As many as 35458 labourers from Organized and Unorganized sectors have benefited from the State Government schemes, an official statement claimed on Saturday.
The statement added that labourers had been provided materials and assistance of about `9.58 crore. Assistant labour Commissioner UK Kacchyap said at least 2023 women labourers have been distributed `89.90 lakh under the Maternity Assistance Scheme by Chhattisgarh Bhawan and other Construction Workers Board.
Similarly, 1341 labour families have received over `1 Crore under the Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindhia Marriage Incentive Scheme.
Meanwhile, 284 labour families have been distributed over `48 lakh under Vishwakarma Assistance Scheme. Cycles worth `1.51 crore have been provided to 6134 labourers under the Chief Minister Cycle Assistance Scheme.
likewise, over `1 crore sewing machines and funds have been distributed to 3452 women labourers under the Sewing Machine Assistance Scheme. The Assistant labour Commissioner further said that under the Unorganized Social Security Board, cycles were distributed to about 434 registered labourers, sewing machines to 313 labourers while 2415 labourers were covered in the Prime Minister Social Security Scheme.
Notably, Chhattisgarh Bhawan and other Construction Workers Board had registered around 41008 labourers. The Unorganized Social Security Board has registered around 40977 labourers through online mode.