Organisation : Karnataka Building And Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (KBOCWWB)
Scheme Name : Medical Assistance
Applicable For : Registered Construction Worker
Applicable State/UT : Karnataka
Website : https://karbwwb.karnataka.gov.in/42/schemes/en
Apply Here : https://kbocwwb.karnataka.gov.in/medical
How To Apply For KBOCWWB Medical Assistance?
The Secretary or any other officer authorized in this behalf by the Board may sanction financial assistance to a registered construction worker and their dependents hospitalised in a Government hospital or a private hospital included in Schedule I of the Karnataka Government Servant’s (Medical Attendance) Rules,1963 or a hospital recognised under any insurance Scheme of the State Government.
Related / Similar Facility : KBOCWWB Funeral Expenses Assistance
The assistance shall be towards hospitalisation for minimum 48 Hours continuously. The financial assistance shall be Rs 300/- per day of the hospitalisation to the maximum of Rs 20,000/-(Govt of Karnataka Notification No. LD 458 LET 2021 Bangalore Dated: 08-08-2022) for a continuous period of Hospitalization subject to actuals.
Procedure for applying:
1. Applicant needs to submit the application.
2. Application processing and Verification by Senior/ Labour Inspector.
3. Review and Approval by Labour Officer
Document Required For KBOCWWB Medical Assistance
** Proof of Identity/Smart card issued by the Board(Attested)
** Employment Certificate
** Proof of Bank Account
** Bills of hospital showing admission and discharge dates and all treatment given
** Any medical documents on hospitalization of beneficiary/dependent in government/private hospital included in schedule1 of the Karnataka government servents (medical attendance) Rules 1963.
** Form XXII-A
** Application can be submitted within 6 months of hospitalisation commencement date
** Applicants submit the application through KB&OWWB software
About KBOCWWB:
The Building and Other Construction Worker’s belong to the Unorganized Sector and to regulate their safety, health, welfare and other conditions of these workers, the Central Government has enacted Building and Other Construction Worker’s (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act 1996 on 01-03-1996 and to augment the resource of this Board “Building and Other Construction Worker Welfare Cess Act 1996 and Central Rules 1998
The Karnataka Building and Other Construction Worker’s Welfare Board Constituted under the provision of the Building and Other Construction Worker’s (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act 1996 and Karnataka Rules 2006 has been functioning since 18-01-2007 with the objective of implementing the provisions of the said Act and Rules. The office of the board is situated at Bengaluru.
The Objectives of the Board are registering the eligible Building and Other Construction Worker’s as beneficiaries of the Board under the provisions of Building and Other Construction Worker’s (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act 1996. Disbursement of various welfare and social security benefits to beneficiaries and their dependents and monitoring the collection of the cess at the rate of 1% on the total cost of construction incurred by the Builders/ Employers and various other entities under the provisions of the Cess Act.