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Amarinder orders drive to register construction workers for availing welfare benefits

Chandigarh, Nov 22 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the Labour Department to launch a vigorous drive to register the maximum number of construction workers to enable them to avail the state government’s welfare benefits.
Presiding over the 25th meeting of Punjab Building & Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board of the Labour Department here at CMO this evening, the Chief Minister underlined the need to create awareness among these labourers about the existing welfare schemes under the Punjab Building & Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board. This would enable them to take the maximum advantage of the schemes, he added.
The Chief Minister also approved the Board's proposal to pay an additional equal amount of Rs.1.5 lakh for the registered construction workers belonging to SC/BC category with annual income less than Rs.3 lakh under "Punjab Shehri Awas Yojna-2017". Those having three-year membership with the Board would be eligible under the scheme.
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