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Unemployed ESIC Member To Be Given 50 % Of Their Salaries

ESIC is implementing the Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyna Yojna under which unemployment benefit is paid to the workers covered under this Scheme.
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With the global pandemic hitting the nation and the country being under lock down since the past few months, millions of Indians have lost their salaried jobs and are now unemployed! Looking at these numbers, the Indian government decided to take a step towards providing relief to the unemployed section of the country.

In its 182nd meeting held on Thursday, the ESIC Corporation, under the chairmanship of Mr Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labour and Employment (I /C) took this important decision!

The government has decided to provide 50% of their salaries for three months as unemployment allowance to the lakhs of industrial workers who are members of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and had to say goodbye to their jobs in the Covid-19 pandemic. This allowance would be paid to all those who have lost their jobs between March, 24’2020 to December, 31’2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The statement also added that the ESIC has decided to extend the scheme for one more year, i.e. up to June, 30’2020.

According to the statement, “ESIC is implementing the Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyna Yojna under which unemployment benefit is paid to the workers covered under ESI Scheme. The ESI Corporation has decided to extend the scheme for one more year up to 30th June 2021. It has been decided to relax the existing conditions and the amount of relief for workers who have lost employment during the Covid-19 pandemic period. The enhanced relief under the relaxed conditions will be payable during the period of 24.03.2020 to 31st December 2020. Thereafter the scheme will be available with original eligibility condition during the period 01.01.2021 to 30.06.2021. Review of these conditions will be done after 31.12.2020 depending upon the need and demand for such relaxed condition.”

The eligibility criteria to avail the relief have also been relaxed.

ESIC also took decisions regarding ICU/HDU services in its hospitals, with a view to strengthen them amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. “It has been decided to establish ICU/HDU services up to 10% of total commissioned beds in all ESIC Hospitals”, the statement stated.

In its 182nd meeting held on Thursday, the ESIC Corporation, under the chairmanship of Mr Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labour and Employment (I /C) took this important decision!

The government has decided to provide 50% of their salaries for three months as unemployment allowance to the lakhs of industrial workers who are members of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and had to say goodbye to their jobs in the Covid-19 pandemic. This allowance would be paid to all those who have lost their jobs between March, 24’2020 to December, 31’2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The statement also added that the ESIC has decided to extend the scheme for one more year, i.e. up to June, 30’2020.

According to the statement, “ESIC is implementing the Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyna Yojna under which unemployment benefit is paid to the workers covered under ESI Scheme. The ESI Corporation has decided to extend the scheme for one more year up to 30th June 2021. It has been decided to relax the existing conditions and the amount of relief for workers who have lost employment during the Covid-19 pandemic period. The enhanced relief under the relaxed conditions will be payable during the period of 24.03.2020 to 31st December 2020. Thereafter the scheme will be available with original eligibility condition during the period 01.01.2021 to 30.06.2021. Review of these conditions will be done after 31.12.2020 depending upon the need and demand for such relaxed condition.”

The eligibility criteria to avail the relief have also been relaxed.

ESIC also took decisions regarding ICU/HDU services in its hospitals, with a view to strengthen them amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. “It has been decided to establish ICU/HDU services up to 10% of total commissioned beds in all ESIC Hospitals”, the statement stated.


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