Amendment in the Employees State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950.

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-26022024-252379 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 123] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024/PHALGUNA 7, 1945 MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 26th February, 2024 G.S.R. 134(E).—Whereas, a draft containing certain rules further to amend the Employees' State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R. 880(E), dated the 6th December, 2023, as required under sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; And whereas, the copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the public on the 6th December, 2023; And whereas, no objection or suggestion has been received from any person in respect of the said draft rules within the period specified above, for consideration by the Central Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 95 of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), the Central Government, after consultation with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Employees' State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, namely: - 1. (1) These rules may be called the Employees' State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2024; (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Employees' State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, in rule 29, in sub-rule (2), in the proviso, for the words "rupees five crores", the words "rupees twenty-five crores" shall be substituted. [F. No. S-65012/01/2023-SS-I] ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour and Employment Adviser Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide notification number S.R.O. 212 dated the 22nd June, 1950 and last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 650(E) dated the 16th July, 2018. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.