Chief Minister Dhami Executes Online Direct Benefit Transfer of Nearly ₹25 Crore

Aug 2025 : Under a special campaign organized by the Uttarakhand Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, 8,299 applications were processed online. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami personally executed the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of nearly ₹25 crore with a single click.

Through this initiative, financial assistance under schemes such as the Daughter’s Marriage Assistance Scheme, Death Grant Scheme, Maternity Assistance Scheme, and Education Assistance Scheme was provided. A total of ₹24,85,19,700 (Twenty-four crore eighty-five lakh nineteen thousand seven hundred rupees) was transferred directly to the bank accounts of workers and their dependents.

Labour Secretary Shridhar Babu Addanki and Labour Commissioner Prakash Chandra Dumka informed that in the past month, the Labour Board conducted this special campaign to resolve these 8,299 applications. This is the first such initiative undertaken at the Board level. They also assured that all future applications will be resolved in a timely and campaign-based manner.

On this occasion, the Chief Minister praised the Board’s efforts and congratulated the officials of the Labour Department for their outstanding progress on the Labour Cess Management Portal and e-Shram Portal.

Chief Minister Dhami directed that while the Labour Department must promptly address workers’ grievances, it must also foster better coordination between industries and workers. This will ensure workers have continuous access to employment and that their smaller issues are resolved quickly.

The event was also attended by State Minister Smt. Geeta Rawat, Deputy Labour Commissioner Smt. Madhu Negi Chauhan, Vipin Kumar, Umesh Chandra Rai, K.K. Gupta, Kamal Joshi, and all Assistant Labour Commissioners. Representatives from HDFC Bank, including Sumit Goyal, Ishan Sharma, and Rohit Thapliyal, were also present.

— Department of Information and Public Relations, Uttarakhand