G.S.R. 676(E)..—Whereas, a draft containing certain rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, section 3,sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 466(E), dated the 27th July, 2020 as required under sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification was published were made available to public;
And whereas, copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the public on the 27th July, 2020;
And whereas, no objection or suggestion has been received from any person in respect of the said draft rules within the period specified above for consideration by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, the Central Government, after consultation with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, namely:—
- Short title and commencement.-
(1) These rules may be called the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment rules, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette. - In the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, in the rule 56-A, for the words “rupees five thousand”, the words “rupees seven thousand five hundred” shall be substituted.
Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India , Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(i) vide notification number S.R.O. 212, dated the 22nd June, 1950 and amended vide notification number G.S.R. 555(E), dated the 14th September, 2020.
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