[Reader-list] MNIC: Parliament Questions - 37

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  	LABOUR
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED 	 QUESTION NO  	9
ANSWERED ON   	15.07.2002
IDENTITY CARD FOR LABOURERS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK
9 .	Shri ALE NARENDRA
	


(a) whether the Government have taken any decision to issue Identity
Cards to the labourers engaged in construction work in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to make
it mandatory for the employers of construction workers?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR (SHRI ASHOK PRADHAN)

(a), (b) & (c) The Government of India has enacted the Building and
Other Construction Workers (RECS) Act, 1996. As per the Act, each
State Government shall constitute a Building and Other Construction
Workers` Welfare Board. The Board shall give to each beneficiary
registered with the Board an Identity Card with his/her photo
mentioning details of work being done by the Card holder.
In Kerala about 9.70 lakh construction workers have been registered as
on 31.01.2002 by the State Building & Other Construction Workers`
Welfare Board. The Government is persuading other State Governments
for early adoption of the Act.
The registration by the construction workers with the State Welfare
Boards is voluntary and the benefits of the Act would be available to
the workers who have registered themselves with the Boards.