UNEMPLOYMENT

RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE

INSURANCE

DOES IT EXIST IN INDIA?

 DISCUSSION
OUTLINE

Brief Introduction
Unemployment Insurance in India TODAY'S
Problems in present schemes HIGHLIGHTS
Proposed suggestions and solutions
WHAT IS
UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE?
Federal–state program that pays periodic cash
benefits to workers who are involuntarily
unemployed.
 PROVIDE CASH INCOME
Maintaining their economic security

OBJECTIVES OF HELP UNEMPLOYED WORKERS

FIND JOBS
Applicants must register at local

UNEMPLOYMENT employment offices for assistance.

ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO

INSURANCE
STABILIZE EMPLOYMENT.

HELP STABILIZE THE ECONOMY.

CENTRE FOR MONITORING INDIAN
ECONOMY(CMIE) ESTIMATES

33 MILLION
OF INDIA'S POPULATION IS UNEMPLOYED (7.45%)
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE:
DOES IT EXIST IN INDIA?
No specific insurances labelled as
unemployment insurance.
A few schemes and policies are in effect
under the auspices of the central
government.
EMPLOYEE STATE
INSURANCE ACT, 1948
BENEFITS OF THE ACT
Social security and self contributory
health insurance scheme by GOI.
Medical Dependent Sickness
Applicability:
Employees with a monthly salary
within Rs.21,000 or daily average Maternity Disablement Funeral
wages of Rs.137
Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan
Yojana (RGSKY) 2005

Insured Persons insured for 3+ years and out of employment due to closure of Factory,
involuntary retrenchment or permanent invalidity are eligible.

Unemployment Allowance equal to 50% of wage for up to 2 years and 25% of average
salary from 13th to 24th month, subject to eligibility.

Medical care for self and family provided by ESI Hospitals/Dispensaries during period of
unemployment allowance.

Vocational training available for upgrading skills, with ESIC covering expenditure on fees
and travel allowances.
Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan
Yojna (ABVKY)

Assistance granted for maximum of 24 months or until new job found.

Earlier, application had to be made within 90 days of employment loss, reduced to 30 days
due to job volatility.

To avail benefits, insured person must be in insured employment for minimum of 2 years
before unemployment.

Must have contributed for at least 78 days in contribution period immediately preceding
unemployment.

Must also contribute for at least 78 days in one of remaining three contribution periods in two
years before unemployment.
RESTRICTED

Applicable only to workers employed

PROBLEMS WITH
in factories that employ at least 10
people
Prevents those who work in sectors
PRESENT
without adequate job security or are
susceptible to closure due to
UNEMPLOYMENT
extraneous factors from claiming
unemployment benefits. BENEFIT SCHEMES
LIMITED BENEFITS
benefits under RGSKY are applicable
only for a period of 12 months during
the entire insurable period
ICICI LOMBARD'S SECURE
MIND

provides job loss insurance only

with SIP from ICICI Direct for HDFC ERGO'S HOME
minimum investment of Rs SURAKSHA PLAN
1,000 per month. Offers 3 month's EMI in case of
job loss, but EMI is restricted to
50% of net salary.
Home Suraksha Plan cover
Private available with reasonable life
cover only.
Insurance for If home loan is for 20 years,

Job Loss insurer pays only 1.5% of total

loan value.
PROPOSED
SUGGESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS:
Centralised or uniform Insurance companies However certain
unemployment and banks should criterion for eligibility
insurance scheme start to provide for unemployment
available to the entire unemployment insurance need to be
workforce. insurance concretised

In India, workers in
Employers should Employers should the organised sector
step up and attempt issue a reasonable in firms with more
to bridge the absence severance payment to than 50 workers have
of unemployment employees who leave access to a mandated
insurance the company. severance payments
programme.
REFERENCES:

https://www.bajajfinservmarkets.in/insurance/health-
insurance/articles/unemployment-insurance-does-it-exist-in-india.html
https://thewire.in/labour/unemployment-insurance-india-us-uk-covid-
19-pandemic
www.esic.nic.in
https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/employees-state-insurance-
scheme#tab=tab-1
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YOU!
PRESENTED BY
Himanshi
2020B3PS1270P