Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Labour & Employment

16-March-2017 13:13 IST

₹ 31733.76 crore have been collected as Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess by the States/UTs upto 31.12.2016, at the rate of 1% of the cost of construction. Out of it ₹ 6872.51 crore has been spent.

The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996, provides for levy and collection of cess at such rate not exceeding two per cent but not less than one per cent of the cost of construction as the Central Government may notify. The cess has been levied and being collected at the rate of 1% of the cost of construction as notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.

The cess at the above rate is collected by the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations  and utilized for the welfare of the building and other construction workers by the State Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards constituted by the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations  under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.

This information was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

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BCK/AK

Construction workers' welfare cess continues to be collected at the notified rate and utilized for construction workers' welfare. The Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996 authorises levy of a cess on the cost of construction at a notified rate; States and Union Territory Administrations collect the cess and the receipts are allocated to State Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards for implementation of welfare measures for construction workers.