An evaluation of the programmes run by the MPBOCW Board in MP An evaluation of the programmes run by the MPBOCW Board in MP 2019 Guidance Shri. Madan Mohan Upadhyay, Principal Advisor Project Coordinator Mrs. Beena Shrivastava, Advisor 1 An evaluation of the programmes run by the MPBOCW Board in MP 2019 Table of contents Chapters Page Number 1. Executive Summary 3-5 2. Introduction 6-7 2.1 Rationale of the Study 7 2.2Objective of the Study 8 2.3. Methodology 8 2.4 Sampling 8 3.Findings and Analysis 9-27 4. Recommendation 28-29 5.Annexure 30-39 2 An evaluation of the programmes run by the MPBOCW Board in MP 2019 Executive Summary “The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Act” was enforced in the year 2002 in Madhya Pradesh and The Building and Other Construction Workers Board (BOCW board) was established in the year 2003.The Board was constituted with the objective to conduct welfare programmes/schemes for those workers working in factories or any other commercial organizations having worker strength of ten employees.Registration of construction labour is done with the Board and various welfare schemes benefits are given individually and jointly. Various Welfare schemes are run through the CESS amount collected from construction employer . The cess is levied at a rate not exceeding two percent of the cost of construction incurred by an employer through CESS act1996. Kerala board is the oldest which (28 years) followed by Tamilnadu ( 22 years) and then Madhya Pradesh (16 years old). The cess amount is being regularly collected and there has been a decrease in Cess amount from 2014-2015 to 2017-2018 from 303.58 crores to 281.95 crores in the year 2017- 2018.Highest Cess amount was received in the year 2016-2017 of 347.0 crores. There has been a decrease in the difference between Cess Collection and its use since 2015 to 2018.There has been marked decline in the difference amount in the years 2016-2017 to 2017-2018 from 208.22 crores to 71.94 crores.Hence it’s a positive step taken by government in the recent years as BOCW registered labourers are getting benefitted by various schemes. In terms of CESS collection districts Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur,Gwalior,Sagar,Khargone,Chhindwara,Dhar,Khandwa and Sigrauli are in top 10 districts .Pithampur,Malanpur(Bhind) and Agar Malwa are in the bottom 10 districts in terms of Collection of Cess.In Pithampur and Malanpur(Bhind)there is no CESS Collection. Among the of top 10 highest CESS Collecting districts.Singrauli,Khandwa and Chhindwara districts are in the top three districts which are performing good as there is less difference between CESS Collection and expenditure. Neemuch, Balaghat, Jhabua are in the top three districts which is performing satisfactory where expenditure is more than the CESS Collection.Neemuch is performing the best as it has the highest number of beneficiaries. Damoh,Rajgarh and Harda are the top 3 districts in this category of performance in a satisfactory manner where the difference between CESS collection and distribution is the minimal. Bhopal and Indore districts have highest difference in terms of CESS Collection and Distribution. Bhopal,Indore and Jabalpur are the districts where CESS Collection is among the top 3 districts whereas the expenditure in terms of received benefit to registered beneficiaries is very less. 3 An evaluation of the programmes run by the MPBOCW Board in MP 2019 Analyzing the Cess Collection amount in other states Karnataka Board has the highest amount of about 2225 Crores followed by Delhi Board 1667 Crores and Uttar Pradesh about 1580 Crores. MadhyaPradesh ranks 6th among nine selected states in the study in terms of the difference between Cess collection and its distribution from lowest difference to highest difference and 2nd in terms of expenditure as per the data of the year 2015. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number (30Lakhs) of registered labour followed by Madhya Pradesh which has (24Lakhs) and Tamilnadu at third with (23Lakhs MadhyaPradesh has the Highest number of schemes (23) followed by Uttar Pradesh (20 schemes) and Orissa of 17 schemes as per the data of the year 2015. Hence MadhyaPradesh state is performing well in terms of expenditure and number of schemes meant for construction labourers by BOCW seeing the data of other nine states. Since 2013-2014 there has been a decrease in the number of registered labour from 168225 to 136857 labourers but there has been a manifold increase between the years 2016-2017 to 2017-2018 from 53010 labourers to 136857 with an increase of 83847 labourers in a year. Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have good progressive and Gender Sensitive schemes.In Uttar Pradesh under “Balika Aashirwaad” scheme on the birth of a Girl Child Rs.25,000 is given and disabled girl child gets Rs.50,000.MadhyaPradesh has separate provisions of educational of Girl Children as compared to male child from 1st to Post Graduation level. MadhyaPradesh has a good provision related to disability of the labour at par with scheme provision of Uttar Pradesh which has the highest provision but there is no provision of pension for disabled labour as available in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.In Madhya Pradesh there is Skill Building Training for labourers and the Dependent family members of labourers as well. Skill building of Dependent family members is not there in other states. 86% of the respondents had information of the Schemes run by BOCW.This response doesn’t ensure that they had information of all schemes.Highest respondents 22% had information on marriage assistance scheme of registered labour followed by 21% on maternity benefit scheme and 18% on medical assistance scheme and 16% on educational assistance. On the basis of 400 samples it was found that 38% respondents faced problems in registration process.The respondents did not had information about all the required documents. In 52% of respondents the registration was done within one month and 47% of the respondent’s registration took more than time from one month to six months and 1% respondents stated more than six months.This clearly indicates negligence by officials in verification of documents or lack of documents as proof to be submitted by labourers to meet out the criteria’s,information of all the schemes.Out of the respondents who faced problem in registration 40% stated that they had to go to the ofice repeated number of times and 28% stated that officials did not give correct information on required document and 32% of the respondents stated demand of money(bribe) by officials. There is ignorance about the Online Application for the Registration of labour as only 1% of the respondents opted for Online Registration.They approached government departments officials directly such as Commissioner N. Nigam/N.Palika/ N. Parishad and CEO Janpad Panchayat . 4 An evaluation of the programmes run by the MPBOCW Board in MP 2019 31% respondents faced problem in taking benefit of these schemes out of the 86% of the respondents who had applied for any of the schemes.91% respondents got benefit of schemes out of which 58% respondents got wedding Assistance benefit , followed by 13% under Maternity Benefit and 6% on Educational benefit ,4% Medical assistance ,12% respondents recieved assistance in purchase of cycle. Only 1% beneficiary received assistance for Toilet Construction scheme and two wheeler purchase scheme. 76% beneficiaries did not have information on required documents, 22% respondents shared that they needed to go to the office several times as they were called by officials again and again and 2% respondent stated that bribe was demanded by officials. 3% of respondents shared that there should be a reduction in the documents needed for registration.2% of the respondents shared that information should be shared in Mobile of the registered labour who had applied for schemes about the status of their application and reason for number doing the registration process. The other type of suggestions that were given were of appointment of Grievance redressal officer, Establishment of Helpline Number, Registration at Panchayat level , & bribe remains a problem that needs to be addressed. There is a need for Publicity of the online facility available option of Registration of labour. 5 An evaluation of the programmes run by the MPBOCW Board in MP 2019 Introduction The government established Madhya Pradesh Building and other construction Worker’s Welfare Board through a notification on 9-04-2003.The Board has 17 members. Labour Minister is the Chairman of the Board and all administrative, financial and general powers of the board are with the Chairman. The board has a ssecretary who is appointed by the state government. Application Process for Registration as Labour An application for registration can be made to the officer authorized by the Board in this behalf. The application shall be accompanied by necessary documents and fee of Rs.5 and Rs.10 for renewal of registration which would be valid for 5 years.The Online Process of Registration is also available since august 2013 through Loksewa Kendra and M.P online Kiosk.Documents needed for Registration are 2 Photos, Domicile certificate, Self attested Form for Declaration as a construction labour,Bank pass book. A building worker who has been registered as a beneficiary shall when he/she is engaged in building or other construction work for number not less than ninety days in a year. Issuing of Identity Card to Labour An Identity card is issued to the labour.Every employer shall enter in the identity card the details of the building or other construction work done by the beneficiary and authenticate the same and return it to the beneficiary.