Ministry of Labour & Employment provides housing subsidy of Rs. 1,50,000/- per worker for construction of house

Ministry of Labour & Employment has formulated Revised Integrated Housing Scheme (RIHS), 2016, which is applicable to the workers engaged in Beedi/Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore & Chrome Ore Mines (IOMC)/Limestone Ore Mines, Dolomite Ore Mines (LSDM) /Mica Mines and Cine Industries, registered with the Labour Welfare Organisation (LWO) in the country.

In the Revised Integrated Housing Scheme (RIHS), 2016 the housing subsidy of Rs. 1,50,000/- will be released in three installments in 25:60:15 ratio. First installment (25%) of the subsidy i.e. Rs. 37,500/- per tenement will be released as advance after proposal received from the Welfare Commissioner concerned, the second installment (60%) of the subsidy i.e. Rs. 90,000/- would be released on reaching the lintel level and the third installment (15%) i.e. Rs. 22,500/- per tenement would be released after receipt of 100% inspection conducted by the Engineers/Officers of the Labour Welfare Organisation that the construction of houses has been completed in all respect.

Ministry of Labour & Employment provides housing subsidy of Rs. 1,50,000/- per worker for construction of house.

This information was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.