The Labour Welfare Board conducts welfare programs and implements schemes through Labour Welfare Centers located in industrial areas across states. Labour welfare centers provide facilities like playgrounds, libraries, first aid, training workshops, and recreational activities. They are run by state governments, labour departments, or State Labour Welfare Boards. The number of centers varies by state depending on requirements, and they are funded through state labour department budgets.

1. Labour Welfare Centers

2. The Labour Welfare Board conducts its
welfare programmes and implements
the welfare schemes through
numerous Labour Welfare Centers
located at different industrial areas of
the respective state.

3. Facilities provided at LWCs
• Playground; indoor & outdoor games
• Library
• First aid, medicines and other healthcare
facilities
• Workshops for training and skill development
• Recreational Facilities: cinema, drama, musical
instruments, bhajans etc.

4. Labour welfare centers in India have
been set up by a number of states and
union territories. They are run either
directly by the state government or by
the labour department of the state or
by the State Labour Welfare Board.

5. The number of LWCs varies in different
states according to requirement. For
example, there are about 180 of them
in Maharashtra while there are only
about 20 in Punjab.

6. The funds for running these Labour
Welfare Centers are provided in the
budgets of the labour departments of
the respective state.