SOCIAL SECURITY IN INDIA (GENERAL STUDIES)

Total Questions: 50

11. How much does the employer contribute to the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme?

Correct Answer: (a) Less than one percent
Solution:Finally, the Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme is contributed to by the employer (0.5 percent) only.

12. What is the wage limit for ESI subscribers under the new rule?

Correct Answer: (b) Rs. 21,000
Solution:

The ESI (Central) Amendment Rules, 2016 – notified on December 22, 2016 – expanded coverage to include employees earning Rs. 21,000 (US$313.53) or less in a month from January 1, 2017; previously, the wage limit for ESI subscribers was Rs. 15,000 (US$223.95) per month. Subsequently, the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2017 was notified on January 20, detailing new maternity benefits for women who have insurance.

13. Consider the following statement: Sickness benefit under ESI coverage is 70 percent of the average daily wage and is payable for 91 days during two consecutive benefit periods.

Correct Answer: (c) The above statement is correct
Solution:Sickness benefit under ESI coverage is 70 percent of the average daily wage and is payable for 91 days during two consecutive benefit periods.

14. In case a worker is disabled in a private sector factory while working. Who pays the worker under the Employees Compensation Act?

Correct Answer: (a) The private sector employer
Solution:

The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923, formerly known as the ‘Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923’, requires the employer to pay compensation to employees or their families in cases of employment related injuries that result in death or disability.

15. Which among the following is true?

Correct Answer: (b) The worker contracts an occupational disease then the employer is liable
Solution:

A worker contracting an occupational disease is deemed to have suffered an accident out of and in the course of employment, and the employer is liable to pay compensation for the same.

16. In which part of the Employee’s compensation act are the injuries listed

Correct Answer: (a) Parts I and II, Schedule I
Solution:Injuries resulting in permanent total and partial disablement are listed in parts I and II of Schedule I of the Employee’s Compensation Act.

17. How is compensation for death calculated?

Correct Answer: (d) 50 percent of the monthly wage multiplied by the relevant factor (age) or an amount of Rs. 80,000, whichever is more
Solution:50 percent of the monthly wage multiplied by the relevant factor (age) or an amount of Rs. 80,000, whichever is more.

18. When did the latest maternity benefit act come in force?

Correct Answer: (d) April 1, 2017
Solution:

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 came into force on April 1, 2017, and increases some of the key benefits mandated under the previous Maternity Benefit Act of 1961.

19. The new maternity benefit (amendment) act applied to which of the following

Correct Answer: (b) Women in the organized sector
Solution:The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 is applicable to women in the organized sector.

20. How much is the paid maternity leave under the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017?

Correct Answer: (b) 26 weeks for first two children
Solution:The amended law provides women in the organized sector with paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, for the first two children.