<div>The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to frame a model scheme before September 30, to address the issues of education, health, social security and pension for construction workers, saying they build not just infrastructure, but also the nation.</div>''<div></div>''<div>A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said, while&nbsp; preparing the model scheme, we expect the Ministry of Labour and Employment to include within it, inter alia, issues and concerns of education, health, social security, old age and disability pension and other benefits that are necessary for living a life of dignity as postulated by the Constitution of India.</div>''<div></div>''<div>The top court further directed all the state governments and union territories to constitute an expert committee and bring out statutory rules within six months.</div>''<div></div>''<div>The bench said setting up an expert committee and framing statutory rules should be in a time-bound manner, with the exercise being completed preferably within six months and in any event by September 30, 2018.</div>''<div></div>''<div>It posted the matter for hearing on May 1, only to ascertain whether timelines have been fixed by the concerned authorities for compliance of the directions.</div>''<div><br />''</div>