CM announces incentives for construction workers

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 10

The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda  today announced a bonanza of incentives for construction workers and said that  financial help at a rate of per day minimum wage for 30 days would be provided to those who are unable to rejoin work due to accident or some serious illness.

          A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Hooda here today.

          Mr. Hooda said that this financial assistance would be given under the Medical Assistance to the Beneficiaries Scheme to the beneficiaries who are hospitalized in a Government hospital for five or more days. At present, Rs 215 and Rs 200 are payable as minimum wages to skilled and unskilled workers respectively. Earlier, the financial assistance was Rs 200 for the first five days and Rs 20 for each remaining day, subject to a maximum of Rs 1000.

          The Chief Minister also decided to enhance the financial assistance being provided under the Kanyadaan Scheme to such workers on the marriage of their two daughters from Rs 21,000 to Rs 31,000.

          The financial aid provided to the dependents of a deceased beneficiary was also  increased from Rs 75,000 to Rs one lakh and if the death is due to accident during the course of employment, the dependents of the deceased would now get Rs 1.5 lakh instead of Rs 1.25 lakh earlier. Also, the proposal to give a financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to the dependents of unregistered worker in case of  his death due to accident during the course of employment was approved.

          It was also decided that the Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board will reimburse upto Rs 3000 on the purchase of bicycle by the construction workers. This facility will be provided once in three years to the beneficiaries who would   be member for at least one year. Apart from this, the Board will provide in a year a pair of footwear of not more than Rs 250 and two pairs of saris or suit of maximum cost of Rs 1000 to the women construction workers. Similarly, the Board would also provide rain coat or umbrella once in a year  at a cost of not more than Rs 250 to its registered construction labourers.

          Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Pt. Shiv Charan Lal Sharma, Additional Principal Secretaries to Chief Minister, Dr. K.K. Khandelwal and Mr. Shiv Raman Gaur, Additional Chief Secretary, Labour and Employment, Mr. Praveen Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary, Finance, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, Principal Secretary, Health, Mrs. Navraj Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. P. Raghavendra Rao, Principal Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. R.R. Jowel, Labour Commissioner, Mr. Arun Kumar and other senior officers of the State Government  were also present in the meeting.