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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.