WBMWWSAD
What this is
"West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Scheme: Accidental Disability" is a social welfare scheme by the West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board, that provides one-time assistance to the registered Migrant Worker in case of disability arising out of accidents during work.
In detail
Launched on 25th April 2023, "West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Scheme: Accidental Disability" is a social welfare scheme by the West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board, Labour Department, Government of West Bengal. Under this scheme, One-time assistance is provided to the registered Migrant Worker in case of disability arising out of accidents during work.
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Who qualifies
> For registration as a Migrant Worker:
- The applicant must be a resident of West Bengal.
- The applicant’s age should be between 18 and 60 years.
- The applicant must be ordinarily a worker who is employed/ likely to be employed in any State/Union Territories other than the state of West Bengal/ Outside India.
> For the application of Welfare Scheme:
- The applicant should be a migrant worker.
- The applicant should be registered with the West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board, Labour Dept, Govt of West Bengal.
- The migrant worker should have a disability of 40%.
- The disability should have been caused due to an accident during work.
- The disability should be certified by a Government Hospital.
What you get
- ₹ 50,000/- in case of 40% to 80 % disability.
- ₹ 1,00,000/- in case of more than 80% disability.
Who is excluded
The applicant should not be in receipt of any other financial assistance of a similar nature from the Government of West Bengal.
not about the scheme.
Provenance
| schemeName | West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Scheme: Accidental Disability | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | 2023-04-25 | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |