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March 25 , 2020
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- The Ministry of Labour and Employment transferred funds to the account of construction workers in the backdrop of outbreak of COVID-19.
- The Labour Ministry has directed the state governments and Union Territories to transfer Rs 52,000 crores to the accounts of construction workers.
- The step has been taken by the Ministry according to the ruling under Section 60 of Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 (BOCW Cess Act).
- Under the Act, the cess is collected from every employer working in construction work of Government or other Public Sector undertaking.
- It is collected by the state Government.
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