Lok Sabha Question No. 4219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Implementing of Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4219 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2023

## IMPLEMENTING OF ATAL BIMIT VYAKTI KALYAN YOJANA

4219. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a)whether the Government is implementing Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana in the country;
- (b)if so, the details and salient features thereof;
- (c)the  number  of  beneficiaries  registered  under  the  said  Yojana,
- State/UT-wise;
- (d)the number of persons benefited under the said Yojana during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Bihar; and
- (e)whether the Government is considering to extend the said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (e): The scheme Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY) was implemented by the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on pilot basis for a period of 2 years w.e.f.  01.07.2018 for providing relief in the form of cash compensation up to 90  days once in a life time to the Insured Persons (IPs) who have become unemployed.

The scheme came into force on 01.07.2018 and extended to 30.06.2022  in  order  to  provide  relief  to  those  IPs  who  became unemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The eligibility  and  other twice from 01.07.2020 to 30.06.2021 and from 01.07.2021 conditions of the scheme were relaxed w.e.f. 24.03.2020 as under:-

Contd..2/-

- i. The rate of relief under the scheme was enhanced from 25% of the  average  daily  earnings  to  50%  of  average  daily  earnings  of the claimant.
- ii. The IP should have been in insurable employment for a minimum 2 years and should have contributed for not less than 78 days in the contribution period immediately preceding the unemployment and minimum 78 days in one of the remaining three contribution periods  in  two  years  prior  to  unemployment.  Earlier,  minimum contribution of 78 days in each of four contribution periods was required.
- iii. The waiting period to file the claim was reduced from 90 days to 30 days.
- iv. Mandatory filing through employer and submission of affidavit by the claimant was dispensed with.

The ESI Corporation, in its 190 th  meeting, has decided again to extend the scheme for a period upto 30.06.2024.

The  beneficiaries  of  this  scheme  are  not  required  to register  separately.  All  the  insured  persons  who  fulfill  the  required eligibility conditions can avail the relief under the scheme.

Total  66013  employees  including  637  employees  in  the state of Bihar availed relief under the scheme and an amount of Rs. disbursed  between  01.07.2018  to  12.12.2022.

87.83  crores  were State/UT-wise details are placed at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4219 FOR 27.03.2023 ASKED BY SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL REGARDING IMPLEMENTING OF ATAL BIMIT VYAKTI KALYAN YOJANA.

Details of claims and amount approved under the Atal Bimit Byakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY) (During 01.07.2018 to 12.12.2022)

|   Sl. No. | Location Name    |   Claims approved |   Amount approved |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |              9707 |         108668416 |
|         2 | Assam            |               267 |           3444145 |
|         3 | Bihar            |               637 |           7534400 |
|         4 | Chandigarh (UT)  |               358 |           5846879 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh     |               465 |           5354935 |
|         6 | Delhi            |              3675 |          64890976 |
|         7 | Goa              |               495 |           7809739 |
|         8 | Gujarat          |              2390 |          31661449 |
|         9 | Haryana          |              4227 |          55341823 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh |              1186 |          16009534 |
|        11 | Jammu &Kashmir   |               216 |           1931418 |
|        12 | Jharkhand        |               273 |           3478234 |
|        13 | Karnataka        |              4482 |          66515805 |
|        14 | Kerala           |              2469 |          34542668 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh   |              2833 |          36020959 |
|        16 | Maharashtra      |              5623 |          83190244 |
|        17 | Mizoram          |                 6 |             36047 |
|        18 | Nagaland         |                 1 |             21637 |
|        19 | Odisha           |               912 |          12377713 |
|        20 | Puducherry       |               333 |           5171017 |
|        21 | Punjab           |              1985 |          24269268 |
|        22 | Rajasthan        |              5684 |          70000544 |

| Sl. No.   | Location Name   |   Claims approved |   Amount approved |
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 23.       | Sikkim          |                 0 |                 0 |
| 24.       | Tamilnadu       |              7097 |          90534181 |
| 25.       | Telangana       |              3158 |          45451376 |
| 26.       | Tripura         |                14 |            114450 |
| 27.       | Uttar Pradesh   |              5162 |          70292738 |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand     |              1410 |          14608159 |
| 29.       | West Bengal     |               948 |          13181252 |
|           | Total           |             66013 |         878300006 |

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