Accidental Benefit

Yes, the building worker must have completed 90 days of service as a building worker in the preceding 12 months.

Any registered worker of the Board can apply for the welfare scheme.

At present all Assistant Labour Commissioners and Inspectors posted at blocks and municipalities shall be responsible for registering a worker as a beneficiary.

Every building worker who is between the age of 18-60 years and who has been engaged in any building or other construction work for not less than 90 days during the preceding one year is eligible for registration as a beneficiary of the BOCW Welfare Board of West Bengal.

To register as a beneficiary under the BOCW Welfare Board, an applicant worker should collect and submit the Form-27 with all the mandatory documents (self attested, if required) and a fee of [?]20/- to the Assistant Labour Commissioners/ Beneficiary Registering Officers.

Yes, the application for registration must be made in Form-27. You can obtain this form from the Assistant Labour Commissioners/ Beneficiary Registering Officers in your area.

Upon successful verification, the construction worker is registered, and an identity card and passbook are issued to him/her.

The registration fee is [?]20/-, and the yearly subscription fee is [?]30/-. These amounts are noted in the passbook, and a receipt is issued.

The yearly subscription fee of [?]30/- is recorded in the passbook, and a receipt is issued for the payment.

After the expiry of one year, the subscription of the beneficiary is renewed upon payment of a renewal fee of [?]30/- and submission of an application made in Form-27A.

If the subscription is not renewed, the registration of the beneficiary is cancelled after the expiry of one year.

Yes, a fresh application for renewal can be submitted to the Assistant Labour Commissioner (ALC) for consideration.

A registered member of the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board of the West Bengal, who is been hospitalized for 5 or more days or has become disabled/permanently disabled due to an accident, shall be eligible for this benefit.

The maximum reimbursement amount for hospitalization for 5 or more days is [?]10,000/-.

In the case of disablement due to an accident, the beneficiary can receive up to a maximum amount of [?]50,000.

The monthly pension amount for permanent disablement is [?]750/-.

In the case of the death of a pension holder with permanent disablement, the family pension amount for the spouse or nominee is [?]375/- per month.

The spouse or nominee of a pension holder with permanent disablement is eligible for the family pension.

The application must be made in the prescribed Form-XXXIV. The form can be collected from Assistant Labour Commissioners/ Beneficiary Registering Officers in your area.

Submit your welfare scheme application to the Assistant Labour Commissioners/ Beneficiary Registering Officers in your area.