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Funeral Assistance

The Maharashtra Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (MBOCWW) offers financial assistance of ₹10,000 to the nominated heir of a deceased registered worker to cover funeral expenses. Eligible applicants must be the legal heir of the deceased worker, who should have been registered with the Board.

State Cash

States / UT: Maharashtra

Nodal department: Labour Department

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

DBT (direct benefit transfer): No

Categories: Social welfare & Empowerment

Sub-categories: Financial assistance

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Financial Assistance, Construction Worker, Labour, Funeral Expense, Nominated Heir

Details

The scheme “Funeral Assistance” is implemented by the Maharashtra Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (MBOCWW), Labour Department, Government of Maharashtra. Under this scheme, the Board provides financial assistance for funeral expenses to the nominated heir of a registered worker in the event of their death.

Benefits

  • - In case of the death of a registered worker, an amount of ₹10,000/- is payable as funeral assistance to the nominated heir
  • In case of the death of a registered worker, an amount of ₹10,000/- is payable as funeral assistance to the nominated heir.

Eligibility

  1. The applicant should be a nominee/legal heir of the deceased worker.
  2. The deceased worker should have been registered with the Maharashtra Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.


Application Process

Offline

Step-1: The interested applicant downloads the application form from the MBOCWW official website.
Step-2: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest, if required).
Step-3: Submit the duly filled and signed application form along with the documents to the Labor Commissioner/Government Labor Officer.
Step-4: Request a receipt or acknowledgment from the concerned authority to whom the application has been submitted. Ensure that the receipt contains essential details such as the date and time of submission, and a unique identification number (if applicable).

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

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