Sewing Machine Scheme - Haryana Labour Welfare Board

What is the Haryana Labour Welfare Board Sewing Machine Scheme?

The Sewing Machine Scheme, described on the department portal in Hindi as Anshdata Mahila Shramikon Ko Nayi Silai Machine Kharidne Hetu Vittiya Sahayata, is a welfare benefit of the Haryana Labour Welfare Board (HLWB) under the Labour Department, Government of Haryana. The Board pays Rs 4,500 to a contributing woman worker employed in an industrial or commercial establishment in Haryana to help her buy a new sewing machine for her own household work.

The Haryana Labour Welfare Board operates under the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965, which Haryana continues to apply. Its fund is built from employee and employer contributions collected through registered establishments: as revised in January 2026, an employee pays 0.2% of wages subject to a ceiling of Rs 35 and the employer pays double: along with unpaid accumulations transferred by employers, penalties, voluntary donations and interest on the Board's deposits. Benefits like this one are paid out of that fund, which is the reason eligibility is tied to being a contributing worker rather than simply being a resident of Haryana.

The scheme sits in a family of household-asset benefits the Board runs alongside spectacles assistance, hearing-aid assistance, artificial limbs, tricycles for workers with disabilities and the Rs 5,000 bicycle grant. In each case the Board pays a fixed sum rather than distributing goods, which keeps procurement out of the picture and lets the worker buy locally.

Who is eligible for the sewing machine scheme?

You can claim the Rs 4,500 if all of the following are true:

• You are a woman worker employed in an industrial or commercial establishment located in Haryana that is covered by the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965.
• You are a contributing member of the Haryana Labour Welfare Board, that is, Labour Welfare Fund contribution is being deducted and deposited for you.
• Your monthly salary does not exceed Rs 20,000. The Board revised this limit upward from Rs 18,000 with effect from 20 May 2025.
• You have completed a minimum service period of 2 years.
• You have not drawn this benefit in the previous five years, since it is available only once in five years.

You are not eligible, and cannot apply, if:

• You are a male worker. The scheme is confined to women workers.
• You are a registered woman construction worker under the Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. That Board runs a separate sewing machine benefit; a worker draws from one Board, not both.
• You are self-employed, work in a household, or work in an establishment that is not registered under the Act and does not deposit Labour Welfare Fund contribution.
• Your monthly wages exceed Rs 20,000.
• Your service is under two years on the date of application.
• You already received the sewing machine assistance within the last five years.

How much does the sewing machine scheme pay and how?

The Haryana Labour Welfare Board pays a flat Rs 4,500. The amount does not vary by district, by the type of machine bought, or by the number of years of service beyond the two-year minimum. Payment is made by direct transfer to the woman worker's bank account after the district office and the Board sanction the claim, so the account should be linked to the same Aadhaar number used for the portal login.

Note that several unofficial sites quote Rs 3,500 for this scheme. That figure corresponds to older or parallel state sewing-machine benefits; the amount printed on the Haryana Labour Welfare Board's own scheme page is Rs 4,500, and that is the figure to rely on.

What documents are required?

The scheme page carries Download links for the employer certificate, salary slip format, employee certificate and the undertaking. Filing on the Board's own proforma is the single easiest way to avoid an objection.

How to apply for the sewing machine scheme

1. Ask your employer to confirm that the establishment is registered on hrylabour.gov.in, that your Aadhaar and mobile number are in its employee database, and that Labour Welfare Fund contribution has been deposited for you. The Board's own instructions treat this as the precondition for any worker claim.
2. Go to hrylabour.gov.in, open the Welfare Board Beneficiary login at hrylabour.gov.in/login/welfare, and choose the registration link if you have no credentials yet.
3. Enter your Aadhaar number, receive the one-time password on your registered mobile number, and create your username and password.
4. Fill in your beneficiary profile; personal details, family members with their Aadhaar numbers, nominee, and past work experience. All family Aadhaar numbers are compulsory.
5. Upload the required documents in the prescribed proforma and file size, then submit the profile for verification.
6. After the Board verifies your profile, open the scheme list in your dashboard — it shows only the schemes you qualify for, and select the sewing machine assistance scheme.
7. Attach the employer certificate, salary slip, employee certificate and signed undertaking, submit the claim, and save the application number.
8. Track the claim from the same dashboard; updates also go to your registered mobile number and email.

How to get help filing the claim

1. Ask the HR or welfare officer of your establishment to file the claim through the employer login, which is how most large units in Faridabad, Gurugram and Panipat submit worker claims.
2. Visit the Haryana Labour Welfare Board office at Bays No. 29-30 (Pocket-II), Sector 4, Panchkula 134 112 with your documents if an upload keeps failing.
3. Call the Shramik Sahayata Sewa helpline on 1800-180-2129, available 8 am to 8 pm Monday to Saturday, or the Board on 0172-2560015.

Why sewing machine claims get rejected

• Labour Welfare Fund contribution not deposited by the employer for the qualifying period.
• Service period below two years on the date the claim is filed.
• Salary slip showing more than Rs 20,000 a month.
• Employer certificate not on the Board proforma, or missing signature and stamp.
• Repeat claim inside the five-year gap under the same Aadhaar number.
• Name mismatch between Aadhaar, the bank account and the establishment record, which stops the payment even after sanction.

Objections raised during verification are visible in the beneficiary dashboard with the reason stated. Upload the corrected document against the existing application number instead of starting a fresh application, which resets the queue.

Grievance route

• Haryana Labour Welfare Board: 0172-2560015, toll free 1800-180-4818
• Email: hlwbgrievance@gmail.com
• Shramik helpline: 0172-2971057, toll free 1800-180-2129
• Online: Grievance Redressal on hrylabour.gov.in; file a complaint and track it with the complaint number

No fee is payable at any stage. The Haryana Labour Welfare Board does not authorise agents to file claims for a commission, and a worker should never share the portal OTP with anyone.

How to check your application status

Online, through the beneficiary dashboard:

1. Go to hrylabour.gov.in/login/welfare and sign in with the same Aadhaar-linked username and password you used to submit the claim.
2. Open the "My Applications" or scheme dashboard section of your profile.
3. Locate the sewing machine assistance claim using the application number you saved at the time of submission.
4. The dashboard shows one of a few states: under employer verification, under district office review, sanctioned, payment processed, or objection raised. If an objection is shown, the reason is stated alongside it, and you can upload the corrected document against that same application number rather than filing afresh.

If you cannot log in or the dashboard shows no update:

• Check with your establishment's HR or welfare officer first. Many claims move through the employer login before they reach the district Labour Welfare Officer, so the first delay is often on the employer's side, not the Board's.
• Call the Board directly on 0172-2560015 or the toll-free number 1800-180-4818, and quote your application number and Aadhaar number when you call.
• The Shramik Sahayata Sewa helpline, 1800-180-2129, is available 8 am to 8 pm Monday to Saturday and can also look up a claim by application number.
• SMS and email alerts go out automatically to the mobile number and email registered on your profile whenever the status changes, so keep those details current if you change your number.

If the status has stayed "under review" for an unusually long time, visit the Haryana Labour Welfare Board office at Bays No. 29-30 (Pocket-II), Sector 4, Panchkula 134 112, or raise it through the Grievance Redressal section on hrylabour.gov.in, which issues its own complaint number that you can use to follow up separately from the original application number.