Lok Sabha Question No. 170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: Relief Measures for Dependents
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 170 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021

## RELIEF MEASURES FOR DEPENDENTS

## 170.  SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the steps taken by Government for giving social security relief for
- dependents of workers who have died due to Covid-19; and
- (b)the State-wise details of total number of workers who died due to Covid-19?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

- (a): In  order  to  provide  help  and  succour  to  the  families  of  the Insured  Persons  (IPs)  who  died  due  to  COVID-19,  Employees'  State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has on 03.06.2021 launched ESIC COVID19  Relief  Scheme.  Under  this  scheme  90%  of  average  wages  of deceased Insured Person shall be paid to the eligible dependents of the Insured Person who died due to COVID-19. The Scheme is effective for a period of two years w.e.f. 24.03.2020. The eligibility conditions for relief under the scheme are:-
- i. 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/  her death.

- ii. 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/ her during a period of maximum one year immediately preceding the diagnosis of COVID-19 disease resulting in death.
2.    Till 09.07.2021, total 1225 claims have been received out of which 307 have been sanctioned.
3.        Further,  the  Employees'  Provident  Fund  and  Miscellaneous Provisions  Act,  1952  envisages  benefits,  namely  (i)  maintaining  of Employees' Provident Fund accumulations, (ii) Employees' Pension and Employees'  Deposit  Linked  Insurance  Scheme  (EDLI).    During  the period  April  2020  to  June  2021,  pension  was  granted  to  50373 dependents  of  deceased  members  of  Employees'  Provident  Fund Organisation involving an amount  of Rs.382.84 crore. Further, insurance  benefit  was  granted  to  43632  dependents  of  deceased members,  amounting  to Rs.1115.67 crore under the Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme.
4. In order to provide relief to the dependents of workers who died during  the  period,  the  scheme  of  EDLI  was  amended    providing  for minimum assurance benefit of ₹ 2.5 lakh to eligible family members of deceased  employees.    In  addition,  the  maximum  insurance  amount under EDLI was enhanced from Rs. 6 lakh to Rs. 7 lakh.
5. (b)    Under the ESIC COVID-19 Relief Scheme, a total 1225 claims have been received till 09.07.2021.  State wise details of these claims are enclosed  at  Annexure.  Separate  data  of  workers  who  died  due  to COVID-19 is not maintained.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 170 FOR 19.07.2021 ASKED BY SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI REGARDING RELIEF MEASURES FOR DEPENDENTS.

## State-wise number of claims received under ESIC COVID-19 Relief Scheme

(As on 09.07.2021)

| State            |   No. of Claims |
|------------------|-----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |             123 |
| Assam            |               7 |
| Bihar            |              11 |
| Chhattisgarh     |              26 |
| Delhi            |             101 |
| Goa              |               2 |
| Gujarat          |             109 |
| Haryana          |              38 |
| Himachal Pradesh |              24 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |               1 |
| Jharkhand        |               5 |
| Karnataka        |              91 |
| Kerala           |              49 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |              75 |
| Maharashtra      |             167 |
| Odisha           |              26 |
| Puducherry       |              12 |
| Punjab           |              48 |
| Rajasthan        |              62 |
| Tamil Nadu       |             134 |
| Telangana        |              31 |
| Utter Pradesh    |              45 |
| Uttaranchal      |              17 |
| West Bengal      |              21 |
| Total            |            1225 |

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