Construction industry has 5 Cr workers but only 2.86 Cr are registered: Gangwar
Published: Apr 19, 2018
By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service
NEW DELHI, APRIL 19, 2018: The building and other construction workers are one of the most vulnerable segments of the unorganised sector workers in India. The Supreme Court had already expressed concern over the cess fund lying unutilized with the States and have passed directions to register all the Building and other Construction (BOC) workers and fully utilise the fund for their welfare.
Yesterday, addressing the National Conference on Building and Other Construction Workers, the Minister said that it is a matter of concern that while there are more than five crore workers in the construction and building sector only two crore 86 lakhs have been registered so far. He called for special drive for increasing the registration and to stream line welfare benefit delivery mechanism so as to ensure that all the BOC workers get their benefit.
He added that the Supreme Court had already emphasised the need for making Model Scheme which should include social security benefits of health, pension, Safety, education to standardize the social security schemes across the states which has been collected though the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996. He requested the States and other stakeholders to make use of recently launched National Portal to facilitate registration of BOC workers.