The building worker must be at least 18 years old and not older than 60 years old.

Yes, the building worker must have completed 90 days of service as a building worker in the preceding 12 months.

Any registered worker of the Board can apply for the welfare scheme.

The District Labour Officers (D.L.O)/ Asst. Labour Officers/ Rural Labour Inspectors are acting as Registering Officers for the registration of beneficiaries under the Board.

Every building worker who is between the age of 18-60 years and who has been engaged in any building or other construction work for not less than 90 days during the preceding one year is eligible for registration as a beneficiary of the BOCW Welfare Board of Odisha.

Yes, Odia migrant workmen engaged in building and other construction works in other states can be registered as beneficiaries under the Odisha Building & Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board.

To register as a beneficiary under the BOCW Welfare Board, an applicant worker should download Form-XXVII and attach all the mandatory documents (self attested, if required) and a fee of ₹20/- to the District Labour Officers (D.L.O)/ Asst. Labour Officers/ Rural Labour Inspectors of your area. Alternatively, registration can also be done through the official website of the Odisha BOCWW Board: https://nirmanshramik.odisha.gov.in/obocwwb/public/cwLogin .

Yes, the application for registration must be made in Form-XXVII. You can obtain this form from the District Labour Officers (D.L.O)/ Asst. Labour Officers/ Rural Labour Inspectors in your area.

The registration fee is ₹20/- which is payable during the registration.

After you pay the application fee of ₹20/-, your application will be reviewed by the registering officer. The decision to approve or reject your application will be based on the merits of your application.

The registering officer is responsible for deciding whether your application will be approved or rejected based on its merits.

Yes, your application can be rejected even if you have paid the application fee. The final decision is made by the registering officer based on the merits of your application.

The renewal fee is ₹50/- which is payable during the renewal process of the registration.

The benefit is available to unmarried female members or two unmarried girl children of the member who are above 18 years of age. To be eligible, the beneficiary must have been a registered member for a minimum of one year.

The financial assistance provided under this scheme is ₹50,000/-.

The scheme covers a maximum of two girl children per eligible female beneficiary.

If a woman applicant has indicated as married at the time of registration, she is not eligible to apply for marriage benefit for herself.

For self-marriage, the benefit can be availed by any beneficiary only once during her lifetime.

Yes, if both spouses are registered beneficiaries, either of them can apply for the marriage benefit.

The application must be made in the prescribed Form-XLV. The form can be downloaded from https://bocboard.labdirodisha.gov.in/Building/homecontent/BeneficiaryForms/MARRIAGE%20ASSISTANCE%20FORM.pdf or can be collected from the District Labour Officers (D.L.O)/ Asst. Labour Officers/ Rural Labour Inspectors of your area.

Application can be submitted online on: https://nirmanshramik.odisha.gov.in/obocwwb/public/cwLogin . Alternatively , the offline application for this welfare scheme should be submitted to the District Labour Officers (D.L.O)/ Asst. Labour Officers/ Rural Labour Inspectors in your area.

In case of rejection, the applicants would be intimated about such rejection, with due intimation to the Board.

In case of receipt of assistance on the basis of fraudulent documents, the amount released towards any assistance would be recovered from the applicant under the provisions of the OPDR Act, and his/her membership would be ceased.