ESI Corporation has issued a notification dated 27th January 2022 relaxing the eligibility condition of two years insurable employment before unemployment and contributory condition of Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana with effect from 01st July 2021.
The amended eligibility condition is that an insured person should have been in insurable employment for a minimum period of twelve months immediately before his or her unemployment and should have contributed for not less than seventy-eight days in the one completed contribution period in twelve months immediately preceding to unemployment.
What is Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)?: This scheme is a welfare measure for employees covered under Section 2(9) of the ESI Act, 1948, in the form of relief payment up to 90 days, once in a lifetime. It has also been decided to enhance the rate of unemployment relief under the scheme to 50% of wages from the earlier rate of 25% along with relaxation in eligibility conditions. In a significant relaxation, relief shall become due for payment 30 days from the date of unemployment and the claim can be submitted directly to the designated ESIC Branch Office by the worker. Claims to get the relief can be made online at the website www.esic.in along with submission of the physical claim with an affidavit, photocopy of the Aadhaar Card, and Bank Account details to the designated ESIC Branch Office by post or in person.