Welfare scheme for Salt Workers:

State Government has implemented following various scheme for the 45801 Salt workers locates in 35 Talukas of 13 Districts of the state through Gujarat Rural Welfare Board.

(a) Scheme of salt Workers Welfare Centers:

Under this scheme, 45 Salt workers welfare centers are established in the salt production areas. Activities of Balvadi, library primary health, sports and cultural are run in such centers. The honorary workers of these centers are making publicity and fill up the forms of schemes of labour and other departments.

(b) Seasonal Balvadi-cum-Ghodiyaghar Scheme:

During the salt production season, Balvadi-cum-Ghodiyaghar are run for the salt workers children at the salt production places. There are such 50 balvadi-cum-ghodiyaghar in the state; while at 14 places where the residential quarters of salt workers are near the salt production places, balvadi-cum-ghodiyaghar are sanctioned on the permanent basis.

(c) First Aid Boxes for Salt Workers:

130 boxes of first aid boxes are provided to avail the salt workers, the emergency treatment at the working place, and due training is also provided to such workers. Medicines are provided intermittently.

(d) Kacha/ Pacca Quarter scheme for salt workers:

Under this scheme, financial assistance of 75% is given for the construction of Pacca house on their plot, so as to, protect them from for cold, heat and rain. Till now 474 tents of tar paulin have been provided at the coast of Rs. 8.28 lakhs.

(e) Quarters for Rest Room scheme for salt Workers:

Assistance is given for Rest Room construction Rs. 36000 per such unit are sanctioned the Board gives 75% of the rest 25% to be bear by the salt unit. Thus such Rest Room were built in Valsad District during 1997-98 and the Board had expended amount of Rs. 54000/- .

(f) Identity Cards to Salt Workers:

Out of 45801 salt workers in the State the work of providing I card to 18738 Salt workers is on hand of which 10449 salt workers have already been given I cards till March 2001 . The same is under process.

(g) Scheme for total development of salt workers:

Under this scheme activities like awareness camp, financial assistance for the serious disease, tour arrangement, welfare, development and organizing activities are run.