The Super 500 scheme introduced last year for meritorious students of construction workers will now be known as “Super 5000”. Now, 5000 instead of 500 meritorious children of construction workers will be given assistance worth Rs25,000 each for studies. This was announced by labour, Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Minister Antar Singh Arya at a programme organised by MP Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board to mark Vishwakarma Jayanti here on Wednesday.
The labour Minister also distributed benefit letters to registered construction workers drawn from various districts under Super 500 scheme, maternity, marriage and medical assistance, education incentive and other schemes. Principal Secretary labour Muktesh Varshney was chief guest on the occasion.
The labour Minister said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan wished that children of labourers also pursued higher education. Under Super 5000 Scheme, registered construction workers’ meritorious children studying in class X and XII will get benefit.Benefit of Rs25,000 each will be provided to 10 thousand sons and daughters of construction workers including 5,000 students securing first division in Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education’s class X exam and 5 thousand students of class XII.
Arya said that amendments are also being made in other beneficiary-oriented schemes to remove difficulties of labourers.
Arya said that labour Department is going to open Shramodaya Schools on the lines of Navodaya Schools at Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore and Gwalior. Process is on to acquire land for schools. Arya directed departmental officers to ensure payment of minimum prescribed wages to all labourers justifiably.
labour Minister Arya flagged off 2 propaganda vehicles. Through the vans available in its district offices of the labour Department, publicity will be made about beneficiary-oriented schemes to help maximum number of labourers avail schemes’ benefit. On the occasion, Arya also released a book of guidelines and brochure of schemes of MP Building AND Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.