Pension 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 serving the board at least for 5 years, shall be eligible for this benefit. Also, in case of death of the beneficiary, the spouse/ nominee of the beneficiary is entitled to receive family pension.

A beneficiary can receive an amount between [?]750/- to 1120/- per month.

In case of the death of the beneficiary, the spouse or nominee of the beneficiary is entitled to receive family pension at the rate of half of the amount of the pension which the beneficiary used to receive prior to his death.

The spouse or nominee of a pension holder is eligible for the family pension after his/her death.

No, the spouse/ nominee of the deceased beneficiary is entitled to receive only half of the pension amount that the beneficiary was receiving before their death.

The application must be made in the prescribed Form-XXXVII. 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.