The labour ministry has notified a minimum pension relief of Rs 1800 per month to the dependents of the beneficiaries of the Employees State Insurance Corporation in case of the death of the insured person due to Covid.
Eligibility Conditions:
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation has issued draft notification of ESIC COVID-19 Relief Scheme under Section 19 of the Act as a welfare measure in case of death of insured person due to COVID-19. However, the IP who died due to COVID-19 disease must have been registered on the ESIC online portal at least three months prior to the date of diagnosis of COVID-19 disease resulting in his or her death.
Further, the deceased IP must have been in employment on the date of diagnosis of COVID-19 disease and contributions for at least 70 days should have been paid or payable in respect of him or her during a period of maximum one year immediately preceding the diagnosis of COVID-19 disease resulting in death.
Eligible Family members:
As per the notification, the eligible dependent family members of insured persons (IP) will be paid periodic payments directly to their bank accounts. The eligible beneficiaries would include spouse or legitimate or adopted child, till the age of 25 years, and a widowed mother. Please refer the below table for more understanding.
The minimum relief under the scheme shall be Rs 1800/- per month.
Any objection or suggestion, which may be received from any person in respect of notification within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication, will be considered by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation. The objections and suggestions, if any, may be addressed to Shri S Biswas, Insurance Commissioner, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, Panchdeep Bhawan, CIG Marg, New Delhi 110002 (e-mail Id: dir-pnd@ esic.nic.in)