mica mine workers, limestone & dolomite mine workers, iron ore  manganese,  chrome  ore  mine  workers  and  cine  workers.  These schemes  were  earlier  administered  through  5  Welfare  Cess  and Welfare  Funds  under  various  Cess  Acts  of  Parliament.  Now,  these cesses have been abolished/subsumed in  GST  and the welfare schemes have been retained with funding from the Consolidated Fund of India. Salient features of these welfare schemes are as follows:

- (i) Integrated Housing Scheme: Subsidy of Rs.1,50,000 for construction  of  a  new  house  is  provided  to  the  workers  in installments.
- (ii) Education Scheme: Financial Assistance varying from Rs.250 to Rs.15,000  per  year  is  provided  to  the  wards  of  the  workers studying  in  classes  I  to  XII  or  pursuing  non-professional  and professional degree/graduate/post graduate courses.
- (iii) Health Scheme: Heath care facilities are provided to the workers and their dependents through 10 hospitals and 286 dispensaries under  Labour  Welfare  Organizations  all  over  the  country.  In addition, reimbursement of expenditure for specialized treatment taken in Government recognized hospitals is also provided.

The  details  of  funds  released  to  the  Darbhanga,  Bihar  under Integrated  Housing  Scheme  and  Scholarship  Scheme  during  each  of the last four years and the current year is at Annexure.

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Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question  No.  51  for  04.02.2019  regarding  release  of  funds  under various schemes by Shri Kirti Azad.

| Year     | Amount in Integrated Housing Scheme   | Amount in Scholarship   |
|----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 2014-15  | NIL                                   | 10,000                  |
| 2015-16  | 4,00,000                              | NIL                     |
| 2016-17  | NIL                                   | 14,570                  |
| 2017-18& | NIL                                   | NIL                     |

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