Sign In
Learn bits
Science & Tech.
Mahesh

22/08/24 09:57 AM IST

Ministry of Labour & Employment launches Building and other Construction Workers (BoCW) Management Information System (MIS) portal

In News
  • In a landmark initiative aimed at welfare of the BoC workers and unorganized workers, BoCW Management Information System (MIS) Portal was launched.
Features of the portal
  • The portal will function as the centralized data management system for compilation and analysis of the data obtained from BoCW Welfare Boards of the States.
  • This will in turn enable the States/UTs to make informed decisions and frame better welfare policies for BoCW workers.
  • The States/UTs were asked to register on the portal and update their details, including fund utilization, onboarding of data on registration of the workers under various central and state schemes, pertaining to social security benefits, insurance, health benefits, housing schemes, etc.  
Measures taken by govt.
  • There are around 5.7 crore workers registered with Building and Construction Workers Welfare Boards of various States & UTs across the country, as on 30th June 2024.
  • A cumulative cess amounting to around Rs. 1.15 lakh crores have been collected by Boards, out of which more than Rs. 66,000 crores have been spent by the Boards for providing benefits under various welfare schemes to these workers.
  •  The Ministry is also working with the State BoCW Welfare Boards to extend the benefits of various central government schemes to BoC workers by utilizing BoCW cess fund.
  • As a result, Ayushman Cards for health benefit have been approved for 1.3 crore BoCW workers under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) scheme.
  • More than 85000 workers have been covered with insurance under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PM-JJBY) scheme, and another 1.24 lakh workers have been covered for protection against disability under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PM-SBY) scheme.
  • Many states including Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Madhya Pradesh have undertaken construction of schools through cess funds for wards of BoC workers. Other states were also urged to undertake similar intiatives.
  • The States and UTs were also requested to expedite the integration of BoC workers’ data with e-Shram portal of the Ministry, to enable access to various schemes as a one-stop-solution for unorganized sector workers.  
Source- PIB

More Related Current Affairs View All

06 Jan

1978 ‘anti-conversion’ law of Arunachal Pradesh

'Arunachal Pradesh is home to a number of different small ethnic communities with an array of different beliefs and practices.' The law, enacted by the then Union Territory of A

Read More

03 Jan

State of Forest Report 2023

'The State of Forest Report (SFR) 2023 was released by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, on December 21, 2024.' The SFR is

Read More

31 Dec

ISRO launches SpaDeX mission for space docking

'The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission recently.' The PSLV C60 rocket carrying two small satellites,

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps