India, April 24 -- The Delhi Government will streamline registration of construction workers and delivery of welfare schemes for them by providing them with a chip-enabled smart card, officials said on Thursday.

They will also build a dedicated portal to enhance cess collection from builders and construction firms. This fund is used to run various welfare schemes for construction workers.

The Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board (DBOCWWB) has begun the process of engaging an agency to design, implement and operate the integrated digital platform, they said.

This digital platform will comprise the cess management portal and a network of Karmik Sewa Kendras and Labour Chowks, and also introduce chip-based smart ca...