Delhi govt to again pay ₹5,000 to construction workers
- From May 15, online registration for financial assistance will be started. Verification will be done after May 25, Delhi labour minister Gopal Rai said
- The first financial assistance to construction workers had cost the Delhi government around ₹20 crore
The Delhi government, here on Monday, announced another ₹5,000 financial assistance for construction workers in the city to help them tide over the extended lockdown.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, headed by Labour Minister Gopal Rai.
"From Tuesday, the second instalment of ₹5,000 will be credited to their bank accounts," Rai said and added, around 40,000 construction workers, registered with the board, received the assistance in March-April.
To help unregistered construction workers get registered, Rai said, "From May 15, online registration will be started. Verification will be done after May 25.
We plan to call 50 people at a time through SMS for verification at the labour office to maintain social distancing norms
The Delhi government on Monday announced another ₹5,000 financial assistance for construction workers in the city to help them tide over the extended lockdown.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, headed by Labour Minister Gopal Rai.
"From Tuesday, the second instalment of ₹5,000 will be credited to their bank accounts," Rai said and added, around 40,000 construction workers, registered with the board, received the assistance in March-April.
To help unregistered construction workers get registered, Rai said, "From May 15, online registration will be started. Verification will be done after May 25.
"We plan to call 50 people at a time through SMS for verification at the labour office to maintain social distancing norms."
The first financial assistance to construction workers had cost the Delhi government around ₹20 crore.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted the government would make another payment of ₹5,000 to construction workers.
On May 4, the Delhi government allowed construction. But the workers need to stay at the construction site.
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First Published:11 May 2020, 05:23 PM IST
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