State Act

The West Bengal Unorganised Sector Workers Welfare Act, 2007

9. (1) The Board may introduce— (a) any Health Insurance Scheme and Accident Insurance Scheme for the beneficiaries ; (b) any scheme for providing pension to the beneficiaries who have completed the age of sixty years and to the members of the family in case the beneficiary dies; (c) any scheme for house building loans and advance to the beneficiaries ; (d) any scheme to provide financial assistance for education of the children of the beneficiaries ; (e) any scheme to provide maternity benefit to the female beneficiaries ; (f) any scheme to provide such other welfare measures and facilities as may be decided by the Board with the approval of the State Government. (2) The existing schemes run under the direct financial assistance by the State Government, shall, henceforth, be taken over by, and transferred to, the Board. The State Government shall transfer all the accumulated fund under the existing schemes (including the employees’ contributions and the Government contributions therein) to the Board on a date to be notified by the State Government. (3) Every scheme introduced under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.