The scheme is an initiative by the Chandigarh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (CBOCWWB), Labour Department, Chandigarh, providing financial assistance to registered construction workers in case of full or 50% disability due to an accident, and to widowed dependents of registered male construction workers in case of death.

The scheme is administered by the Chandigarh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (CBOCWWB), under the Labour Department, Chandigarh.

Registered construction workers with full disability will receive ₹25,000/-, and those with 50% disability will receive ₹15,000/-.

Yes, widowed dependents of registered male construction workers are eligible for financial assistance of ₹50,000/- in case of death for any reason.

Registered construction workers facing full or 50% disability due to an accident, as well as widowed dependents of registered male construction workers in the event of death, are eligible to receive financial assistance.

To be eligible, the beneficiary must be employed in an establishment registered under the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965, and their regular contributions towards the labour welfare fund should be received by the Board.

In the unfortunate event of the death of a registered male construction worker, the dependent widow should apply for this scheme within one year from the date of death.

Yes, to be eligible for assistance under this scheme, the beneficiary should not have availed any financial assistance from any other Government body.

To apply under the scheme, the applicants need to visit the official website of Labour Department Chandigarh and on the home page, select the scheme ‘FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ON DEATH/ DISABLEMENT OF BENEFICIARY’ under the Grant of Welfare Schemes to the workers of Chandigarh Labour Welfare Board: http://labour.chd.gov.in/