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AAP Siphoning Off Money Meant For Welfare Of Construction Workers: BJP
The BJP today accused the Delhi government of registering "bogus" construction workers and siphoning off money meant for them for AAP's party-related work.
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
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Use Funds Meant For Construction Workers To Help Other Workers Too: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre as to why it cannot issue an Ordinance that funds collected under the welfare scheme meant for building and construction workers across the country be used for other workers as well during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Will Ask States To Use Rs 31,000 Crore Fund For Building Workers, Says Centre
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the Centre will direct state governments to utilise the construction workers' welfare fund to support these workers against economic disruption due to the 21-day lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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Why 'Free Bicycles' For UP's Daily Workers Are Not Exactly Free
For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.
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Why 'Free Bicycles' For UP's Daily Workers Are Not Exactly Free
For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.
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'Ridiculous' That Money for Workers is Spent on Babus: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today termed the collection of Rs 27,000 crores by state governments for the welfare of construction workers, as "ridiculous", because the bulk of the funds lie unused, while the remaining are spent on administration and advertisement, rather than the most vulnerable section in India's unorganised labour sector.
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Union Government to Use 20,000 Crore Cess Pool for Construction Workers' Welfare
To provide a pension cover to construction workers, the Centre plans to utilise Rs 20,000 crore collected by various states as a cess from real estate developers.
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AAP Siphoning Off Money Meant For Welfare Of Construction Workers: BJP
The BJP today accused the Delhi government of registering "bogus" construction workers and siphoning off money meant for them for AAP's party-related work.
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
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Use Funds Meant For Construction Workers To Help Other Workers Too: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre as to why it cannot issue an Ordinance that funds collected under the welfare scheme meant for building and construction workers across the country be used for other workers as well during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Will Ask States To Use Rs 31,000 Crore Fund For Building Workers, Says Centre
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the Centre will direct state governments to utilise the construction workers' welfare fund to support these workers against economic disruption due to the 21-day lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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Why 'Free Bicycles' For UP's Daily Workers Are Not Exactly Free
For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.
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Why 'Free Bicycles' For UP's Daily Workers Are Not Exactly Free
For 42-year-old Ram Kumar who has to travel four kilometres for work at a construction site in Ghaziabad, a cycle that he got two years ago from the state government's labour welfare fund, has made life a lot easier. But the handout did not come for free.
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'Ridiculous' That Money for Workers is Spent on Babus: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today termed the collection of Rs 27,000 crores by state governments for the welfare of construction workers, as "ridiculous", because the bulk of the funds lie unused, while the remaining are spent on administration and advertisement, rather than the most vulnerable section in India's unorganised labour sector.
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Union Government to Use 20,000 Crore Cess Pool for Construction Workers' Welfare
To provide a pension cover to construction workers, the Centre plans to utilise Rs 20,000 crore collected by various states as a cess from real estate developers.
