Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2022

Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2022- NOTIFICATION

G.S.R. 152(E).—The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950 which the Central Government, after consultation with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, proposes to make in exercise of powers conferred by section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), is hereby published as required by the sub-section (1) of the said section for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration after expiry of a period of thirty days from the date of publication in Official Gazette;

Any objections or suggestions, which may be received from any person in respect of the said draft rules within the period specified above, will be considered by the Central Government.

The objections and suggestions may be addressed to Shri Madan Chaurasia, Under Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001 (Email ID- [email protected]).

DRAFT RULES

1. (i) These rules may be called the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2022.
   (ii) These shall be effective for the benefit period 01.01.2021 to 30.06.2021.
   
2. In the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, in sub-rule (1) of Rule 55, the following proviso shall be added: –
   “Provided that person appointed before 01.04.2020 shall be qualified to claim sickness benefit for benefit period, January 2021-June 2021, if the contributions in respect of him/her were payable for not less than 39 days in the contribution period from April, 2020- September, 2020 or for not less than seventy-eight days in the contribution period from October, 2019 to March, 2020 and the daily rate of Sickness benefit for them shall be as provided in sub-rule (2) calculated on basis of standard benefit rate during the contribution period from April, 2020 to September, 2020 or October, 2019 to March, 2020 respectively”;
   
3. In the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules 1950, in sub-rule (1) of Rule 56, the following proviso shall be added: –
   “Provided that an Insured Women shall be eligible to claim maternity benefit for a confinement occurring or expected to occur in the benefit period January 2021-June 2021 if contributions in respect of her were payable for not less than 35 days in the immediately preceding two consecutive contribution periods from October, 2019 to March, 2020 and April, 2020- to September, 2020.”

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 last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 676(E), dated the 27th October, 2020.

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