SPHHSY
What this is
The Silicosis Affected Workers Welfare Scheme is an initiative launched by the Government of Rajasthan to provide financial assistance to workers suffering from silicosis and their families.
In detail
"Silicosis Pidit Hita-dhikariyon Hetu Sahayata Yojana" has been started for the laborers working in stone mines in Rajasthan. An assistance scheme has been started for the beneficiaries suffering from silicosis. In which financial assistance will be provided to laborers and workers in case of silicosis or death. Applicants can apply for the assistance scheme to silicosis victims through both online and offline modes.
Who qualifies
- Those construction workers who are registered with the Board as beneficiaries and are depositing contributions
- The beneficiary is suffering from silicosis as certified by the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board constituted under the Rajasthan Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Rules, 1965.
- The beneficiary cannot receive silicosis assistance amount from the Rajasthan Environment and Health Care Fund (Rehab).
Note - A person suffering from silicosis will be eligible to get assistance only under any one of the schemes of Rajasthan Environment and Health Cess Fund or the Board.
What you get
- In case of suffering from silicosis : ₹1,00,000/-
- In case of death of a victim of silicosis : ₹3,00,000/-
Who is excluded
> Those workers who work in mines and quarries and on whom The provisions of the Mines Act, 1952 apply and buildings or other construction works not included in the definition of building or other construction work in Section 2 (d) of the Act, will not be eligible to receive assistance from the Board.
What the CAG’s reports record
| Implemented by | implemented by the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Rajasthan named in the report “Shiksha and Kaushal Vikas Yojana; Sulabhya Awas Yojana; Jeevan and Bhavishya Suraksha Yojana; Shubh Shakti Yojana; Prasuti Sahayta Yojana; Natural or Accidental Death/Injury Assistance Scheme; Silicosis Yojana; Nirman Shramik Tool Kit Yojana (Rajasthan BOCW schemes)” | Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 3 of 2025, Welfare of Building and Other Construction Workers, Government of Rajasthan, para 1.1, p. 2. |
| Implemented by | implemented by the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Rajasthan named in the report “Shiksha and Kaushal Vikas Yojana; Sulabhya Awas Yojana; Jeevan and Bhavishya Suraksha Yojana; Shubh Shakti Yojana; Prasuti Sahayta Yojana; Natural or Accidental Death/Injury Assistance Scheme; Silicosis Yojana; Nirman Shramik Tool Kit Yojana (Rajasthan BOCW schemes)” | Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 3 of 2025, Welfare of Building and Other Construction Workers, Government of Rajasthan, para 1.1, p. 2. |
not about the scheme.
Provenance
| schemeName | Silicosis Pidit Hita-dhikariyon Hetu Sahayata Yojana | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| schemeOpenDate | 2016-01-01 | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |