Lok Sabha Question No. 845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Construction Workers Welfare Schemes
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 845 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WELFARE SCHEMES

845. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

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

- (a)whether it is a fact that a model welfare scheme for construction workers is being finalized by the Government;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the implementation of the Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996 is very poor in some States and the cess being collected is abysmally low; and
- (d)if  so,  the  details  thereof and the action being taken for the better functioning  of  the  welfare  boards  under  the  Act  and  collection  of Cess?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Making improvements in the welfare schemes available to the  building  and  other  construction  workers  from  time  to  time  is  a continuous process. In the year 2015, the Government formulated a model  scheme  with  the  objective  to  make  the  welfare  benefits  for BOC workers uniform across the States while giving precedence to social security and other benefits, namely, Life and Disability cover, Health  and  Maternity  cover,  Financial  Assistance  for  Education, Pension  and  Skill  Development,  over  all  other  benefits.  It  has  been the  constant  endeavor  of  the  Government  to  further  improve  these welfare benefits. In May, 2018, the Government has also constituted a Committee for this purpose.

(c) & (d):  The state-wise cumulative detail of amount  of cess collected so far is annexed.

The Central Government has been issuing directions under Section 60 of the Building and Other Construction Workers (RECS) Act, 1996, to the State Governments / UT Administrations from time to time for proper utilization of cess fund in terms of the provisions of the Act.

Further, the Central Government has constituted a Monitoring  Committee  on  09.09.2015  under  the  Chairmanship  of Secretary (Labour and Employment) to monitor the implementation of directions  issued  under  Section  60  of  the  Act,  specifically  with reference to utilization of Cess fund for Welfare Schemes by the State Building and  Other Construction Workers' Welfare Boards. The Committee  has  been  holding  regular  meetings  with  the  Principal Secretary/ Secretary/ Labour Commissioners of all the States/ UTs to monitor the progress.

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State-wise details of amount of cess collected as on 31.03.2018

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs.   | Amount of cess collected Crore) (Provisional)   |   (Rs. in |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                 |   2302.4  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                 |    120.36 |
| 3         | Assam                     |                                                 |    805.07 |
| 4         | Bihar                     |                                                 |   1181.86 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              |                                                 |    934.2  |
| 6         | Goa                       |                                                 |    124.47 |
| 7         | Gujarat                   |                                                 |   1912.76 |
| 8         | Haryana                   |                                                 |   2148.48 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                 |    394.41 |
| 10        | J&K                       |                                                 |    711.53 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                 |                                                 |    387.4  |
| 12        | Karnataka                 |                                                 |   4374.56 |
| 13        | Kerala                    |                                                 |   1654.38 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                 |   2282.02 |
| 15        | Maharashtra               |                                                 |   6107.56 |
| 16        | Manipur                   |                                                 |     89.19 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                 |                                                 |    122.89 |
| 18        | Mizoram                   |                                                 |     40.37 |
| 19        | Nagaland                  |                                                 |     39.41 |
| 20        | Odisha                    |                                                 |   1403.82 |
| 21        | Punjab                    |                                                 |   1137.87 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                 |                                                 |   1898.73 |
| 23        | Sikkim                    |                                                 |     98.13 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                |                                                 |   2390.35 |
| 25        | Telangana                 |                                                 |    970.37 |
| 26        | Tripura                   |                                                 |    157.49 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                 |   3895.14 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand               |                                                 |    251.11 |
| 29        | West Bengal               |                                                 |   1675.05 |
| 30        | Delhi                     |                                                 |   2547.94 |
| 31        | A &NIsland                |                                                 |     55.28 |
| 32        | Chandigarh                |                                                 |    117    |
| 33        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       |                                                 |     29.61 |
| 34        | Daman and Diu             |                                                 |     37.17 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep               |                                                 |      7.24 |
| 36        | Puducherry                |                                                 |    100.16 |
| Total     | Total                     | Total                                           |  42505.8  |

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