The Haryana Government on Wednesday approved the registration of construction workers as beneficiary of Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. An official spokesman of the State Government said that as per the instructions, the Sub Divisional Engineer of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department would act as assistant registering officer for registration of the construction workers working under their jurisdiction and would motivate all the construction workers engaged in the projects or construction sites of their respective jurisdiction to apply for this registration.
He would ensure that no worker be allowed to work with any of the contractor without being registered as member of Haryana Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board, said the spokesperson. He said that as the department is paying one per cent cess on the cost of construction of their projects but the construction workers engaged in these projects through the contractors are not able to get their statutory benefits out of this cess amount.
Apart from this, all the Departments would also ensure the timely transfer of the cess amount to Secretary, Haryana Building and other Construction Worker Welfare Board. He said that the construction workers who have worked under MGNREGA for more than 50 days would also be registered. The registration of such workers would only be on the recommendation of the Sub Divisional Engineer (SDE), Panchayati Raj, Public Works Department, he added.