Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday launched ‘Nirman Kusuma’ programme for providing financial assistance to the children of construction workers for their technical education.
Launching the programme, Patnaik said ‘Nirman Kusuma’ would help fulfill dreams of construction workers’ children. He said the children of construction workers would get financial assistance for their education in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and polytechnics. While an ITI student will be entitled to get financial assistance of `23,600, a diploma student to get `26,300 per annum. A total of 1,878 students of the state will get benefit from the programme.
Patnaik said the government had already deposited `1.09 crore in the bank accounts of the beneficiaries of the scheme. The CM said the government had decided to increase the financial assistance by 20 per cent for girl students. Female students from Standard VI to post-graduation level are being provided financial assistance.
Meanwhile, the state government has doubled the death benefits for the construction workers. While the construction workers’ family was getting `1 lakh as ex gratia, now they will get `2 lakh. Similarly, the accidental benefit has been doubled from `2 lakh to `4 lakh.
‘Nirman Kusuma’ boost to construction workers’ children
