Bihar Rajya Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Anudan Yojana

What is Bihar Rajya Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Anudan Yojana?

Bihar Rajya Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Anudan Yojana is an accident grant scheme of the Labour Resources Department (Shram Sansadhan Vibhag), Government of Bihar, for workers from Bihar who are injured or killed in an accident while working outside the state. The scheme is listed on the state's official services portal, serviceonline.bihar.gov.in, under the Labour Resources Department, where the application link; बिहार राज्य प्रवासी मजदूर दुर्घटना अनुदान योजना के लिए आवेदन, is live for citizens.

Bihar sends a very large number of workers to other states for construction, factory, mining, transport and agricultural work. Those workers are overwhelmingly in the unorganised sector, so an accident at the workplace usually attracts no employer compensation and no insurance. Bihar Rajya Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Anudan Yojana is the state's answer: a one-time grant paid by the worker's home state, regardless of where the accident happened.

The grant scale

As published by the Labour Resources Department for the scheme:

• Rs 2,00,000 where the accident causes the worker's death.
• Rs 1,00,000 for permanent disability.
• Rs 50,000 for partial disability.

The scale has been revised more than once since the scheme was introduced, and older material still quotes lower figures. Confirm the amount in force with your block RTPS counter or the District Labour Superintendent before you file.

What kind of accident counts

Covered causes include railway and road accidents, electrocution, animal attacks, building collapse, and criminal or terrorist attacks. Excluded are self-inflicted injury, suicide, injury sustained while intoxicated, and injury sustained while committing a crime.

Who is eligible for the migrant worker accident grant?

A worker or the worker's dependants can claim if:

• The worker is a permanent resident of Bihar, evidenced by a residence certificate from the Circle Officer.
• The worker was a migrant labourer working outside Bihar, in another Indian state or in a foreign country, at the time of the accident.
• The worker was within the department's prescribed age band, commonly stated as 18 to 65 years.
• The worker works in the unorganised sector, that is, without formal employer-provided accident cover.
• The accident falls in one of the covered categories above, and death or disability resulted from it.

Who cannot apply / is not eligible:

• A worker who suffered the accident inside Bihar. That case belongs to the Bihar Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board's own accident and death benefits, or to another welfare board, not to this scheme.
• A resident of another state, even if the accident happened while working alongside Bihar workers.
• A claim arising from suicide, self-inflicted injury, intoxication or the commission of a crime, all of which the guidelines exclude.
• A claim where the worker was outside the prescribed age band.
• A family that has already received the grant for the same accident — the benefit is one-time.
• A claim with no proof of employment outside Bihar, which is the condition that defines the scheme.

What documents are required?

For a death claim, the applicant is the dependant, normally the spouse, parent or adult child, and the bank account must be that person's own account, not the deceased worker's.

How to apply for Bihar Rajya Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Anudan Yojana online

1. Open serviceonline.bihar.gov.in, the Government of Bihar's Right to Public Services portal.
2. Under the Labour Resources Department (श्रम संसाधन विभाग) menu, open the application link for the Bihar Rajya Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Anudan Yojana.
3. Register as a citizen on the portal with your name, email ID, mobile number and a password if you do not already have an account, and log in.
4. Fill in the application form with the worker's details, the place and date of the accident, the nature of the injury or the fact of death, and the claimant's own details and relationship to the worker.
5. Upload the scanned documents: age proof, residence certificate, employment proof, death or disability certificate, FIR or post-mortem report where applicable, and the bank passbook page.
6. Submit the form and download or print the acknowledgement receipt with the application reference number.
7. Wait for departmental verification by the block and the District Labour Superintendent's office, which checks the employment and accident proof.
8. Receive the grant by DBT into the bank account given in the application.

How to apply offline

1. Visit the RTPS counter at your block office, sub-division or district office, or the office of the District Labour Superintendent.
2. Ask for the application form for the Bihar Rajya Pravasi Majdoor Durghatna Anudan Yojana and fill it in with the witness declaration completed.
3. Attach photocopies of every document listed above and submit the form at the counter.
4. Collect the receipt carrying the application reference number, and use it for all follow-up.

A Vasudha Kendra or Common Service Centre operator can also complete the online application on your behalf if the family cannot use the portal directly.

How to check your application status

1. Open serviceonline.bihar.gov.in and use the Track Application Status option on the home page.
2. Enter the application reference number printed on the acknowledgement, along with the applicant's details.
3. Read the stage shown: submitted, under verification, forwarded, sanctioned, or paid.
4. If the case sits at verification for a long period, follow up with the District Labour Superintendent, since verification of employment outside the state is the step that usually stalls.

Why a migrant accident claim gets rejected

• No proof of employment outside Bihar. This is the defining condition of the scheme and the most common reason a claim fails.
• Accident occurred inside Bihar, which routes the case to a different welfare board.
• Cause of death recorded as illness rather than accident, with no post-mortem report or FIR to support an accidental cause.
• Disability certificate not issued by a government medical officer or board.
• Residence certificate missing, so Bihar residence is not established.
• Bank account not in the claimant's name or not Aadhaar-seeded, so the DBT credit fails after sanction.
• Claim filed long after the accident, beyond the time limit the department applies.
• Name mismatch between the death certificate, Aadhaar and the residence certificate.

Most of these are fixable. A rejected claim can be re-filed with the missing document, and the block or District Labour Superintendent's office will tell you which specific paper caused the rejection.

Help and grievance redressal

• District Labour Superintendent in your district, the sanctioning authority for the grant and the first point of escalation.
• Block RTPS counter, which accepts the offline claim and can show where the file has reached.
• Track Application Status on serviceonline.bihar.gov.in, which gives the official record of the case.
• Bihar Labour Resources Department offices, which also run the Bihar Shatabdi Aahar Anudan and the construction workers' welfare board schemes that a migrant family may separately qualify for.

Filing the claim is free at both the RTPS counter and on the portal. A Common Service Centre may charge a small notified service fee for assisted filing, but no one may charge a commission on the grant itself.