Construction worker card (labour card)

How to register online with the Construction Workers Welfare Board and get the card, renew it, and claim the restarted help for a marriage, a delivery, a natural death or a funeral at your secretariat.

OnlineAt the office

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

Tell us your situation first; then the documents and steps open.

1Your situation

A few questions. We show only the documents and steps your answers need.

Which of these is the person applying?
What do you need?
Are you between 18 and 59 years old?
Which benefit?
When did the marriage, delivery or death happen?

Which of these is the person applying?

Indian citizen living in IndiaIndian citizen living abroad (NRI)OCI cardholderForeign national

What do you need?

Are you between 18 and 59 years old?

YesNo: under 18, or 60 or older

Not confirmed: This age limit is taken from the checks in the Labour Department's online registration form. We found no Andhra Pradesh official text saying how many days of construction work in the last year you need; ask your ALO.

Which benefit?

Marriage giftMaternity benefitNatural deathFuneral expensesSomething else (death in an accident, disability, hospital, education and others)

When did the marriage, delivery or death happen?

On or after 1 March 2026Before 1 March 2026

Your answers stay on this phone.

Your situation is complete.

Each step below says who it is for. Confirm yours at the office, then change your answer here.

We could not confirm whether this applies to you

The Andhra Pradesh Labour Department's registration form and the 2026 order say nothing about Indian citizens living abroad; registration is for people doing construction work, with the details of their work place. Ask your ALO first.

We could not confirm whether this applies to you

The registration form and the 2026 order do not mention OCI cardholders. Under the Ministry of Home Affairs notification S.O. 1050(E) of 4 March 2021, an OCI cardholder is a foreign national, not an Indian citizen, and in economic fields the notification does not name has the same rights as a foreigner. Ask your ALO first.

We could not confirm whether this applies to you

The registration form and the 2026 order do not mention foreign nationals; registration needs Aadhaar. Ask your ALO first.

This route does not apply to your situation

The Labour Department's online form registers only people who are 18 or older and not yet 60.

→ If you are 60 or older, see the state's old-age pension, which has its own rules. For questions about the construction workers' schemes, ask your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO).

→ Old-age pension (NTR Bharosa)

This route does not apply to your situation

A government memo of March 2020 kept the Board's welfare schemes in abeyance. G.O.Ms.No.6 of 18.03.2026 restarted only four: the marriage gift, maternity benefit, natural death and funeral expenses. We found no official order restarting the others; ask your ALO.

This route does not apply to your situation

G.O.Ms.No.6 (18.03.2026) gives these four schemes only for marriages, deliveries and deaths on or after 1 March 2026; before that, the schemes had been in abeyance since March 2020. For an earlier event, ask your ALO.

2Documents you need

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

Aadhaar card, and a mobile number for the OTPoriginalHave itNeed it
Your family members' names, dates of birth and Aadhaar numbers, and who is nominee and for what shareoriginalHave itNeed it
Bank account details (account number, IFSC, name in the account) or the passbookcopyHave itNeed it
Details of where you work now: the employer's name, the construction organisation's name, its address, and your tradeoriginalHave itNeed it
Your employment guarantee (VB-G RAM G) job card number, if you have oneoriginalHave itNeed it
A passport-size photo and your signature (to upload)originalHave itNeed it
The self-declaration, signedoriginalIf you don't have it: The registration and renewal pages have the form in Telugu and English: download it, sign it and upload it.Have itNeed it
The renewal challan, if you have already paid itcopyHave itNeed it
The BOC card, with the latest renewal receiptcopyHave itNeed it
The Aadhaar numbers of the worker and the brideoriginalHave itNeed it
Marriage certificate (issued through AP SEVA)copyHave itNeed it
Photocopy of the first page of the bank passbook (the worker's; after a death, the nominee's or dependant's)copyHave itNeed it
The Aadhaar numbers of the worker and the woman who gave birthoriginalHave itNeed it
Delivery certificatecopy · Issued by a PHC, a local area hospital, or the medical officer of a private hospital or nursing homeHave itNeed it
The baby's birth certificate (through AP SEVA)copyHave itNeed it
The Aadhaar numbers of the nominee and the worker who diedoriginalHave itNeed it
Death certificate (through AP SEVA)copyHave itNeed it
Legal heir certificate, family member certificate or dependant certificate (any one)copyHave itNeed it
Photocopies of the FIR and the panchanamacopyHave itNeed it
Medical certificatecopyHave itNeed it

Nothing to get ready before these steps.

3Your steps

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

Do this now
Fill in Form XXVII (registration of a building worker) on the Labour Department's website.
Log in with the OTP sent to your mobile and give your Aadhaar, family members, nominee (and share), bank account, address, job card (if any), trade union (if a member), where you work and your trade. Upload your photo, signature and the signed self-declaration.
Where
Labour Department website (worker registration)
Open the official page
Not confirmed: We took this form's details from the words in the site's program; we could not see officially which menu opens the form, or whether the secretariat or the ALO office helps you fill it. The Code on Social Security took effect on 21 November 2025; the State's 2026 rules keep this Welfare Board. If you have trouble, ask your ALO.
Sources: 4, 5, 2, 3
I have done this step
Do this now
Pay the ₹50 registration fee (once) and ₹12 for each year's contribution online.
Check every detail before you pay: money once paid is not returned. Keep the receipt.
Where
Labour Department website (worker registration)
Fee
₹50 once, and ₹12 for each year (₹62 in all for one year).
Open the official page
Not confirmed: You choose on the payment page how many years to pay for at once; we could not see the choices. A refund is considered only for a technical failure, where the money left your account but the portal does not show it.
Sources: 4, 5
I have done this step
Do this now
The ALO checks and approves your application; until then its status shows "Waiting for ALO Approval".
Once approved you get your identity card (BOC card). You can see the status under "Worker Status".
Where
Office of your area's Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), Labour Department
Not confirmed: We found no official time limit for issuing the card. If the card is lost, the website has a "Duplicate Id card" service.
Sources: 5, 4
I have done this step
Do this now
Fill in the renewal form on the Labour Department's website.
If the valid-until date has passed and you have already paid the challan, choose Yes under "Challan Paid" and upload it. If not, choose No and you go to the payment page: choose enough years for the new valid-until date to be after today, and pay. Upload the signed renewal self-declaration. If your registration is still valid, you need not pay; the same form gives you a new identity card.
Where
Labour Department website (worker registration)
Fee
₹12 a year contribution.
Open the official page
Not confirmed: The registration form says "yearly contribution ₹12"; we could not see whether renewal costs the same or adds anything for a late renewal. Check the amount the payment page shows.
Sources: 4, 5
I have done this step
Do this now
Before you claim, check that the card is renewed and valid: every benefit needs the BOC card with the latest renewal receipt.
The marriage, birth or death must be registered first: the certificate must be one issued through AP SEVA.
Where
You do this yourself
Sources: 1
I have done this step
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Marriage gift, ₹20,000: for a registered unmarried woman worker's own marriage, or for the marriage of two daughters of a registered worker.
The bride must be 18 or older at the marriage. Apply at your secretariat within 6 months of the marriage; the money goes to the worker's bank account.
Where
Your Swarna Gramam / Swarna Wardu office (village or ward secretariat): the Digital Assistant or the Ward Education and Development Secretary
Time limit
Within 6 months of the date of the marriage.
Sources: 1
I have done this step
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Maternity benefit, ₹20,000 a delivery for up to two deliveries: for a registered woman worker, a registered male worker's wife, and a worker's daughters (two deliveries in all).
It is only for a delivery in a hospital, and only for a delivery after the worker has been registered for 12 months. Apply at your secretariat within 6 months; the money goes to the worker's bank account.
Where
Your Swarna Gramam / Swarna Wardu office (village or ward secretariat): the Digital Assistant or the Ward Education and Development Secretary
Time limit
Within 6 months.
Not confirmed: The order says the benefit is only for deliveries in a hospital, yet also mentions a Panchayat Secretary's certificate for a home delivery; it does not say plainly that the 6 months count from the delivery. Ask your ALO.
Sources: 1
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If a registered worker dies a natural death, the nominee or a dependant gets ₹60,000.
Apply at your secretariat within one year of the death; the money goes to the nominee's or dependant's bank account.
Where
Your Swarna Gramam / Swarna Wardu office (village or ward secretariat): the Digital Assistant or the Ward Education and Development Secretary
Time limit
Within one year of the death.
Sources: 1
I have done this step
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If a registered worker dies, ₹20,000 is paid for the funeral, and ₹20 a kilometre to take the body to a place within the State.
The worker's membership must have been valid at the death, and a relative with proper identification applies. Apply at your secretariat within one year of the death.
Where
Your Swarna Gramam / Swarna Wardu office (village or ward secretariat): the Digital Assistant or the Ward Education and Development Secretary
Time limit
Within one year of the death.
Not confirmed: The order says this help is "for natural death only", yet also says the death must have happened at the work site or on the way to or from work, and asks for the FIR and panchanama. Ask your ALO whether your case qualifies.
Sources: 1
I have done this step
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Once the secretariat puts the application on AP SEVA, the ALO must check it and send it to the Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL) within 7 days.
With the District Welfare Committee's recommendation, the DCL must send it to the Collector within 10 days. The Collector sanctions or rejects it within 15 days, and you get an SMS. If sanctioned, the money goes straight to the bank account (DBT).
Where
The District Collector (final approval)
Time limit
ALO 7 days, DCL 10 days, Collector 15 days.
Not confirmed: The order sets no time for the money to reach the account.
Sources: 1
I have done this step

All steps done

If something goes wrong

If it is rejected

If it is rejected, you get an SMS. Ask your ALO why and give any missing document. You can complain on PGRS: at the village or ward secretariat any day, at the Collectorate on Monday, on the portal or in the app (with Aadhaar). If you are not satisfied with the reply, you can reopen it twice: first it goes to a district officer, then to the head of the department.

If it is late

By the order, the ALO must act within 7 days, the DCL within 10 and the Collector within 15. If it is late, ask the ALO, then the district Deputy Commissioner of Labour (DCL), and complain on PGRS. If a registration is slow, check "Worker Status" on the website and ask the ALO.

If you are asked for more money

Registration costs only ₹50 and ₹12 a year, paid online with a receipt. Do not pay agents who ask for money to get you a card or a faster payment. If someone asks for a bribe, complain to the ACB helpline or on PGRS.

The 7 official pages and papers this guide is written from

G.O.Ms.No.6, LFB & IMS (Lab.I) Department, 18.03.2026: Andhra Pradesh Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board – Welfare schemes to the BOC workers – Implementation of the Welfare Schemes through AP-SEVA portal
G.O.Rt.No.126, LFB & IMS (Lab.II) Department, 07.07.2026: The Code on Social Security (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 2026 – Final Notification
Notification S.O. 5319(E), 21 November 2025: provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020 brought into force
Labour Department, Andhra Pradesh: website, worker registration ("Andhra Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Registration – Form-XXVII") and renewal
A.P. BOC: workers' registration, renewal and payment portal
PGRS: FAQ's
Notification S.O. 1050(E), 4 March 2021: rights of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Cardholder, under section 7B(1) of the Citizenship Act, 1955