Lok Sabha Question No. 1722 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Welfare of Building and Other Construction Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1722

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## WELFARE OF BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

1722. SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

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

- (a)whether 5.06 crore Building and Other Construction (BOC) workers are registered with Building and  Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board (BOCWWB) across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether BOCWWB collected Rs. 87,478 crore cess for the welfare of BOC workers till November 2022 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether BOCWWB has spent Rs. 49,269 crores out of the aforesaid collected cess and if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the unspent amount so far; and
- (d)the steps being taken by the Government to provide social security and welfare schemes relating to life and disability cover, health and maternity cover for BOC workers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (d): Central  Government  administers  the  Building  and  Other Construction  Workers  (Regulation  of  Employment  and  Conditions  of Service) Act, 1996 [BOCW (RE&CS) Act, 1996], the Building and Other Construction  Workers'  Welfare  Cess  Act,  1996  [BOCW  Welfare  Cess Act, 1996] and their rules. By virtue of Section 3 of the BOCW Welfare Cess Act, 1996, the State/UT Governments are mandated to collect the cess. The State/UT BOCW Welfare Boards (State/UT BOCWWB) are also mandated to maintain the data related to registered workers and cess details. As per the data received from State/UT BOCWWB, the details about  the  registered  workers,  collected  cess  and  expenditure  from cess of State/UT BOCWWB are enclosed as Annexure.

Collection  of  cess  and  its  expenditure  is  a  continuous process.  Section  24  of  the  BOCW  (RE&CS)  Act,  1996  distinctly mentions about the utilization part out of the cess fund and entrusted /

upon the State/UT BOCW  Welfare Boards for its application utilisation.

Further, as per Section 22 of the BOCW (RE&CS) Act, 1996, State/UT Governments through State/UT Building and Other Construction  Workers'  Welfare  Boards  are  empowered  and  entrusted for registration & renewal of the BOC workers and make provisions for the  welfare  schemes  for  Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers relating  to  life  and  disability  cover,  health  and  maternity  cover, financial assistance for education of wards of the registered Building and  Other  Construction  Workers,  transit  housing,  skill  development, awareness programs, pension etc.

For  the  welfare  of  the  construction  workers,  a  'Model Welfare  Scheme  for  Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers  and Action  Plan  for  strengthening  Implementation  Machinery'  has  been prepared and forwarded to all the States/UTs for its strict compliance.

Several instructions under Section 60 of the BOCW(RE&CS) Act,  1996  have  been  issued  from  time  to  time  to  State/UT  BOCW Welfare Boards for implementation of the provisions of the Act and for optimum utilization of the cess funds for the social security & other welfare  measures  of  the  BOC  workers  which  include  the  benefits  of welfare  schemes  of  the  State  Welfare  Boards  and  social  security schemes  of  the  Central/State  Governments  like  Health  Insurance Scheme through PM-JAY (Ayushman Bharat), Life and Disability Cover through PM-Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, PM-Suraksha Bima Yojana and Life-long  Pension  after  60  years  through  PM-Shram  Yogi  Maandhan Yojana  and  subsistence  allowance  during  unemployment,  illness, epidemics,  natural  calamities  by  using  cess  fund  collected  for  the welfare of BOC workers.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1722  for 13.02.2023 regarding 'Welfare of Building and Other Construction Workers'.

| Details about the registered BOC workers and Cess details of State/UT BOCWWelfare   | Details about the registered BOC workers and Cess details of State/UT BOCWWelfare   | Details about the registered BOC workers and Cess details of State/UT BOCWWelfare   | Details about the registered BOC workers and Cess details of State/UT BOCWWelfare   | Details about the registered BOC workers and Cess details of State/UT BOCWWelfare   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                             | Name of the States/UTs.                                                             | No. of registered BOCWworkers [as on 01.11.2022]                                    | Cess collected cumulative (Rs in crore) [as on 01.11.2022]                          | Expenditure cumulative (Rs in Crore) [as on 01.11.2022]                             |
| (A)                                                                                 | (B)                                                                                 | (C)                                                                                 | (D)                                                                                 | (E)                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                      | 1992337                                                                             | 2549.20                                                                             | 569.63                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                   | 63671                                                                               | 485.85                                                                              | 480.16                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                   | Assam                                                                               | 636683                                                                              | 2124.66                                                                             | 397.85                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                               | 2088756                                                                             | 2832.78                                                                             | 1444.76                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                        | 1758894                                                                             | 1785.07                                                                             | 1342.97                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                   | Goa **                                                                              | 16060                                                                               | 314.25                                                                              | 14.35                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                   | Gujarat **                                                                          | 683000                                                                              | 2013.84                                                                             | 545.29                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                   | Haryana **                                                                          | 920054                                                                              | 3656.80                                                                             | 1622.75                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                    | 435197                                                                              | 1136.87                                                                             | 469.87                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                  | J&K (including Laddakh)                                                             | 285029                                                                              | 1520.67                                                                             | 903.47                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                           | 1313139                                                                             | 1118.44                                                                             | 564.60                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                           | 3942711                                                                             | 9557.48                                                                             | 6049.22                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                  | Kerala **                                                                           | 2045538                                                                             | 2740.95                                                                             | 4399.78                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                      | 1444257                                                                             | 5078.85                                                                             | 3975.72                                                                             |
| 15                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                         | 1401693                                                                             | 14273.18                                                                            | 5864.43                                                                             |
| 16                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                             | 193213                                                                              | 312.23                                                                              | 244.00                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                           | 87760                                                                               | 225.04                                                                              | 41.20                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                             | 68244                                                                               | 210.82                                                                              | 175.98                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                            | 33756                                                                               | 171.97                                                                              | 109.40                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                              | 3660419                                                                             | 3315.80                                                                             | 2808.93                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                              | 639269                                                                              | 1929.53                                                                             | 1310.89                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                           | 2974011                                                                             | 3925.23                                                                             | 2164.21                                                                             |
| 23                                                                                  | Sikkim **                                                                           | 38361                                                                               | 188.25                                                                              | 56.75                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                          | 2085256                                                                             | 5511.96                                                                             | 2098.47                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                           | 1363443                                                                             | 3539.82                                                                             | 2192.24                                                                             |
| 26                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                             | 117218                                                                              | 281.83                                                                              | 64.26                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                       | 15266278                                                                            | 8325.41                                                                             | 6366.64                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                         | 449128                                                                              | 998.72                                                                              | 569.03                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                  | West Bengal **                                                                      | 3197538                                                                             | 3712.29                                                                             | 1324.34                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                  | Delhi                                                                               | 1316385                                                                             | 3038.06                                                                             | 858.12                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                  | A &NIsland                                                                          | 21544                                                                               | 126.45                                                                              | 29.22                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                          | 28888                                                                               | 167.38                                                                              | 28.66                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                  | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                 | 10667                                                                               | 75.93                                                                               | 8.46                                                                                |
| 34                                                                                  | Daman and Diu                                                                       | 14924                                                                               | 42.96                                                                               | 9.96                                                                                |
| 35                                                                                  | Lakshadweep                                                                         | 434                                                                                 | 12.75                                                                               | 2.36                                                                                |
| 36                                                                                  | Puducherry                                                                          | 38003                                                                               | 177.47                                                                              | 161.23                                                                              |
|                                                                                     | TOTAL                                                                               | 50631758                                                                            | 87478.79                                                                            | 49269.20                                                                            |

*Source: As per reports/data received from State/UT BOCW Welfare Boards

** Data as on 01.07.2022

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