Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board
Statutory welfare board for building and construction workers in Punjab, running benefit schemes for registered workers and their families.
Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board at a glance
| Established | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Address | Punjab, India |
| Programmes | 19 standing programmes · 1 open call right now |
| Official website | bocw.punjab.gov.in |
Programs by Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board
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Which Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board programme fits you
19 programmes compared by who they are for, the stage they accept, how long they run and what they cost.
| Programme | Best for | Stage | Duration | Format | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stipend Scheme | Children of registered construction workers | — | Annual | — | — |
| LTC Scheme (Leave Travel Concession) | Registered construction workers | — | Once in two years | — | — |
| Ex-gratia Scheme | Registered beneficiaries with disability or a death | — | — | — | — |
| Shagun Scheme | Registered construction workers with daughters | — | — | — | — |
| Funeral Assistance Scheme | Families of registered construction workers after a death | — | — | — | — |
| General Surgery Scheme | Registered beneficiaries and their dependants who need general surgery | — | — | — | — |
| Reimbursement for Dangerous Ailments | Beneficiaries and dependants treated for one of 16 listed ailments | — | — | — | — |
| Maternity Benefit Scheme | Registered female and male construction workers | — | Up to two deliveries | — | — |
| Denture, Spectacles and Hearing Aid Scheme | Beneficiary construction workers and their families | — | — | — | — |
| Cycle Scheme for Construction Workers | Registered construction workers | — | One cycle after one year of registration; another after every five years of membership | — | — |
| Cycle Scheme for Children of Construction Workers | Children of registered construction workers in classes 9 to 12 in Punjab | — | Once, during classes 9 to 12 | — | — |
| Mentally Retarded Children Benefit Scheme | Children of registered construction workers who are mentally retarded or handicapped | — | Annual | — | — |
| Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna (BPSSBY) | Registered beneficiaries and their family members | — | Per year | — | — |
| Skill Upgradation and Vocational Education Scheme | Registered construction workers and their children | — | — | — | — |
| Labour Shed Scheme | Construction workers who assemble for work | — | — | — | — |
| Pension Scheme | Registered construction workers aged 60 or over, and their families | — | Monthly | — | — |
| Mobile Lab Scheme | Registered construction workers and their family members | — | — | — | — |
| Urban Health Kiosk SchemeWith Punjab Health Society | Construction workers and their families in slum areas served by urban health kiosks | — | — | — | — |
| Balari Birth Gift Scheme | Registered construction workers with female children | — | Up to two female children; cashed at the daughter's marriage | — | — |
Programmes they run
Standing programmes at Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, separate from the funding calls above.
These are the Board's benefit schemes for registered construction workers and their families, not startup programmes. The Board's pages show no application windows, so confirm a scheme is open before you apply.
Stipend Scheme
Grant schemeAn annual stipend for the children of registered construction workers, from first class to degree courses.
Best for: Children of registered construction workers
- Annual
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The Stipend Scheme pays an annual stipend towards the schooling of children whose parents are registered construction workers, from first class up to degree courses.
What you get
- An annual stipend for each eligible child, from first class to degree courses
Who can apply
- The child of a registered construction worker
Check before you apply: The Board's two sources disagree on whether a benefit from another Punjab government department rules out a claim. Its booklet allows a claim only if the beneficiary has not received such a benefit. Its website's welfare-schemes page allows it even if the beneficiary has. Ask the Board which applies.
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
LTC Scheme (Leave Travel Concession)
Grant schemeA travel concession for one journey every two years, to a religious or historical place in India or to the worker's hometown.
Best for: Registered construction workers
- Once in two years
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The LTC Scheme, short for Leave Travel Concession, helps a registered construction worker pay for one journey every two years. The journey can be to a religious or historical place in India, or to the worker's hometown.
What you get
- A fixed travel concession for one journey every two years
Who can apply
- A registered construction worker, once in two years
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Ex-gratia Scheme
Grant schemeA lump-sum payment for a registered beneficiary who suffers complete disability or dies, with a graded payment for partial disability.
Best for: Registered beneficiaries with disability or a death
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The Ex-gratia Scheme pays a lump sum to a registered beneficiary who suffers complete disability or dies in an accident, and a separate lump sum on natural death. Partial disability is paid per percentage point of disability, up to a ceiling.
What you get
- A lump-sum payment on complete (100%) disability or accidental death
- A lump-sum payment on natural death
- A payment for partial disability, worked out per percentage point, up to a ceiling
Who can apply
- A registered beneficiary with a disability or a death covered by the scheme
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Shagun Scheme
Grant schemeA marriage payment for each of two daughters of a registered construction worker.
Best for: Registered construction workers with daughters
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The Shagun Scheme pays a marriage payment for each of two daughters of a registered construction worker.
What you get
- A marriage payment on the marriage of each of two daughters
Who can apply
- A registered construction worker with daughters
Check before you apply: The Board's two sources disagree on whether a benefit from another Punjab government department rules out a claim, as they do for the Stipend Scheme. Ask the Board which applies.
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Funeral Assistance Scheme
Subsidy or reimbursementA one-time payment towards cremation and last-rites costs in Punjab after the death of a registered worker or a family member.
Best for: Families of registered construction workers after a death
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The Funeral Assistance Scheme gives a one-time payment towards cremation and last-rites costs in Punjab, after the death of a registered construction worker or a member of the worker's family.
What you get
- A one-time payment towards cremation and last rites in Punjab
Who can apply
- Families of registered workers, after a death, where the cremation or last rites take place in Punjab
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
General Surgery Scheme
Subsidy or reimbursementFinancial aid for general surgery for a registered beneficiary and his dependants, up to a set limit or the actual expense if lower.
Best for: Registered beneficiaries and their dependants who need general surgery
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The General Surgery Scheme gives financial aid for general surgery for a registered beneficiary and his dependants. The aid is capped at a set limit, or the actual expense if that is less, whichever is lower.
What you get
- Financial aid for general surgery up to a set limit, or the actual expense if that is less
Who can apply
- A registered beneficiary, and his dependants
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Reimbursement for Dangerous Ailments
Subsidy or reimbursementReimbursement of treatment costs, up to a set limit, for 16 serious ailments listed in the scheme.
Best for: Beneficiaries and dependants treated for one of 16 listed ailments
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The scheme reimburses treatment costs for the beneficiary and dependants, up to a set limit, for 16 serious ailments listed in the scheme.
What you get
- Reimbursement of treatment expenses up to a set limit, for one of the 16 listed ailments
Who can apply
- A beneficiary or dependant treated for one of the 16 listed ailments
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Maternity Benefit Scheme
Grant schemeA per-delivery payment for up to two deliveries, to a female registered worker, and to a male registered worker for his spouse's deliveries.
Best for: Registered female and male construction workers
- Up to two deliveries
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The Maternity Benefit Scheme pays a per-delivery amount for up to two deliveries. A female registered worker claims for her own deliveries, and a male registered worker claims for his spouse's deliveries.
What you get
- A per-delivery payment for up to two deliveries
Who can apply
- A female registered construction worker, for her own deliveries
- A male registered construction worker, for his spouse's deliveries
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Denture, Spectacles and Hearing Aid Scheme
Subsidy or reimbursementFixed financial aid towards a denture, spectacles or a hearing aid for a beneficiary and family.
Best for: Beneficiary construction workers and their families
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The Denture, Spectacles and Hearing Aid Scheme gives fixed financial aid for a denture, a pair of spectacles or a hearing aid, for the beneficiary and family.
What you get
- Fixed financial aid per item for a denture, spectacles or a hearing aid
Who can apply
- A registered beneficiary construction worker, and his family
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
A free cycle after a year of registration, and another after every five years of membership.
Best for: Registered construction workers
- One cycle after one year of registration; another after every five years of membership
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Registered construction workers get one free cycle after at least one year of registration. A further cycle is provided after every five years of membership.
What you get
- One free cycle after a year of registration
- A further cycle after every five years of membership
Who can apply
- A registered construction worker, after a year of registration
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
A free cycle, once, for a child of a registered worker studying in classes 9 to 12 in Punjab.
Best for: Children of registered construction workers in classes 9 to 12 in Punjab
- Once, during classes 9 to 12
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The Board provides a free cycle for the children of registered construction workers, once, during classes 9 to 12 in Punjab.
What you get
- One free cycle, once, during classes 9 to 12
Who can apply
- A child of a registered construction worker, studying in classes 9 to 12 in Punjab
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Mentally Retarded Children Benefit Scheme
Grant schemeAnnual financial assistance for the care of a child of a registered worker who is mentally retarded or handicapped.
Best for: Children of registered construction workers who are mentally retarded or handicapped
- Annual
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The scheme gives annual financial assistance for the care of a child of a registered construction worker who is mentally retarded or handicapped.
What you get
- Annual financial assistance for the care of the child
Who can apply
- A child of a registered construction worker who is mentally retarded or handicapped
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna (BPSSBY)
Subsidy or reimbursementFree medical treatment for a registered beneficiary and family, up to a yearly cap per family, with insurance for the beneficiary.
Best for: Registered beneficiaries and their family members
- Per year
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The Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna gives a registered beneficiary and his family free medical treatment, up to a yearly cap per family, with no cap on family size. It also includes insurance for the beneficiary on accidental death or complete (100%) disability.
What you get
- Free medical treatment for the beneficiary and family, up to a yearly cap per family
- Insurance cover for the beneficiary on accidental death or complete (100%) disability
Who can apply
- A registered beneficiary, with family members included
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Skill Upgradation and Vocational Education Scheme
Subsidy or reimbursementTraining for registered workers and their children, with an hourly incentive for workers who train.
Best for: Registered construction workers and their children
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The Skill Upgradation and Vocational Education Scheme covers training for registered construction workers and for their children. For training under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), the Board pays an incentive per hour to the worker.
What you get
- Course fees, boarding and lodging for children at technical institutes
- An hourly incentive for a worker training under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Who can apply
- A registered construction worker, or the child of one, for the training concerned
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Labour Shed Scheme
ProgrammeLabour sheds cum night shelters built where construction workers gather in search of work.
Best for: Construction workers who assemble for work
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The Board builds labour sheds cum night shelters at places where construction workers gather to find work. The sheds are shared infrastructure, not a payment to individual workers.
Who can use it
- Construction workers who assemble in search of work
Pension Scheme
Grant schemeA monthly pension for a registered worker aged 60 or over with three years of membership, plus a monthly family pension.
Best for: Registered construction workers aged 60 or over, and their families
- Monthly
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The Pension Scheme pays a monthly pension to a registered construction worker aged 60 or over with three years of membership. A monthly family pension is also provided by the Board.
What you get
- A monthly pension for the worker
- A monthly family pension
Who can apply
- A registered construction worker aged 60 or over, with three years of membership
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Mobile Lab Scheme
Subsidy or reimbursementMobile lab screening for silicosis and other diseases, with reimbursement of treatment costs up to a set limit.
Best for: Registered construction workers and their family members
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The Mobile Lab Scheme screens registered construction workers and their family members for silicosis and other diseases. If silicosis is detected, the Board reimburses treatment costs up to a set limit.
What you get
- Mobile lab screening for silicosis and other diseases
- If silicosis is detected, reimbursement of treatment costs up to a set limit
Who can apply
- A registered worker or a family member
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Urban Health Kiosk Scheme
ProgrammePrimary health facilities for construction workers and their families at urban health kiosks in slum areas.
Best for: Construction workers and their families in slum areas served by urban health kiosks
With Punjab Health Society
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The Board provides primary health facilities to construction workers and their families at urban health kiosks in slum areas. The Punjab Health Society runs the kiosks.
Who can use it
- Construction workers and their families in slum areas served by an urban health kiosk
Balari Birth Gift Scheme
Grant schemeA fixed deposit for each female child born to a registered worker, for up to two girls, cashed at the daughter's marriage.
Best for: Registered construction workers with female children
- Up to two female children; cashed at the daughter's marriage
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The Balari Birth Gift Scheme makes a fixed deposit receipt for the birth of a female child of a registered construction worker, for up to two girls. The deposit can be cashed only when the daughter marries.
What you get
- A fixed deposit receipt on the birth of a female child, for up to two girls
- Cashing only at the daughter's marriage
Who can apply
- A registered construction worker with female children, up to two
How to apply: Visit your nearest Sewa Kendra, or contact the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
How to apply to Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board
Find the right scheme
- Medical costs: the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna, the General Surgery Scheme, the reimbursement scheme for 16 dangerous ailments, and the Mobile Lab Scheme.
- A child's education: the Stipend Scheme, the cycle scheme for children in classes 9 to 12, and the Skill Upgradation and Vocational Education Scheme.
- Marriage, birth or death in the family: the Shagun Scheme, the Balari Birth Gift Scheme, the Funeral Assistance Scheme and the Ex-gratia Scheme.
- Work, travel and retirement: the cycle scheme for workers, the Leave Travel Concession and the Pension Scheme.
Check you qualify first
- Work in Punjab construction for at least 90 days in the last 12 months.
- Be aged 18 to 60 to register as a construction worker.
- The pension needs age 60 or over and three years of membership.
- The first worker's cycle needs one year of registration.
How applications work
- Register at a Sewa Kendra, or through the local labour office. Registration needs a one-time fee and a monthly contribution.
- The Board's web portal is linked with the Punjab Sewa Portal, so applications can be filed at the nearest Sewa Kendra.
- Benefit applications go to the nearest Sewa Kendra, or to the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Labour-cum-Conciliation Officer, Labour Inspector or Labour Enforcement Officer for your area.
Before you apply
- Ask the Board whether a benefit from another Punjab government department affects the Stipend or Shagun schemes. Its two sources disagree.
- Ask whether the scheme is taking applications now. The site's newest dated material is from 2018.
About Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board
The Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board is a statutory body set up by the Government of Punjab to register building and construction workers in the state and provide them with welfare benefits. It was constituted on 30 April 2009 under the Building and Other Construction Workers' (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996. Its schemes reach workers and their families in Punjab through Sewa Kendras and local labour offices.
Who the schemes are for
Every scheme the Board runs is a benefit for construction workers and their families. The schemes are not for businesses or startups, so founders looking for business funding will not find them here.
For the Board's purposes, a construction worker is someone doing building or construction work in Punjab for at least 90 days in the last 12 months, aged 18 to 60. Once a worker is registered, the Board's pages say he becomes eligible for its welfare schemes.
Registration is done at a Sewa Kendra or through the local labour office. It involves a one-time registration fee and a monthly contribution fee.
The benefit schemes
The Board's schemes fall into a few groups.
Health. The Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna covers free medical treatment for a registered beneficiary and family, up to a yearly cap per family, and gives insurance for the beneficiary on accidental death or complete disability. Other health schemes cover general surgery, reimbursement of treatment for 16 serious ailments, and a mobile lab that screens for silicosis and other diseases. Urban health kiosks in slum areas, run by the Punjab Health Society, give primary care to construction workers and their families. Fixed financial aid also covers a denture, spectacles or a hearing aid.
Family and life events. The Ex-gratia Scheme pays a lump sum on complete disability or accidental death, and another on natural death. Partial disability is paid per percentage point, up to a ceiling. The Funeral Assistance Scheme helps with cremation and last-rites costs in Punjab. The Shagun Scheme pays a marriage payment for each of two daughters of a registered worker. The Maternity Benefit Scheme pays for up to two deliveries. The Balari Birth Gift Scheme makes a fixed deposit for up to two female children, which is cashed only when the daughter marries.
Children and training. The Stipend Scheme pays an annual stipend for the children of registered workers, from first class to degree courses. Children in classes 9 to 12 in Punjab can get a free cycle once. The Mentally Retarded Children Benefit Scheme gives annual support for the care of a child who is mentally retarded or handicapped. The Skill Upgradation and Vocational Education Scheme covers training for workers and their children, with an incentive for each hour a worker trains.
Work, travel and retirement. Registered workers get a free cycle after a year of registration, and another after every five years of membership. The Leave Travel Concession pays a fixed amount for one journey every two years, to a religious or historical place in India or to the worker's hometown. The Pension Scheme pays a monthly pension to a registered worker aged 60 or over with three years of membership, and a monthly family pension. The Board also builds labour sheds cum night shelters where construction workers gather for work.
What is not clear
The Board's newest dated figures are from 2018. Its site does not show current application windows for any scheme, so check with the Board before you apply.
The Board's two sources also disagree on one eligibility point, for the Stipend and Shagun schemes. Its welfare schemes booklet allows a claim only if the beneficiary has not received a similar benefit from another Punjab government department. Its website's welfare-schemes page allows a claim even if the beneficiary has. This page cannot settle which one applies.
Scale
The Board's own figures run to 30 June 2018, the newest dated figures on its site. By then 748,000 workers, or 7.48 lakh, had been registered as beneficiaries. Between 1 April 2017 and 30 June 2018, 52,882 workers were registered. Applications received under the welfare schemes totalled 629,095, and 337,665 workers had benefited from them.
Who runs it
The Board is a statutory body. Its income comes from a construction cess and from worker registration and contribution fees.
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Frequently asked questions about Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board
What is Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board?
Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board is a government body based in Punjab.
What does Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board do?
The Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board is a statutory body set up by the Government of Punjab to register building and construction workers in the state and provide them with welfare benefits.
Where is Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board located?
Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board is based in Punjab, India.
What programs does Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board run?
Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board currently has 1 open programme: Tool Kit Scheme (P.B.O.C.W.W.B).
Is Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board open to applications?
Yes. Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board has 1 open programme right now, including Tool Kit Scheme (P.B.O.C.W.W.B). Check each programme's page for its deadline and eligibility.
How do I apply to Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board?
- Medical costs: the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna, the General Surgery Scheme, the reimbursement scheme for 16 dangerous ailments, and the Mobile Lab Scheme. - A child's education: the Stipend Scheme, the cycle scheme for children in classes 9 to 12, and the Skill Upgradation and Vocational Education Scheme.
When was Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board founded?
Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board was founded in 2009. It is a government body.
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