Bhubaneswar: CM Naveen Patnaik today launched the ‘Nirman Kusuma’ scheme under which the children of construction labourers in the state will now get financial assistance to pursue technical education.
The scheme was inaugurated at Jaydev Bhawan at a state level function organised by Odisha Labour & Employees’ State Insurance Department and Skill Development and Technical Education Department.
Attending the inaugural ceremony of the new welfare scheme CM Naveen provided financial aid to the children of over 500 construction workers registered under Odisha Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
Following the introduction of the new scheme the children of the construction workers in the state pursuing their ITI education will now get a sum of Rs 23,600. Rs 26.300 will be given to those who are pursuing diploma education in state-run technical institutions under the scheme.
As per the provision under ‘Nirman Kusuma’ scheme a financial aid of total Rs 1.09 crore was deposited directly in the bank accounts of 1,878 beneficiaries for 2018-19 academic session.
Similarly, Naveen also announced the hike of ex-gratia amount for registered construction workers in the state. While for natural death the compensation has been increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh the same in case of unnatural death has been hiked from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.
In another provision the financial assistance for the girl children of the registered workers for education and health has also been enhanced by 20%.
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