The scheme Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana was introduced by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on pilot basis for a period of 2 years w.e.f. 01.07.2018 for providing relief to the Insured Persons (IPs) who have become unemployed. Under this scheme relief in the form of cash compensation to the extent of 25 per cent of the average per day earning was paid upto a maximum of 90 days of unemployment subject to conditions that the employee should have completed two years of Insurable employment and has contributed not less than Seventy-Eight (78) days in each of the four consecutive contribution periods immediately preceding to the claim of the relief.
Since its inception till 18.03.2021, a total of 43299 beneficiaries have availed relief under the scheme and an amount of Rs.57.18 crore has been disbursed.
State/Union Territory wise details of claim and payment made under the scheme during 01.07.2018 to 18.03.2021 are given below.
The scheme has been extended for the period from 01.07.2020 to 30.06.2021. In order to provide benefit to the IPs who have become unemployed during Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of relief has been enhanced and the eligibility conditions have been relaxed as follows for the IPs who became unemployed from 24.03.2020 onwards:-
The following measures have been taken by the Ministry for welfare of the unemployed in the country:
State/UT Wise details of claims and payment made under ABVKY during the period 01.07.2018 to 18.03.2021
S. No.
State/Union Territory
Total claims received
Approved Claims
Approved amount
1.
Himachal Pradesh
992
623
8332562
2.
Karnataka
4937
3229
46860455
3.
Punjab
2424
1491
18617965
4.
Uttarakhand
1187
554
7162513
5.
Haryana
5979
1751
22849924
6.
Assam
326
237
2974008
7.
Rajasthan
4837
3235
41077152
8.
Jammu & Kashmir
260
165
1480306
9.
Uttar Pradesh
5965
2888
39647355
10.
West Bengal
1149
690
9461380
11.
Nagaland
1
1
21637
12.
Bihar
653
466
5259276
13.
Delhi
4323
2619
46204397
14.
Jharkhand
422
185
2215305
15.
Sikkim
2
0
0
16.
Tripura
14
14
114450
17.
Mizoram
6
5
30825
18.
Gujarat
2265
1498
19809040
19.
Andhra Pradesh
10693
8081
89842174
20.
Odisha
648
318
3370491
21.
Tamil Nadu
5221
3463
43386600
22.
Madhya Pradesh
2810
1943
24615791
23.
Maharashtra
6238
4356
61919164
24.
Goa
597
355
5681094
25.
Chhattisgarh
594
354
4108174
26.
Telangana
3942
2407
34087064
27.
Kerala
2940
2126
29208122
28.
Puducherry
334
245
3496974
Total
69759
43299
571834198
This information was given by Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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The scheme Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana was introduced by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on pilot basis for a period of 2 years w.e.f. 01.07.2018 for providing relief to the Insured Persons (IPs) who have become unemployed. Under this scheme relief in the form of cash compensation to the extent of 25 per cent of the average per day earning was paid upto a maximum of 90 days of unemployment subject to conditions that the employee should have completed two years of Insurable employment and has contributed not less than Seventy-Eight (78) days in each of the four consecutive contribution periods immediately preceding to the claim of the relief.
Since its inception till 18.03.2021, a total of 43299 beneficiaries have availed relief under the scheme and an amount of Rs.57.18 crore has been disbursed.
State/Union Territory wise details of claim and payment made under the scheme during 01.07.2018 to 18.03.2021 are given below.
The scheme has been extended for the period from 01.07.2020 to 30.06.2021. In order to provide benefit to the IPs who have become unemployed during Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of relief has been enhanced and the eligibility conditions have been relaxed as follows for the IPs who became unemployed from 24.03.2020 onwards:-
The following measures have been taken by the Ministry for welfare of the unemployed in the country:
State/UT Wise details of claims and payment made under ABVKY during the period 01.07.2018 to 18.03.2021
S. No.
State/Union Territory
Total claims received
Approved Claims
Approved amount
1.
Himachal Pradesh
992
623
8332562
2.
Karnataka
4937
3229
46860455
3.
Punjab
2424
1491
18617965
4.
Uttarakhand
1187
554
7162513
5.
Haryana
5979
1751
22849924
6.
Assam
326
237
2974008
7.
Rajasthan
4837
3235
41077152
8.
Jammu & Kashmir
260
165
1480306
9.
Uttar Pradesh
5965
2888
39647355
10.
West Bengal
1149
690
9461380
11.
Nagaland
1
1
21637
12.
Bihar
653
466
5259276
13.
Delhi
4323
2619
46204397
14.
Jharkhand
422
185
2215305
15.
Sikkim
2
0
0
16.
Tripura
14
14
114450
17.
Mizoram
6
5
30825
18.
Gujarat
2265
1498
19809040
19.
Andhra Pradesh
10693
8081
89842174
20.
Odisha
648
318
3370491
21.
Tamil Nadu
5221
3463
43386600
22.
Madhya Pradesh
2810
1943
24615791
23.
Maharashtra
6238
4356
61919164
24.
Goa
597
355
5681094
25.
Chhattisgarh
594
354
4108174
26.
Telangana
3942
2407
34087064
27.
Kerala
2940
2126
29208122
28.
Puducherry
334
245
3496974
Total
69759
43299
571834198
This information was given by Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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