Unspent Funds (RtG)

Examining the phenomenon of unspent social welfare funds. Part of ‘Reversing the Gaze’ @RtG_project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation @snsf_ch.

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

📢Pleased to share the special issue, 'The Puzzle of Unspent Funds' in @DevPolJournal edited by @DevalSDesai , @sruthiherbert and Christine Lutringer @RtG_project 👇
https://t.co/znsu6bSicT

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

#Haryana #UnspentFUnds #BOCW

[Himanshu Upadhyaya @HimUpadhyaya]

As on 31 March 2020, unspent balance in Haryana BOCW Fund was Rs 3118.96 crore. During 2020-21, addition to fund amounted to Rs 355.62 crore and there was net expenditure of Rs 245.27 crore on welfare schemes. As on 31 March 2021, the BOCW Board had Rs 3229.31 crore! @FundsRtg

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'The last time the monthly pension of Rs 1,600 was paid was in August last year' #BOCW #Kerala #UnspentFunds

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

"...it was found that the district mineral foundation trusts were not filing income tax returns and audit reports as per the provisions of the act..." #DMF #UnspentFunds #MadhyaPradesh

[TOI Bhopal @TOIBhopalNews]

Income Tax inspections in Bhopal at 4 mining offices reveal Rs 2500 crore TDS default https://t.co/KjyEYt4nOB

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'This disproportionate onus of proving eligibility through paperwork and applying through complex digital interfaces to ensure government administrators release benefits is an administrative burden on citizens.' #BOCW #Delhi #UnspentFunds

[The Leaflet @TheLeaflet_in]

It is imperative for civil society, non-profits, and public officials to introduce #citizen experience-based systemic measures in advocacy campaigns for improved public #welfare access to vulnerable citizens.

https://t.co/FS6Z0IhWN4

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'Rs 55 crore is required to run the pension scheme based on this Fund. The amount shoots up to Rs 65 core after taking into account other expenses... Also those who have carried out repair works on old houses or added new rooms are required to pay the cess.' #BOCW #Kerala

[Santhosh @santhosh2006]

Bldg cess defaulters asked to pay up in one go, hefty interest for delay https://t.co/IaVvi4ZHxY

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'The commission said the complainant had rightly pointed out the #BOCW Act and the Rules must be available and be provided in Punjabi since these pertain to thousands of workers and labourers.' #UnspentFunds #Punjab

[Bharat Khanna @BharatKhannaTOI]

Translate law into Punjabi, upload it on website, board told
https://t.co/gEfUBlHRBK

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'Guruprasad MP, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary to the Board, said they have received information that even garment workers, maids and others, who are not from the construction and allied industries have labour cards' #BOCW #Karnataka #UnspentFunds
https://t.co/5pPdCrcnhh

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'...the reporting of high-grade ore as low-grade is part of a massive scam, since this would mean the mining companies are not paying export duty and contributing less to the District Mineral Foundation (#DMF) and to the National Mineral Exploration Trust.' #Odisha #UnspentFunds

[TOI Cities @TOICitiesNews]

Odisha orders probe into underreporting of high-grade iron ores, forms panel https://t.co/C6OyXuI8wB

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'The cold store with five-tonne capacity became operational from Monday. Constructed at a cost of around Rs 10 lakh from the District Mineral Foundation (#DMF) fund, it will be used to store produce of vegetable farmers of Kotia.' #UnspentFunds #Odisha
https://t.co/WclZbQWFoz

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'... nearly Rs 20,110 crore is available to undertake various developmental projects in the mining areas. However, expenditure by November 30 was only Rs 5,486.68 crore by various departments taking up developmental projects.' #UnspentFunds #OMBADC
https://t.co/7e7QJyLZgQ

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'The meeting discussed non-co-operation of Labour Department staff in getting Governmental benefits and other issues. It also deliberated on sensitising construction workers on various schemes and programmes...' #BOCW #Unspentfunds
https://t.co/o2RaohaxLU

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'...any incidents, like deaths on construction sites are not officially reported, mainly due to the fact that enforcement authority for the Building & Other Construction Workers (#BOCW) Rules is not very well geared up for capturing this data...' #UnspentFunds

[The Construction AI @TConstructionAI]

Improving construction safety in 2023 https://t.co/QH2fsi7k66

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'Considering that the unutilized amount is considerable... the Court considers it necessary to require the State to get a special audit undertaken of all the amounts collected and the disbursal of the amounts under the #BOCW Act and the Rules...' #Odisha #UnspentFunds

[OTV @otvnews]

Over Rs 500cr labour welfare fund unused in #Odisha: High Court orders special audit

https://t.co/9xpfM5sUpf #otv

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'The #BOCW Act 1996 and Rules are silent regarding the time period during which pension must be sanctioned to the workers after they attain the age of 60 years...' #Delhi #UnspentFunds
https://t.co/0qkF2jxu6a

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

"A brief informal chat with a few of them today at this labour chowk revealed that going ‘market’ rate they receive is 20-25% below notified legal minimum wages. They consider themselves lucky if they get work 20 days a month."

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

"Data about such workers and their real wages continues to be elusive. A survey conducted by Delhi Construction Workers Welfare Board three years ago (before Covid) suggested nearly 1.1 million construction workers in Delhi." #BOCW #UnspentFunds

[Rajesh Tandon @RTandon_PRIA]

Voices : Shivering labour in Delhi - https://t.co/VDhKN9Ceyu

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'In the first wave of Covid-19 by the Labor, Planning, Training and Skill Development Department, #Jharkhand, for the operation of “Chief Minister Didi Kitchen”, a total of Rs 38,74,72000 from the fund of #BOCW, Ranchi, Jharkhand' #UnspentFUnds
https://t.co/QwXl5pcOP5

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

"The probe... revealed that there were 1,11,516 duplicate entries, 65,000 workers had a common mobile number, 15,747 had the same local residential address, but were not related to each other, and 4,370 had the same permanent address" #BOCW #UnspentFunds #Delhi

[TOI Cities @TOICitiesNews]

Almost 2L construction workers on paper bogus, reveals probe https://t.co/YppZr1einu

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

'...the gang members enrolled the names of 29 dead workers in the labour department and claimed the insurance amount by using fake identity cards and other certificates.' #Telengana #BOCW #UnspentFunds
https://t.co/BtKCnLqp2T

[Unspent Funds (RtG) @FundsRtg]

"the #Delhi government has directed to immediately implement the restrictions under the third phase of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). These will include a ban on all construction and demolition activities except for other essential projects..." #BOCW #UnspentFunds

[HuntdailyNews @HUNTDAILYNEWS1]

Air Pollution Delhi: Ban on construction in Delhi, trouble for daily wage workers. Air Pollution Delhi: Ban on construction in Delhi, trouble for daily wage laborers https://t.co/zKCY5l0aTd