India, July 24 -- Patiala

The Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) Welfare Board appeared to have given clearance to the state government's Mukh Mantri Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojana in haste, as the proposal getting nod and approval orders being issued on the same day (June 6), according to documents accessed by HT.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday stayed the diversion of funds from the workers' welfare corpus to other schemes, including the flagship women cash dole scheme. Launched on July 1, the scheme, introduced with an eye on the upcoming assembly polls, provides financial assistance of Rs.1,000 a month to eligible women of the general category and Rs.1,500 per month to those from the Scheduled Caste cat...