(a)whether the Government has made assessment of the funds available with the various States` Building and Construction Workers` Welfare Funds;
(b)if so, the details thereof; and
(c)the steps being taken by the Government to utilise these funds for the welfare of building and construction workers effectively?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL, MINES, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)
(a) & (b): As per information received from State Governments, the detail of cess collected under the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996, amount spent for welfare of construction workers and amount available of cess collected as on 31.03.2014 is as under:
Sl. Name of the Amount of cess Amount spent Amount No. States/UTs. collected (Rs. in Crore) available (Rs. in Crore) (Rs. in Crore) 1 Andhra Pradesh 993.94 73.42 920.52 2 Arunachal Pradesh 22.96 4.56 18.40 3 Assam 205.09 1.82 203.27 4 Bihar 374.33 4.04 370.29 5 Chhattisgarh 324.45 177.94 146.51 6 Goa 27.62 0.00 27.62 7 Gujarat 190.22 0.41 189.81 8 Haryana 1047.16 32.67 1014.49 9 Himachal Pradesh 51.22 0.00 51.22 10 J&K 282.44 93.60 188.84 11 Jharkhand 21.09 0.11 20.98 12 Karnataka 1741.13 34.49 1706.64 13 Kerala 954.50 888.10 66.40 14 Madhya Pradesh 931.53 370.01 561.52 15 Maharashtra 2092.15 62.93 2029.22 16 Manipur 0.00 0.00 0.00 17 Meghalaya 34.12 0.11 34.01 18 Mizoram 16.14 8.93 7.21 19 Nagaland 3.49 0.05 3.44 20 Odisha 312.32 0.34 311.98 21 Punjab 455.56 10.24 445.32 22 Rajasthan 203.40 22.30 181.10 23 Sikkim 18.64 2.44 16.20 24 Tamil Nadu 755.68 330.99 424.69 25 Tripura 69.24 3.01 66.23 26 Uttar Pradesh 1169.08 99.52 1069.56 27 Uttrakhand 39.17 0.16 39.01 28 West Bengal 290.62 4.59 286.03 29 Delhi 1362.95 149.10 1213.85 30 A & N Island 20.91 0.35 20.56 31 Chandigarh 45.94 1.28 44.66 32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 3.08 0.00 3.08 33 Daman and Diu 16.63 0.02 16.61 34 Lakshadweep 1.71 0.00 1.71 35 Puducherry 20.65 4.62 16.03 Total 14099.16 2382.15 11717.01