Lok Sabha Question No. 5076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Building and Construction Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal, Anumula Revanth Reddy, Hemant Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5076 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

†5076. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL: SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY: SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

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

- (a)whether the Union Government has advised State Governments regarding State  Labour  Welfare  Boards  that  must  use  the  Building  and  Other Construction Worker's Cess (BOCW) Fund for health, nutrition, protection, and  care  for  children  of  all  construction  workers  irrespective  of  their registration  in  the  State  Labour  Welfare  Board  in  India  and  specially  in West Bengal and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with future initiative in this regard, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b)the  financial  status  of  Welfare  Boards  formed  for  building  and  other construction workers in Maharashtra along with the number of members whose welfare schemes related claims are lying pending along with the district-wise list of the registered workers in Maharashtra;
- (c)the district wise number and details of beneficiaries in Maharashtra who have  been  disbursed  funds  under  various  schemes  during  the  last  five
- years and the total amount of funds distributed to the beneficiaries;
- (d)the amount collected in BOCW Cess Fund and the details of the activity undertaken through the BOCW cess since 2014, year-wise; and
- (e)the details of the funds allocated to the State of Telangana from the BOCW
- cess for the Covid relief measures?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Relevant instructions under Section 60 of the BOCW(RE&CS) Act, 1996  have  been  issued  from  time  to  time  by  the  Central  Government  to State/UT  BOCW Welfare Boards,  including  to  the  State  of  West  Bengal,  for optimum  utilization  of  the  cess  funds  for  the  social  security  and  other welfare measures for the BOC workers  and their families, which may include the benefits of welfare schemes of  the  State  Welfare  Boards  and  social

security schemes of the Central/State Governments and for implementation of  the  provisions  of  the  Act.  Model  Welfare  Scheme  on  life  and  disability cover,  health  and  maternity  cover,  education  of  wards  of  BOC  workers, transit  housing,  skill  development,  pension  and  awareness  programs  was also circulated to the State BOCW Welfare Boards.

- (b) & (c): It  is  the  duty  of  the  Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers' (BoCW) welfare Boards of the States/ UTs  to maintain the data of construction workers in respect of their State/UT including data related to claims and fund distribution to beneficiaries under various schemes. As per the data received from Maharashtra BOCW Welfare Board (MBOCWWB), the details about the financial status of MBOCWWB is as follows:
- (d): The  implementation  of  Welfare  schemes  relating  to  life  and disability cover, health and maternity cover, transit housing, skill development, financial assistance for education of wards etc. of Building and Other Construction Workers has been entrusted upon State/UT BOCW Welfare Boards  under  Section  22  of  the  Act  and,  therefore,  such  detailed  data  is maintained  at  the  State/UT  level  only.  However,  as  per  the  data  received from State/UT BOCW Welfare Boards is as follows:
- (e): As per the information  available,  an amount of Rs. 124.55 Crore was  disbursed  to  8,30,324  BOC  Workers  in  Telangana  as  Covid  relief measures

|   Cess collected cumulative (Rs. in crore) |   Expenditure cumulative (Rs. in Crore) |   Balance available (Rs in crore) [including Bank's interest] |
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                      11794 |                                 3181.67 |                                                       8612.33 |

| Year                     | Cess collected cumulative (Rs. in crore)   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Upto 31.03.2014          | 14,099.16                                  |
| 2014-15                  | 19,720.34                                  |
| 2015-16                  | 26,962.18                                  |
| 2016-17                  | 32,632.96                                  |
| 2017-18                  | 42,505.78                                  |
| 2018-19                  | 49,688.07                                  |
| 2019-20                  | 54,323.19                                  |
| 2020-21                  | 67,197.26                                  |
| 2021-22 (upto Dec, 2021) | 78,521.24                                  |

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