Vocational Rehabilitation
This Scheme has been designed to provide financial
assistance to the insured persons who are referred
to vocational rehabilitation centre for training.
The vocational rehabilitation scheme framed under
the provisions of section 19 of the ESI Act, 1948
has been made applicable for the present to those
insured persons in whose case loss of earning
capacity resulting from an employment injury has
been assessed as not less than 40% as per percentages
given in Schedule II to the Act for scheduled
as well as non-scheduled injuries resulting from
an employment injury i.e. accident arising out
of and during the course of employment or from
an occupational disease as defined in ESI Act.
Benefit
Permanently disabled insured persons satisfying
eligibility conditions given below are entitled
to receive rehablitation allowance in cash @Rs
125/day during the period they remain admitted
in our Rehablitation Centre for receiving Occupational
Rehabilitation Training.
Eligibility
Only those insured person who satisfy following
conditions are entitled to avail benefits of the
vocational rehabilitation scheme.
- whose permanent loss of earning capacity has been determined as 40% or more
- who is in receipt of permanent disablement benefit under the ESI Act, 1948
- who is not in any gainful employment, and
- who is not more than 45 years of age on the date of his application
Physical Rehabilitation allowance
Disabled insured persons who remain admitted in
an artificial limb centre for fixation or repair
or replacement of the artificial limb are entitled
to rehabilitation allowance for each day on which
they remain admitted at Artificial limb centre
at double the standard sickness benefit rate.
This is not subject to any contributory condition.
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