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Supreme Court Anguished on Government for Construction Worker's Fund Spent on Laptops

Team SoOLEGAL 6 Nov 2017 3:53pm

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The Supreme Court of India has directed the Union Labour Secretary to appear before it after expressing shock over astonishing details in an affidavit that said funds meant for the welfare of construction workers were spent on buying them laptops and washing machines.

The affidavit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) also said that less than 10 per cent of the Rs. 29,000-crore fund has been spent on the actual purpose.

A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta said it was "shocking" and "extremely distressing" that the funds, collected by the government through a cess under a law for construction workers, were being "frittered away" and diverted.

The court, which was hearing a public interest plea filed by a non-government organisation, had earlier asked the CAG to file a report on how the fund meant for the welfare of construction workers was being utilised.

The NGO, National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour, had alleged that the statutory cess levied on real estate firms for the welfare of construction workers was not being used properly as there was no mechanism to identify the beneficiaries. [Inputs PTI]



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