ESI subscribers to get Covid unemployment allowance within 15 days of claim

Payment will be made into bank account of insured, Aadhaar to be used for identification

Formal sector workers registered under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scheme will receive Covid-19-related unemployment cash allowance within 15 days of filing the claim.

The ESI Corporation on Wednesday released the revised unemployment allowance scheme, Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY), for workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. “The payment shall be made in the bank account of the IP (insured person) within 15 days from the receipt of the claim. Aadhaar shall be used for identification,” the ESIC said in its circular dated September 16.

The decision to revise the guidelines under the ABVKY scheme was taken in a