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Construction worker card (labour card)

How to register with the Construction Workers Welfare Board and get the card, renew it, and claim its help for a marriage, a birth, a death, an accident or a hospital stay.

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Published on 12-11-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.

Where:At the officeAt a MeeSeva centreOnline

For whom: People in Telangana who work on buildings, roads and other construction (masons, helpers, plumbers, electricians, painters, carpenters and others), and their families.

1Your situation

We show only what your answers need.

Which of these is the person applying?
What do you need?
To register you must be 18 or older and not yet 60, and must have done construction work on at least 90 days in the last 12 months. Are both true of you?
Which benefit?
What happened?

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2Documents you need

Tick the ones you have. They are kept in this browser.

  • Get it on the official page ↗
    Details

    If you don't have it: It is on the Board website's "Downloads" page (in Telugu), or ask at the ALO office.

    Sources: 1, 2, 5, 3

  • Details

    If you don't have it: A Labour Department officer (Assistant Labour Officer or above) gives it after checking for themselves. You, a construction workers' union, a registered construction establishment or a government agency in construction can ask for it.

    Sources: 1

  • Details
    What the photo must look like
    • One photo is pasted on Form XXVII.

    Not confirmed: The Board says only "passport size"; it gives no measurements, colour or background. Ask at the ALO office.

    Sources: 1, 3

  • Details

    School certificate or a doctor's certificate

    Sources: 1, 3

  • If you don't have it: → Food security (ration) card
    Details

    Sources: 3

  • If you don't have it: → Registering as a voter and getting a voter ID
    Details

    Sources: 3

  • If you don't have it: → Getting a new Aadhaar
    Details

    Sources: 3, 21

  • If you don't have it: → Opening a bank account (Jan Dhan / zero-balance account)
    Details

    Sources: 3

  • Details

    Sources: 2, 3

  • Details

    Sources: 4

  • Get it on the official page ↗
    Details
    What the photo must look like
    • Paste the applicant's photo in the box on the form.

    Not confirmed: The forms give no size or colour for the photo. Ask at the ALO office.

    If you don't have it: The Board website's "Downloads" page has a form for each scheme, or ask at the ALO office.

    Sources: 5, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

  • Details

    Sources: 22, 23, 26, 27, 12, 18

  • Details

    Sources: 19, 17, 24, 25

  • Details

    Sources: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

  • Details

    Not confirmed: The forms only name it; ask at the ALO office what stamp value it needs and how to fill it.

    Sources: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

  • If you don't have it: → Opening a bank account (Jan Dhan / zero-balance account)
    Details

    Sources: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

  • Details

    Sources: 12, 22

  • If you don't have it: → Marriage registration
    Details

    Sources: 22

  • Details

    Sources: 12, 22

  • Details

    Issued by a PHC, a local area hospital or the medical officer of a private hospital; for a home delivery in a village, by the Panchayat Secretary

    Sources: 13, 23

  • If you don't have it: → Birth certificate
    Details

    Sources: 13, 23

  • If you don't have it: → After a death in the family
    Details

    Sources: 19, 17, 24, 25, 28

  • Details

    The household ration card or Aadhaar card

    Sources: 19, 17

  • Details

    Sources: 19, 17

  • Details

    Sources: 17, 20, 25, 28

  • Details

    Sources: 17, 20, 25, 28

  • Details

    Sources: 20

  • If you don't have it: → Disability certificate (UDID / SADAREM)
    Details

    Issued by the competent authority; for artificial limbs or a wheelchair, by a Medical Board, with attested copies of the medical reports

    Sources: 16, 18, 26

  • If you don't have it: → Disability certificate (UDID / SADAREM)
    Details

    Issued by the medical officer of a General Hospital or Area Hospital in the district

    Sources: 20, 28

  • Details

    Sources: 27

  • Details

    Issued by a medical officer not below the rank of Assistant Civil Surgeon of a government hospital or PHC

    Sources: 15, 27

  • Get it on the official page ↗
    Details

    If you don't have it: It is on the Board website's "Downloads" page, or ask at the ALO office.

    Sources: 5, 28

  • If you don't have it: → Food security (ration) card
    Details

    Sources: 28

  • If you don't have it: → Getting a new Aadhaar
    Details

    Sources: 28

    3Your steps

    · Do them in order. Tick each one when it is done.

    If something goes wrong
    1. Do this now

      Meet your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO) and ask for a certificate of employment as a construction worker.

      The officer checks your work for themselves before giving it.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department
      Not confirmed

      You can find your ALO under "Search Officer" on the Board website and under "Contact Us" on the Labour Department website. The new Labour Codes took effect on 21 November 2025; the central government said the old Acts, rules and schemes continue during the change. The Board website still shows the old procedure; ask the ALO whether it is still the same.

      Sources: 1, 11, 30, 31

    2. Do this now

      Pay the ₹50 registration fee and ₹60 for five years' membership, ₹110 in all, at a MeeSeva centre, or by challan at any SBI branch into the Board's account 62371607136 (IFSC: SBIN0020066).

      Keep the receipt.

      Where
      MeeSeva centre or SBI branch
      Fee
      ₹110 · ₹50 registration + ₹60 for five years. For one year only, ₹50 + ₹12.
      Not confirmed

      We found nothing official on whether MeeSeva adds its own service charge to this fee, or how much. Check the amount on the receipt.

      Sources: 2, 1, 3

    3. Do this now

      Fill in Form XXVII.

      Name your wife or husband as nominee (someone else only if you have none). Paste one photo, and give the form with the document copies and the fee receipt to the ALO.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department

      Sources: 1, 2, 3

    4. Do this now

      After checking, the ALO gives you a laminated BOC card.

      You can follow the registration under "Status of Worker Registrations" on the Board website.

      Where
      Board website
      Open the official page
      Not confirmed

      We found no official time limit for issuing the card.

      Sources: 2, 9

    5. Do this now

      Pay the renewal fee, ₹12 a year or ₹60 for five years, by challan at any SBI branch into the Board's account 62371607136.

      Where
      Any SBI branch
      Fee
      ₹12 a year, or ₹60 for five years.
      Not confirmed

      The Board's page does not say whether the renewal fee can also be paid at MeeSeva (it says so only for the registration fee). Ask the ALO.

      Sources: 4, 3

    6. Do this now

      Give a copy of the challan to your area's ALO.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department

      Sources: 4

    7. Do this now

      Before claiming, check that the card has been renewed (the forms ask "renewed up to" and the challan details).

      Get the form for that benefit from the Board website's "Downloads" page.

      Where
      Board website: Downloads
      Open the official page

      Sources: 5, 22, 24, 21

    8. Do this now

      Marriage gift, ₹30,000: for an unmarried woman worker, or for two daughters (aged 18 or more) of a registered worker.

      If both parents are registered, only one of them gets it. Give the form and documents to the ALO within one year of the marriage.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department
      Time limit
      Within one year of the date of the marriage.

      Sources: 12, 22, 6

    9. Do this now

      Maternity benefit, ₹30,000 a delivery, for up to two deliveries: for a woman worker, a male worker's wife, and two daughters of a worker.

      It is paid only once the worker has been registered for 12 months. A woman worker gets ₹10,000 in the 7th month of pregnancy and ₹20,000 after the delivery. Give the form and documents to the ALO within one year of the delivery.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department
      Time limit
      Within one year of the date of the delivery.
      Not confirmed

      The order does not say how or when to apply for the ₹10,000 paid in the 7th month. Ask the ALO.

      Sources: 13, 23, 6

    10. Do this now

      If a registered worker dies a natural death, the nominee, dependant or legal heir gets ₹1,00,000.

      If the ₹30,000 for funeral expenses was not paid before the funeral, it is paid with this amount. Give the form and documents to the ALO.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department
      Not confirmed

      The order sets no deadline for claiming natural death relief.

      Sources: 19, 14, 24, 6

    11. Do this now

      If a registered worker dies in an accident, at work or anywhere else, the nominee, dependant or legal heir gets ₹6,00,000.

      The ₹30,000 for funeral expenses and, for an accident at work, ₹20 a kilometre to take the body to the native place within the State are paid with it if they were not paid before. Give the form and documents to the ALO.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department
      Not confirmed

      The order sets no deadline for claiming accidental death relief.

      Sources: 17, 14, 25, 6

    12. Do this now

      If a registered worker is permanently disabled in an accident (at work or anywhere else), they get ₹5,00,000 for total disability, or up to ₹4,00,000 for partial disability.

      A worker who lost a limb can also get artificial limbs or a wheelchair / tricycle. Give the form and documents to the ALO. Give the FIR only if a police case was registered. Artificial limbs, a wheelchair or a tricycle have their own form on the Board website's Downloads page.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department

      Sources: 16, 18, 26, 6, 5

    13. Do this now

      If a registered worker stays in hospital for 5 days or more after an accident or illness, they get ₹300 a day, up to ₹4,500 a month.

      For serious illnesses such as heart disease, kidney failure or cancer, it can be paid for up to 3 months with a medical officer's certificate. Give the form and documents to the ALO.

      Where
      Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department

      Sources: 15, 27, 6

    14. Do this now

      The ALO makes an enquiry and reports to the district Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL); after the district committee checks it, the money goes straight into the savings bank account.

      For a natural death, the order names a Nodal Officer instead of the DCL. Follow it under "Check Claim Status" on the Board website with the BOC card number and your mobile number (OTP).

      Where
      Board website: Check Claim Status
      Open the official page
      Not confirmed

      The orders set no time within which the money must be paid.

      Sources: 7, 10, 12, 19, 17

    15. Do this now

      If a worker who was not registered dies in an accident while working at a construction site, the dependants get ₹50,000, plus ₹30,000 for funeral expenses and ₹20 a kilometre to take the body to the native place within the State.

      Give the form and documents to the district Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL), who makes an enquiry about the dependants.

      Where
      Office of the district Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL)
      Not confirmed

      This scheme comes from a 2011 order of undivided Andhra Pradesh; the Telangana Board lists it as in force. Ask your ALO whether to give the form to the ALO or the DCL.

      Sources: 20, 14, 28, 21, 6

    16. Do this now

      If a worker who was not registered is permanently disabled in an accident at work, they get ₹20,000 for 50% disability or more, and ₹10,000 for less than 50%.

      Give the form and documents to the district Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL).

      Where
      Office of the district Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL)
      Not confirmed

      This scheme comes from a 2011 order of undivided Andhra Pradesh; the Telangana Board lists it as in force. Ask your ALO whether to give the form to the ALO or the DCL.

      Sources: 20, 28, 21, 6

    If something goes wrong

    If it is rejectedIf the card or a benefit is refused, ask the ALO why.

    If the card or a benefit is refused, ask the ALO why. A complaint about an ALO goes to the Assistant Commissioner of Labour (ACL); about an ACL, to the Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL); about a DCL, to the zone's Joint Commissioner of Labour (JCL); about a JCL, to the Commissioner of Labour. Their phone numbers are under "Contact Us" on the Labour Department website.

    Labour Department officers (Contact Us) · Open the official page

    Sources: 29, 30, 7

    If it is lateIf it is taking long, check the status on the Board website ("Status of Worker Registrations", "Check Claim Status").

    If it is taking long, check the status on the Board website ("Status of Worker Registrations", "Check Claim Status"). Then call the Board: customer care 08069434343, or 040-23447738 or 040-23447739. If that does not help, tell the ALO's superiors (ACL, DCL).

    Construction Workers Welfare Board customer care · Open the official page

    Sources: 8, 9, 10, 29

    If it is lateIf it is taking long, ask at the office where you gave the form.

    If it is taking long, ask at the office where you gave the form. Then call the Board: customer care 08069434343, or 040-23447738 or 040-23447739. A complaint about a Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL) goes to the zone's Joint Commissioner of Labour (JCL), and about a JCL to the Commissioner of Labour; their phone numbers are under "Contact Us" on the Labour Department website.

    Construction Workers Welfare Board customer care · Open the official page

    Sources: 8, 29, 30, 20

    If you are asked for more moneyThe fee is ₹50 for registration and ₹12 a year or ₹60 for five years' membership.

    The fee is ₹50 for registration and ₹12 a year or ₹60 for five years' membership. The Board's FAQ says to pay at MeeSeva or into its SBI account; another Board page says the fee goes to the ALO. However you pay, get a receipt. Do not pay agents who ask for money to get you a card or a faster payment; tell the ALO's superiors (ACL, DCL).

    Labour Department officers (Contact Us) · Open the official page

    Sources: 2, 1, 29, 30

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