Kupwara, September 04: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, AnshulGarg today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the Mission Mode Project(MMP) for registration under Board of Construction Workers Welfare Act(BOCWWA) and Contract Labour Act for the benefit of labourers working with various agencies in the district.
The meeting was informed that 38998 Building & Other Construction (BOC) workers have been registered by Labour department for various benefits which include insurance, children scholarship and chronic disease assistance to dependents. Besides, 2745 workers have also been registered under Mission Mode Project for special benefits. It was also informed that 62 contractors have been registered under BOC Act and 109 contractors under Labour Act.
The DDC directed the executing agencies to speed up the process of registration of labourers with online portal of Labour department for workers welfare and upliftment.
The meeting also informed that Rs.22.42 lakh have been received by the Department as 1% Cess from Beacon and SICIOP agencies during the current fiscal.
The DDC directed the concerned executing agencies to submit their statements of Cess deposits on monthly basis to Labour department. He also directed them to submit all details of Cess deposits from the year 2015 onwards.
Joint Director Planning, AbMajeed; Assistant Labour Commissioner, ArshadHussain; District Panchayat Officer, Executive Engineers of R&B Kupwara & Handwara; Executive Engineers of I&FC Kupwara & Handwara; Executive Engineers of PMGSY and other concerned attended the meeting.
