Unspent Funds (RtG)

📢Pleased to share the special issue, 'The Puzzle of Unspent Funds' in @DevPolJournal edited by @DevalSDesai , @sruthiherbert and Christine Lutringer @RtG_project 👇 journals.openedition.org/poldev/5048

#Haryana #UnspentFUnds #BOCW

'The last time the monthly pension of Rs 1,600 was paid was in August last year' #BOCW #Kerala #UnspentFunds

"...it was found that the district mineral foundation trusts were not filing income tax returns and audit reports as per the provisions of the act..." #DMF #UnspentFunds #MadhyaPradesh

'This disproportionate onus of proving eligibility through paperwork and applying through complex digital interfaces to ensure government administrators release benefits is an administrative burden on citizens.' #BOCW #Delhi #UnspentFunds

'Rs 55 crore is required to run the pension scheme based on this Fund. The amount shoots up to Rs 65 core after taking into account other expenses... Also those who have carried out repair works on old houses or added new rooms are required to pay the cess.' #BOCW #Kerala

'The commission said the complainant had rightly pointed out the #BOCW Act and the Rules must be available and be provided in Punjabi since these pertain to thousands of workers and labourers.' #UnspentFunds #Punjab

'Guruprasad MP, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary to the Board, said they have received information that even garment workers, maids and others, who are not from the construction and allied industries have labour cards' #BOCW #Karnataka #UnspentFunds newindianexpress.com/states/karnata…

'...the reporting of high-grade ore as low-grade is part of a massive scam, since this would mean the mining companies are not paying export duty and contributing less to the District Mineral Foundation (#DMF) and to the National Mineral Exploration Trust.' #Odisha #UnspentFunds

'The cold store with five-tonne capacity became operational from Monday. Constructed at a cost of around Rs 10 lakh from the District Mineral Foundation (#DMF) fund, it will be used to store produce of vegetable farmers of Kotia.' #UnspentFunds #Odisha newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/…

'... nearly Rs 20,110 crore is available to undertake various developmental projects in the mining areas. However, expenditure by November 30 was only Rs 5,486.68 crore by various departments taking up developmental projects.' #UnspentFunds #OMBADC dailypioneer.com/2023/state-edi…

'The meeting discussed non-co-operation of Labour Department staff in getting Governmental benefits and other issues. It also deliberated on sensitising construction workers on various schemes and programmes...' #BOCW #Unspentfunds starofmysore.com/construction-w…

'...any incidents, like deaths on construction sites are not officially reported, mainly due to the fact that enforcement authority for the Building & Other Construction Workers (#BOCW) Rules is not very well geared up for capturing this data...' #UnspentFunds

'Considering that the unutilized amount is considerable... the Court considers it necessary to require the State to get a special audit undertaken of all the amounts collected and the disbursal of the amounts under the #BOCW Act and the Rules...' #Odisha #UnspentFunds

'The #BOCW Act 1996 and Rules are silent regarding the time period during which pension must be sanctioned to the workers after they attain the age of 60 years...' #Delhi #UnspentFunds livelaw.in/amp/news-updat…

"A brief informal chat with a few of them today at this labour chowk revealed that going ‘market’ rate they receive is 20-25% below notified legal minimum wages. They consider themselves lucky if they get work 20 days a month."

"Data about such workers and their real wages continues to be elusive. A survey conducted by Delhi Construction Workers Welfare Board three years ago (before Covid) suggested nearly 1.1 million construction workers in Delhi." #BOCW #UnspentFunds

'In the first wave of Covid-19 by the Labor, Planning, Training and Skill Development Department, #Jharkhand, for the operation of “Chief Minister Didi Kitchen”, a total of Rs 38,74,72000 from the fund of #BOCW, Ranchi, Jharkhand' #UnspentFUnds avenuemail.in/jharkhand-appr…

"The probe... revealed that there were 1,11,516 duplicate entries, 65,000 workers had a common mobile number, 15,747 had the same local residential address, but were not related to each other, and 4,370 had the same permanent address" #BOCW #UnspentFunds #Delhi

'...the gang members enrolled the names of 29 dead workers in the labour department and claimed the insurance amount by using fake identity cards and other certificates.' #Telengana #BOCW #UnspentFunds deccanchronicle.com/nation/crime/0…

"the #Delhi government has directed to immediately implement the restrictions under the third phase of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). These will include a ban on all construction and demolition activities except for other essential projects..." #BOCW #UnspentFunds