Delhi govt to increase registered construction workers count to 15 lakh
The Hindu
Delhi govt aims to raise reg. construction workers to 15 lakh, increase welfare spending 20x. Last year, 4,500 apps received, 2,000 processed for benefits with Rs 12.66 crore expenditure. Board had Rs 4212.34 crore collected as construction cess. Cess imposed on projects >Rs 10L for welfare schemes.
Delhi government has targeted to raise the number of registered construction workers in the city to 15 lakh this year and increase spending on various welfare schemes for them by 20 times, officials said on Monday.
The move comes in the wake of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier this year expressing dissatisfaction over less number of registration of workers and emphasising to increase it further.
As per official data, the number of registered workers was 13 lakh by end of 2022-23.
The Delhi government will also raise spending on welfare schemes meant for construction workers to ₹246 crore this year, up from ₹12.66 crore last year, officials said.
Last year over 4,500 applications were received from registered construction workers for various welfare schemes run by Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
Out of which, just over 2,000 were processed for benefits of different schemes with an expenditure of ₹12.66 crore, a labour department officer said.
The Board had a corpus of ₹4,212.34 crore collected as construction cess, by the end of last fiscal. A one per cent cess is imposed on all private and official construction projects worth Rs 10 lakh and above.
With increased terminal entry points (eGates) at Mumbai International airport from 24 to 68, which is the highest number of e-gates at kerbside or landside in the country, the expansion will enhance the airport’s processing capacity to an astounding 7,440 passengers per hour at Terminal 2 (T2) and 2,160 at T1