Not yet determined · Chandigarh LWF: ₹5 and ₹20 are fixed, but the coverage threshold has not been read

Labour welfare fund

When to pay, how much.

How a Punjab Act became Chandigarh's

G.S.R. 353(E) of 10 April 2018, Ministry of Home Affairs extended the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2014 (Punjab Act No. 32 of 2014) to the Union territory of Chandigarh, as in force in the State of Punjab on the date of publication, published in The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3 — Sub-section (i), No. 226 of 10 April 2018 under F. No. U-11020/1/2017-UTL. It did so subject to two modifications, both of which do the same job: they insert “as extended to the Union territory of Chandigarh” and “as in force in the Union Territory of Chandigarh” so that the Act reads as Chandigarh's own. The amending Act itself does one thing: in section 9-A, in sub-section (1), for the words “two rupees” and “four rupees” the words “five rupees” and “twenty rupees” shall, respectively, be substituted.

Chandigarh has a labour welfare fund, and its contributions come from a Punjab Act extended to the Union territory by a named Gazette of India notification.

Not yet verified against an official source

Is there a fund?: YesPunjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Punjab Act 17 of 1965) as in force in the Union territory of Chandigarh
Which document these figures come from: G.S.R. 353(E) of 10 April 2018, Ministry of Home AffairsOne document reaches two jurisdictions here, and this desk cites the route rather than the destination. The Gazette of India notification of 10 April 2018 extends a Punjab Act to Chandigarh: for Punjab it reproduces the Act, for Chandigarh it is the instrument that carries it. So the citation on this page is the EXTENDING notification, never the bare Punjab Act — a Punjab document cited plainly on a Chandigarh page would suggest Punjab's law applies here of its own force, which it does not.The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3 — Sub-section (i), No. 226 of 10 April 2018
Employee contribution: ₹5Substituted for “two rupees”.Section 9-A(1), as substituted by the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2014 (Punjab Act No. 32 of 2014)
Employer contribution: ₹20Substituted for “four rupees”.Section 9-A(1), as substituted by the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2014 (Punjab Act No. 32 of 2014)
How often it is paid, and who must pay: Not yet addedBoth sit in the principal Act of 1965, which this desk has not obtained. The amending Act substitutes the two amounts and nothing else, so the period and the coverage threshold are not stated here and are not guessed.
Where it is deposited: Chandigarh Labour Welfare BoardThe Board takes labour welfare fund contributions and unpaid wages from employers and establishments under the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act 1965, and runs eleven welfare schemes for beneficiaries.The Labour Department's own online service, read 28 September 2026