The secretary said the department was also taking other welfare measures for the workers and their families including marriage grant,
death grant and vocational trainings.
A general practice is to compensate families of the deceased with a '
death grant', which is essentially 'hush money' to mourn and move on quietly.
The meeting was informed that as many as 833
death grant cheques, 2244 marriage cheques and 1027 scholarship cheques had been distributed, while solar system had been installed in all Workers Welfare Schools/colleges.
He announced that marriage grant will be increased from Rs100,000 to Rs150,000 while the amount of
death grant will be enhanced from Rs500,000 to Rs600,000.
He announced that marriage grant would be increased from Rs100,000 to Rs150,000 while the amount of
death grant will be enhanced from Rs500,000 to Rs600,000.
185 cheques of scholarship grant, 77 of marriage grant and 11 of
death grant have been distributed among works in the ceremony.
Likewise Rs 3.207 billion had been given to 6,683 families as
death grant. Rs 4.914 billion had been given to 63,235 children of workers.
They said that the
death grant in the three provinces was Rs500,000, while in Balochistan it was Rs200,000.They demanded of the government to allocate Rs500,000 as
death grant for the colliers in Balochistan like elsewhere in the country.
Manning He was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court for 21 months for conning customers, including widow Margaret Speight who handed over a PS30,000
death grant given to her when her husband died in 1988.
Pakistan's state owned news agency reported that the prime minister, speaking to a charged crowd during a May Day function in Islamabad, also announced an increase in the
death grant for labourers from Rs150,000 to Rs500,000 and he also said there would be an increase in grants for labourer's children's weddings from Rs70,000 to Rs100,000.