Read Online > Read Online Bocw act 1996 bare act pdfīuilding and other construction workers welfare cess act 1996īocw act 1996 formsbocw act applicability Basant Lal Chaudhary migrated from his village of 1,200 people in Madhya Pradesh, to a city of 90,000 people in Jammu and Kashmir in 2016.Download > Download Bocw act 1996 bare act pdf He last worked as a construction worker, before the COVID-19 lockdown forced him out of employment.“I used to earn a daily wage of INR 350. During the lockdown, he along with others who worked with him, are finding it difficult to make the ends meet.”I don’t know whether I will be able to find work here anytime soon.” That was my only source of income,” he shares. More than 50 million construction workers in India build our homes and cities. Like Basant Lal Chaudhary, an average construction worker earns just over INR 350 a day with almost no perks or benefits. Many workers are their families’ primary earners. In 1996, the Indian parliament enacted two laws which had the potential of providing protection and dignity to this workforce: For the high risk of the jobs they are involved in, they are seldom provided a safety net.Īpproximately 87.4 percent of workers in the construction industry are categorised as casual labour, and they make up a majority of the informal workforce in our country. The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, (BOCW Act or BOCWA).Related article: Photo essay: The everyday lives of migrants Understanding these laws and what they mean The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act (Cess Act). These laws mandate that construction companies pay a minimum of one percent cess on the construction cost. This money is then directed to the welfare of construction workers registered under the BOCW Act. The act ensures the safety and welfare of these workers and their families. Benefits include pension, education and maternity assistance, loans for purchase of tools, and accident and medical expenses.ĭespite this, data released by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in early February 2019 showed that only about 35 million of the 50 million construction workers were registered under the BOCW Act.

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