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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann connected Saturday (June 6, 2026) announced a monolithic enrolment thrust to registry and revalidate 10 lakh operation workers escaped of outgo crossed Punjab, portion directing officials to instrumentality payment schemes straight to labourers through peculiar camps successful villages and municipality areas.
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Chairing a reappraisal gathering of the Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers’ (BOCW) Welfare Board, Mr. Mann said the Punjab Government is committed to ensuring that each operation idiosyncratic receives societal information benefits, welfare assistance, and opportunities for accomplishment development. “It is unfortunate that contempt the availability of ample funds, payment schemes for labourers have not achieved the desired occurrence owed to agelong processing times,” he stated.
Mr. Mann besides noted that the coverage of the payment schemes had to beryllium expanded. He besides notified the officials to organise more registration camps to amended registrations.
One of the reasons, as stated by Mr. Mann, that deters eligible workers from enrollment is the registration interest of ₹145. He added that applicants would not person to wage this interest during the Mass Registration Campaign. “Around 10 lakh workers volition beryllium enrolled oregon revalidated during this campaign, and the Punjab Government volition carnivore the fiscal accusation of nearly ₹15 crore,” said the Chief Minister.
He further said that the Punjab Government volition proceed supporting workers adjacent aft registration. Officials person besides been directed to amended facilities disposable to labourers at Labour Chowks.
Emphasising the value of accomplishment development, the Chief Minister directed the Board to stock details of 50,000 unrecorded registered operation workers with the Punjab Skill Development Mission.
The Chief Minister besides directed officials to guarantee that women labourers benefit from the Punjab Government’s flagship payment initiatives.
Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian and different elder officials were contiguous during the meeting.
