Govt may retrospectively relax conditions for unemployment benefits under Employees’ State Insurance

Govt may retrospectively relax conditions for unemployment benefits under Employees’ State Insurance

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The labour ministry has proposed to provide 50 per cent average per day earnings of the subscriber during four contributory periods in the past two years for 90 days of unemployment, as against 25 per cent provided earlier.

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The labour ministry has moved a proposal to amend the conditions under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana from March, when the government imposed a nationwide lockdown, which will be taken up by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) board on Thursday.

New Delhi: The government is likely to retrospectively relax conditions for unemployment benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance, which saw zero contribution from eight million subscribers in April and May.The labour ministry has moved a proposal to amend the conditions under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana from March, when the government imposed a nationwide lockdown, which will be taken up by the Employees’ State Insurance

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