INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Government enhances social security benefits for family of workers who have died of CovidKeeping in mind the rising number of deaths in the
through Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) schemes, who have died due to the
help them tide over financial difficulties.Announcing a slew of amendments, the Labour Ministry said that enhanced social security is sought
to be provided to workers without any additional cost to the employer.Currently for the insured persons under ESIC, after death or
available till her marriage.New MeasuresTo support the families of insured persons under the ESIC scheme, all dependent family members of
due to it, will be entitled to receive the same benefits and in the same scale as received by the dependents of insured persons who die as a
result of employment injury, subject to eligibility.However, the insured persons must have been registered on the ESIC online portal at
It will benefit contractual or casual labourers, who were losing out on benefits due to the condition of continuous one year employment in
15, 2020 onwards.The number of claims on account of death under the scheme has been estimated to be about 50,000 families per year,
including increase in claims taking into account estimated death of about 10,000 workers, which may occur due to Covid.
