Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while chairing a review meeting of Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board here today directed that all the workers registered under the board should be issued Himcare cards to enable them to avail benefits of the scheme and their e-KYC be completed at the earliest through the Him Parivar Portal.
He also said that financial assistance provided to the children of registered workers for higher education such as PhD, MBBS, engineering, etc. should be given at the same rate as the fee charged by government institutions for those courses. The Chief Minister further directed that children with disabilities of registered workers should also be linked with the Mukhyamantri Sahara Yojana.
He emphasized upon holding awareness camps about the harmful effects of drug abuse under the anti-chitta campaign by the Board. He said that steps should be taken to ensure that workers receive benefits under various welfare schemes, said Sh. Sukhu.
It was informed in the meeting that the Board has spent Rs 20.70 crore on various welfare schemes in the financial year 2023–24, Rs 33.27 crore in 2024–25 and Rs 26.23 crore in 2025-26 so far. During the financial year 2025–26, pensions amounting to Rs 31.06 lakh were provided to 1,606 beneficiaries under the Board’s pension scheme.
Board Chairman Nardev Singh Kanwar said that the Board provides financial assistance of Rs 51,000 for the marriage of a registered worker and Rs 51,000 each for the marriage of up to two children of the worker. He gave detailed information about the assistance being provided under various schemes.
Member Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Board, Rajiv Kumar, informed that around Rs 500 crore has been spent so far to provide benefits to workers under various welfare schemes. He said that currently 4,76,052 workers are registered with the Board.
Chief Minister’s Secretary Rakesh Kanwar, Secretaries Priyanka Basu Ingty and Ashish Singhmar, Director DDTG Dr. Nipun Jindal, Labour Commissioner Virender Sharma and other senior officers were present in the meeting.
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