Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has announced the rollout of a new scheme titled 'Mukhya Mantri Shramik Kalyan Yojana' for the welfare of the labour force of the state. He made this announcement while addressing a function in Itanagar yesterday. Mr. Khandu said that incentives for workers registered with the Arunachal Pradesh Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board have been revised in this scheme. 

Under the scheme, maternity benefit for families of workers has been enhanced from 1,000 rupees to 6,000 rupees; natural death compensation from 50,000 rupees to 2 lakhs rupees and accidental death compensation from 1 lakh rupees to 4 lakh rupees.

To encourage sports amongst the children of workers, the scheme will have cash incentives of 15,000 rupees for Gold, 10,000 rupees for Silver, and 8,000 rupees for Bronze in any state-level tournament or competition. For those excelling at the national level, 30,000 rupees for Gold, 20,000 rupees for Silver, and 15,000 rupees for bronze will be provided under the scheme.