The "Death Benefit" scheme by the BOCW Welfare Board, Labour and Employment Department, Odisha, is a welfare scheme that provides financial assistance to the nominee(s) of the beneficiary as death benefit.
Death Benefit (O.B.O.C.W.W.B) - Introduction
The "Death Benefit" scheme by the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Labour and Employment Department, Odisha, is a welfare scheme for the registered workers of the board. Under this scheme, the Board shall provide financial assistance to the nominee(s) of the beneficiary as death benefit for both natural and accidental death.
Benefits
- For Natural Death: ₹1,00,000/-.
- For Accidental death: ₹2,00,000/-.
Eligibility
For Registration as a Building/ Construction Worker:
- The applicant should be a resident of Odisha.
The applicant should be a Building/ Construction Worker.
The applicant should be between 18 and 60 years.
The applicant should have engaged in building and construction work for at least 90 days in a given year.
The applicant should not be a member of any other Welfare Fund established under any law.
For the Application of the Welfare Scheme:
- The applicant should be a nominee of a deceased registered member Under the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board of Odisha.
The member should have lost his/her life due to death.
Application Process
Registration Process as a Building/ Construction Worker:
- Step 1: To register as a beneficiary under the BOCW Welfare Board, an applicant worker should download bocboard.labdirodisha.gov.in and attach all the mandatory documents (self-attested, if required).
- Step 2: Application shall be submitted to the District Labour Officers (D.L.O)/ Asst. Labour Officers/ Rural Labour Inspectors of your area.
Application Process of the Welfare Scheme:
- Step 1: A registered worker should download bocboard.labdirodisha.gov.in and attach all the mandatory documents (self-attested, if required).
- Step 2: Application shall be submitted to the District Labour Officers (D.L.O)/ Asst. Labour Officers/ Rural Labour Inspectors of your area.
Definitions
Building worker means a person who is employed to do any skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be expressed or implied, in connection with any building or other construction work but does not include any such person, who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity. who, being employed in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding one thousand six hundred rupees per mensem or exercises, either by the nature of the duties attached to the officer or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a managerial nature.