Punjab announces package for construction labourers
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, February 25, 2014: The Punjab government has decided to give education allowance to the children of the labourers registered under Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. The education...
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Feb 25, 2014 12:30
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Chandigarh, February 25, 2014: The Punjab government has decided to give education allowance to the children of the labourers registered under Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. The education allowance (books and stationery) would be to the tune of Rs.4, 000 to 8,000.
The decision in this effect was taken in a high level meeting of Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board, presided over by Chunni Lal Bhagat, Labour Minister, Punjab. It was also decided that besides education allowance, children of registered labourers’ studying in class 1st to class 12th, would also be given uniform allowance from Rs.8,00 to Rs.1,000.
Disclosing this, Bhagat said that the Punjab Government has also decided to distribute bicycles to such beneficiary students, studying in class 9th to class 12th.
Bhagat said thar Punjab government has already started a massive exercise to register labourers engaged in construction activity and make their database so that series of welfare measurers could be implemented in an organised manner.//punjab news live, punjab news online, punjab news, punjab news headlines, punjab breaking news, india news, punjab news, world news,
