Dependents benefits
You are entitled to all the following Dependents benefits
Dependents benefits:
Dependants' Benefit (DB): If an insured person dies due to an employment injury or occupational hazard, their dependents are entitled to receive 90% of the deceased's wages as a monthly payment.
Key details:
- Eligibility: DB is payable to the dependents of the deceased insured person as per Section 52 of the Act, when death occurs due to an employment injury or occupational disease.
- Age Proof: The age of dependents must be verified either through official documents (as outlined in Regulation 80(2)) or by a certificate from a Medical Officer of a government hospital or dispensary.
- Minimum DB Rate: As of 01/03/2012, the minimum monthly rate of DB is Rs. 1200, and these rates are periodically revised to account for inflation.