Government proposes to amends ESIC Rule 56A of Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950 related to Confinement Expenses and to increase the limit from existing Rs. 5000 to Rs. 7500.
MINISTRY OF LABOUR OF EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th July, 2020
G.S.R. 466(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 the powers conferred by Section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), is hereby published as required by 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 the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published, are made available to the public;
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. (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.
2. In the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, in rule 56-A, for the words “rupees five thousand”, the words “rupees seven thousand five hundred” shall be substituted.
[F.No.S-65012/01/2020-SS-I]
VIBHA BHALLA, Jt. Secy.
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. 638(E), dated the 6th September, 2019.
