T yet to form Workers Welfare Board: Govt

New Delhi: Government on Wednesday said all States, except Telangana, have constituted Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (BOCWWB).

Minister of State for Labour Vishnu Deo Sai said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha that various welfare schemes have been formulated by the Board for the welfare of building and other construction workers in all states except Manipur, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep. "Every state, except Telangana, has constituted the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1996," Sai said. He said the Central government has been issuing instructions to state governments and state Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards for taking steps to accelerate registration of construction workers, collection and utilization of cess. He said that as per figures as on March 31, 2014, the total amount of cess collected in Construction Workers Cess Fund is Rs 14099.16 crores from various states while the total amount spent is Rs 2382.15 crores.