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Friday, May 14, 2010

ESI scheme to have more beneficiaries from Labour Day


New Delhi, April 30: Social security benefits under the ESI scheme will now extend to more workers as the revised wage limit for eligibility comes into effect tomorrow coinciding with the International Labour Day.
The scheme provides medical, sickness and maternity benefits to workers in addition to rehabilitation allowance, vocational rehabilitation and unemployment allowance Under Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana.
The government had recently issued notification raising the maximum wage limit for availing the facility from the existing Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 per month.
Extending his greetings to the working class on the eve of the Labour Day, Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said a number of amendments have been carried out in the Central labour laws in the last couple of years keeping the interest of the workers in mind.
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