An audit of the Odisha Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board (a state body in eastern India that manages welfare funds for construction labourers) has uncovered nearly 2,000 cases of manipulated marriage records used to fraudulently claim financial assistance under the Nirman Shramik scheme. Auditors found that hundreds of marriage certificates had registration dates predating the actual marriage, a flaw exploited due to poor system design and absent validation checks, resulting in an estimated ₹6.29 crore (roughly $750,000) in improper payouts. The findings are expected to feature in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report for 2024–2025, and come alongside a separate revelation from the same audit that nearly 2,500 workers declared dead continued to receive subsidised food rations after their recorded deaths.