(a)the details of the workers who have received Medical Assistance and Scholarship implemented by the Government under Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act; and
(b)the details of the fund allocated under the said Act during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a): During last three years 41,68,105 number of beneficiaries were benefitted under Medical Assistance and 9,57,405 beneficiaries were benefitted under Scholarship scheme.
(b): The details of the fund allocated under the said Act* during the last three years and the current year, Region-wise are as under:
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2016-17
(Rs. in thousand)
Name of the Schemes for Beedi Workers
Region Health Scholarship Housing
H.Q 0 0 554353
Ajmer 53593 29390 98900
Allahabad 78141 21219 114361
Banglore 169351 210050 394087
Bhubaneswar 72117 56730 139240
Hyderabad 152758 234198 400074
Jabalpur 154565 26077 193690
Ranchi 106886 14910 136299
Kolkata 114546 241810 372397
Nagpur 65552 41116 120899
2017-18
(Rs. in thousand)
Name of Scheme for Beedi Workers
Region Name Health Scholrship Housing
H.Q 17000 40202 106902
Ajmer 6780 105 8349
Allahabad 9341 85 10923
Bangalore 14337 608 16377
Bhubaneswar 8170 166 9305
Hyderabad 22663 115 25084
Jabalpur 15350 176 17226
Ranchi 9749 94 11628
Kolkata 14347 414 16746
Nagpur 7242 90 9032
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2018-19
(Rs. in thousand)
Health Education housing
H.Q 0 492100 71564
Ahmedabad 1910 50 73929
Ajmer 2140 0 41370
Dehradun 175 0 1500
Allahabad 13050 0 11251
Kannur 3100 0 5738
Bangalore 20575 500 17213
Bhubaneshwar 12825 1075 43372
Tirunelveli 12212 0 12348
Hyderabad 21400 150 9075
Raipur 2788 1175 3728
Jabalpur 4500 2150 42913
Patna 4710 0 7208
Karma 4735 0 16388
Guwahati 300 4700 40000
Kolkata 9500 10 187715
Nagpur 10180 1590 72975
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2019-20
Health Education Housing
H.Q 0 212500 20900
Ahmedabad 1560 100 40000
Ajmer 2040 0 25930
Dehradun 125 0 800
Allahabad 12250 0 6200
Kannur 3100 0 2800
Bangalore 19750 3025 8470
Bhubaneshwar 12925 1300 22650
Tirunelveli 12012 0 6600
Hyderabad 21350 150 5200
Raipur 2513 1450 3600
Jabalpur 5225 2325 20790
Patna 4835 0 7500
Karma 4635 0 8090
Guwahati 10000 80000 50570
Kolkata 7500 10 96000
Nagpur 10180 1640 70200
(Rs. in thousand)
* After introduction of GST and introduction of Finance Bill 2016, the cess collected for running the welfare schemes have been abolished or subsumed in the GST. All the Welfare fund Acts, except the Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981 have been repealed or in the process of being repealed.
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