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The Building and Other Construction Workers’ (BoCW) welfare Boards of the States/ UTs maintain the data of construction workers in respect of their State/UT. However, the details about the number of registered Construction Workers State-wise is enclosed at the Annexure.

The Central Government is committed to protect and promote the welfare, social security, safety and health of labourers. It has enacted the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 [BOCW (RE&CS) Act, 1996], now subsumed in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working   Conditions Code, 2020   (OSH Code, 2020),  to   regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction workers and to provide for their safety, health and welfare measures and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. These provisions are enforced by the Central and State Governments in their respective spheres.

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.

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 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.

This information was given by Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State, Ministry of Labour & Employment in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2486 for 24.03.2022 regarding ‘Support to construction workers’.

 

Sl. No.	Name of the States/UTs.	No. of registered BOCW workers
1	Andhra Pradesh	1973592
2	Arunachal Pradesh	44136
3	Assam	543275
4	Bihar	1970680
5	Chhattisgarh	2020732
6	Goa	16060
7	Gujarat	683000
8	Haryana	893957
9	Himachal Pradesh	339049
10	J&K (including Laddakh)	610738
11	Jharkhand	1205939
12	Karnataka	3165495
13	Kerala	2030730
14	Madhya Pradesh	1230250
15	Maharashtra	3040210
16	Manipur	151459
17	Meghalaya	82059
18	Mizoram	52947
19	Nagaland	32399
20	Odisha	2900349
21	Punjab	579212
22	Rajasthan	2839216
23	Sikkim	38361
24	Tamil Nadu	1675896
25	Telangana	1213696
26	Tripura	115692
27	Uttar Pradesh	11936594
28	Uttarakhand	401365
29	West  Bengal	3183744
30	Delhi	587184
31	A & N Island	21488
32	Chandigarh	28053
33	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	10228
34	Daman and Diu	12718
35	Lakshadweep	434
36	Puducherry	36238
	TOTAL	45667175

 

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

 

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