Ministry of Labour & Employment
16th Meeting of Building and Other Construction
Workers (BoCW) Monitoring Committee Reviews
Implementation of Social Security Schemes for
BoCW
100% Coverage under Social Security Schemes for
All BoC Workers Urged
Training of Construction Workers in Safety Measures
Highlighted
States/UTs to Organise TB Screenings in Campaign
Mode
Posted On: 14 JAN 2025 1:33PM by PIB Delhi
The 16th Building & Other Construction Workers (BoCW) ‘Monitoring Committee Meeting,’ was chaired by
Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Smt. Sumita Dawra, on 13th January 2025, in hybrid mode.
The meeting was attended by DG Labour Welfare, other senior officers of the Ministry, Additional Chief
Secretary/ Principal Secretaries/ Labour Commissioners, of States/UTs, Secretaries of BoCW Welfare
Boards, Central Welfare Commissioners, besides representatives from National Health Authority, and
Department of Financial Services. More than 100 participants attended the meeting.
Important issues related to (i) amendment to ‘Model Welfare Scheme’ for coverage of registered BoCW
Workers under the central social security schemes such as PMJJBY/PMSBY/PM-JAY/PMSYM, (ii)
construction of educational institutions/ schools from BoCW Cess Fund, (iii) BoCW data integration/on-
boarding with eShram Portal, (iv) CAG Audit and Social Audit, (v) data submission on BoCW MIS Portal,
(vii) automatic transfer of benefits to BoCW, etc. were discussed during the meeting.
Secretary, Labour & Employment emphasised that the States/UTs take required steps for utilization of cess
fund for extending coverage of social security to BoC workers. It was noted that presently there are around
5.73 Cr workers registered with the BoCW Welfare Boards of various States & UTs across the country, and
with the cumulative amount of balance funds available with the Boards as on 30th September 2024, there was
ample availability of resources which may be judiciously utilised for the welfare of the BoC workers, duly
focussing the uncovered population.
The Secretary, Labour & Employment highlighted, inter-alia, the urgent need for BoCW Welfare Boards to
diligently work for providing social security by strengthening registration machinery, API integration of data
of BoCW Boards with eShram by all States/ UTs, extending social security benefits to ensure 100% coverage
like health, insurance, accidental benefits for all workers, besides leveraging technology to enhance the
functioning of the Welfare Boards.
Setting up of an effective grievance redressal mechanism, ensuring training of workers in safety measures and
modern building techniques, timely payment of minimum wages, besides updation of data on the central MIS
portal regarding coverage of BoCW under welfare schemes were emphasized.
During the meeting, Uttarakhand and Assam BOCW Welfare Boards highlighted the good practices of their
respective Boards, as part of knowledge sharing.
Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Smt Punya Salila Srivastava also participated in the
meeting and made an intervention on eradication of Tuberculosis among the construction workers requesting
the BoCW Welfare Boards to take part on intensifying the campaign of ‘Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat
Abhiyaan’ organized by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. In this context, Secretary, M/o L&E requested
all State/UT Governments to organise health screenings for BoC workers including migrant workers on
campaign mode.
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Himanshu Pathak
(Release ID: 2092732)
