The Widow Pension Scheme is introduced by the Chandigarh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (CBOCWWB), Labour Department, Chandigarh. The scheme is designed to provide monthly pension support to the widows of male registered construction workers affiliated with the Board.

The Widow Pension Scheme offers financial assistance of ₹1000 per month in the form of a monthly pension to eligible widows of male registered construction workers affiliated with the Board.

To be eligible for the Widow Pension Scheme, the deceased worker should have been employed at an establishment registered under the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965. Additionally, his contribution to the labour welfare fund should have been regularly received by the board.

Yes, financial assistance under the Widow Pension Scheme will not be provided to beneficiaries who are covered under the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF).

The widow of a male construction worker is eligible to avail the benefits of the scheme only if the male construction worker was a member of the Board for at least the last six months preceding their demise.

Yes, widows are required to apply for the benefits of the Widow Pension Scheme within one year of the male construction worker's demise.

Can widows apply for financial assistance if the deceased worker was not a member of the Board for six months continuously?

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 ‘WIDOW PENSION’ under the Grant of Welfare Schemes to the workers of Chandigarh Labour Welfare Board: http://labour.chd.gov.in/