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Covid-19 Relief Measures for Employees: Employees’ State Insurance Corporation announces scheme amidst the raging pandemic
In an important move, against the backdrop of a nationwide health crisis emanating from COVID-19 outbreak, the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), by way of circular dated 3 June 2021, has announced the ESIC COVID-19 Relief Scheme (Scheme) for the beneficiaries of the insured persons, in the instance the insured person died as a result of COVID-19. The Scheme will be valid for a period of 2 years with retrospective effect from 24 March 2020. In this update, the authors examine the salient provisions of the Scheme.
Abhinav Rastogi
Abhinav Rastogi is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice group in the New Delhi office. He specialises in employment law and compliance matters. He has been actively involved in general to complex employment law matters including advice and support on retrenchment of employees, closure of establishments, matters involving transfer of
OCI Cardholders – New Rules and Special Restrictions
New rules have been announced recently by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (MHA) for Overseas Citizens of India cardholders (OCI cardholders) vide MHA notification of 4 March 2021 (OCI Notification 2021).