Wage relief for those who lost jobs in lockdown

印度政府为封锁期间失业的人提供救济

NEW DELHI: The government is launching a campaign, Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY), to ensure that Employees’ State Insurance Corporation-registered workers who had lost their jobs during the lockdown can claim of 50% of their wages for up to three months as unemployment relief even if they have resumed work. ESIC is going to deploy its Rs 44, 000 crore kitty with a formal notification on Friday.

新德里：印度政府发起一项运动，Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)，以确保在封锁期间失业的工人（买了印度雇员国家保险公司（ESIC）保险的），可申请三个月失业救济，金额为工资的50%，即使他们已经复工也可以领取。ESIC将在周五发出正式通知，救济金额达4400亿卢比。

“So far the response has been weak but we expect it to pick up. We are planning to advertise and reach out to more beneficiaries,” a labour ministry official told TOI.

一位劳工部官员告诉印度时报：“到目前为止，反响还很弱，我们预计会有所好转。我们计划做广告，让更多的受益者受益。”

The move is seen as an outreach to those displaced by the lockdown and blunt the criticism that the government did not take care of migrant and factory workers, who were the worst hit.

此举被视为向因封锁而流离失所的人伸出援手，并削弱了外界对印度政府未照顾受影响最严重的农民工和工人的批评。

The benefit can also be availed by ESIC members who may lose jobs in December.

12月失业的ESIC成员也可以享受这项福利。

Ministry sources said the scheme has started to receive nearly 400 claims daily since the labour ministry and ESIC decided to extend ABVKY last month, when it also decided to bump up the rate of unemployment relief from the exsting 25% of wages to 50% of wages.

劳工部消息人士称，自上月劳工部和ESIC决定延长ABVKY计划以来，该计划每天收到近400份申请，同时还决定将失业救济比率从目前工资的25%提高到50%。

In light of the job losses during coronavirus, the government has also relaxed eligibility conditions for insured workers.

鉴于新冠疫情造成的失业，政府还放宽了投保工人的资格条件。

While unemployment benefits could only be available following submissions through employers, the labour ministry has now permitted claims to be made directly to designated ESIC branch office. ESIC services nearly 3.4 crore families through medical insurance cover and cash benefits to almost 13.5 crore beneficiaries.

虽然只有通过雇主提交申请后才能获得失业救济，但劳工部现在已允许直接向指定的ESIC办事处提出申请。ESIC通过医疗保险和现金福利向近1.35亿受益人提供服务，为近3400万家庭提供服务。

Under the new social security code law, the government has also decided on extending ESIC services to all 740 districts of the country, for which labour ministry officials said they have tied up with hospitals empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat scheme and 3rdparty service providers.

根据新的《社会保险法》，政府还决定将ESIC服务扩展到全国740个地区。劳工部官员表示，这些地区已经与按照Ayushman Bharat计划建造的医院和第三方服务提供商建立合作。

印度时报读者的评论：

译文来源：三泰虎 http://www.santaihu.com/p/51066.html   译者：Jessica.Wu

Deepak

Very clever government! Whose money after all is there in ESIC!?. You are giving employees own money and making it appear as if government is giving!!!!

印度政府非常聪明!

ESIC发的钱到底是谁的!?

还不是员工的，却让他们觉得政府在发钱!!

Arihant Jain

How about we tax payers who are working day and night to feed the entire country?

我们这些为养活整个国家日夜工作的纳税人呢，有什么福利?

Santosh Singh

Those with salary above 20,000 unka kya? Esic does not apply to them !! Gimmic gimmic every day gimmic...

工资在2万以上的人不能申请!!

每天都在搞噱头…

Ponraj Abraham

By whatever means BJP wants to survive in the power till 2024.

不管用什么方法，人民党都想连任到2024年。

Shubhankar Mukherjee

I must say you are very optimistic that you feel BJP is doing it for survival....do you really think anyone can beat them if election happens today. Plz relax for next 10-15 years.

你认为人民党是为了连任才这么做？……如果现在举行选举，你真的以为有哪个政党能击败他们吗?

在接下来的10-15年都不用担心，人民党肯定能连任

Akella Murty

Freebies have spoiled India.How long do we live with freebies.There are natural calamities challenging us every year like floods, earth-quakes,cyclones...where help has to be given in large scale.

免费赠品已经毁掉了印度。免费赠品能陪伴我们多久?

每年都有自然灾害，比如洪水、地震、气旋……这些都有大量灾民需要救济。

Shameer i k

Central government who doesn't have money to give state government for compensate GST is going to give money to people who lost job because of lockdown.Bihar election jimic.. For getting migrant votes

印度中央政府没有钱给邦政府提供商品和服务税补贴，却给那些因为封锁而失业的人提供救济。比哈尔邦选举在即，这么做是为了争取农民工的选票

Sunflower

Good relief for those who lost jobs provided ESI cover taken by employers as many avoid this

如果雇主给他们买了ESI保险，对于那些失业的人来说，这些救济是很大的帮助，

Raghunandan Padhi

And after 3 months ????? .........commit suicide

那3个月之后呢，怎么办？自杀

selvarajc

Next scam. Govt did not have any data of migrant workers.

又是骗局。印度政府没有关于农民工的数据。

A K Ashta

Good step taken by the Government

政府做得好

Vinod Chawla

It's a begng in right direction

这是一个好的开始

Bhensaram Pujari

Please don't start any such scheme. There will be too many frauds. Our people are smart in creating false supporting documents and evidences.

请不要启动这样的计划。会有太多的舞弊行为。我们印度人在制造虚假证明文件和证据方面很在行。

RAJEEV RANJAN

BJP had Done Three Financial Crime "INSOLVENCY, GST and Currency Ban" Now every India has to pay for it especially a common citizen

人民党犯下了三项金融罪行：破产法、消费税和废钞令，现在每个印度人都要为此付出代价，尤其是普通老百姓

J D

Save money and Just kill all poor people in India. They are a burden for the country.

省点钱吧，让印度穷人都自生自灭，他们是国家的负担。

Shameer i k

Included IT sector employees???

包括IT行业的员工吗??

J V

It is specifically for ESIC enrolled employees.

Ceiling wage limit for ESIC is Rs. 21k per month.

仅限ESIC登记的雇员。

ESIC的最高工资上限为每月2.1万卢比。

Sheik Mohamed

Although a very belated move let us wholeheartedly welcome this good initiative on part of saffronized party govt. led by NAMO.

尽管这是迟来的举措，但我们由衷欢迎由莫迪政府的这一良好倡议。

maulik shah

What about self employed? Will they get compensation

自由职业者呢?

他们能得到补偿吗?

Raja Gupta Gupta

too little too late

太迟了，也太少了

ThMember

Not enough

还不够