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West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Scheme: Repatriation of Dead Body
West BengalIndividualState/ UTOpen since 2023-04-25
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What this is

"West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Scheme: Repatriation of Dead Body" is a social welfare scheme implemented by the West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board, that provides an one time assistance to the nominee for bringing the dead body of the registered migrant worker in case of death.

In detail

"West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Scheme: Repatriation of Dead Body" is a social welfare scheme implemented by the West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board, Labour Department, Government of West Bengal on 25th April, 2023. Under this scheme, if any registered Migrant Worker dies in the course of employment outside the State of West Bengal, an assistance of ₹ 25,000/- will be provided to the nominee of the worker for bringing the dead body to his/ her permanent address.

Who qualifies

> For registration as a Migrant Worker:

  • The applicant must be a resident of West Bengal.
  • The applicant’s age should be between 18-60 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 beneficiary should be a nominee i.e., a person nominated by the registered Migrant Worker from his/ her family.
  • The migrant worker should have lost his/her life due to death during the course of employment outside the State of West Bengal.

What you get

  • ₹ 25,000/- to the nominee of the Migrant Worker.

Who is excluded

No claim shall be admissible to the applicant in receipt of any other financial assistance of similar nature from the Government of West Bengal.

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Eligibility published here619 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name292 characters
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Implementing agency published herenamed
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How to apply published hereno URL and no offline mode declared
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Start date published here2023-04-25
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Provenance

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schemeNameWest Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Scheme: Repatriation of Dead BodymyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate2023-04-25myScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme