The Author
List of Abbreviations
General Introduction
Part I. The Institutions
Introduction
Chapter 1. Public Institutions
Chapter 2. Constitution and Powers of the Public Institutions
Part II. Contribution and Financing
Chapter 1. Financing of the ESI Scheme
Chapter 2. Financing of Provident Funds and Pensions
Chapter 3. Financing of Welfare Funds
Chapter 4. Financing of MNREGA Scheme
Part III. Health Care
Chapter 1. Basic Structure of Health Care System
Chapter 2. Sickness Insurance for Industrial Workers
Chapter 3. Providing Medical Care under ESI Scheme
Chapter 4. Health Insurance for People BPL
Chapter 5. Ayushman Bharat Yojna: National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)
Chapter 6. Health Care Provided Through Labour Welfare Schemes
Chapter 7. Towards Efficacious Medical Care Administration
Part IV. Family Allowances
Part V. Incapacity to Work
Chapter 1. Reimbursement of Funeral Expenses
Chapter 2. Maternity Benefit
Chapter 3. Invalidity Pension
Part VI. Compensation for Employment Accidents and Occupational Diseases
Chapter 1. Compensation for Employment Accidents
Chapter 2. The Computation and Disbursement of Compensation
Chapter 3. The ESI Act and Occupational Hazards
Part VII. Unemployment Compensation
Chapter 1. Lay-Off Compensation
Chapter 2. Retrenchment Compensation
Chapter 3. Closure Compensation
Chapter 4. Transfers
Chapter 5. Unemployment Allowance Scheme under the ESI Act, 1948
Chapter 6. Towards Comprehensive Unemployment Insurance
Part VIII. Provident Funds and Pensions
Chapter 1. Provident Funds
Chapter 2. Employees’ Deposit-Linked Insurance
Chapter 3. Pensions
Part IX. Gratuity
Chapter 1. Nature of Gratuity
Chapter 2. Application of the Act
Chapter 3. Exemptions
Chapter 4. Payment of Gratuity
Part X. Minimum Income Support
Chapter 1. Social Assistance to Elderly Poor and Vulnerable
Chapter 2. Employment Guarantee Scheme Through Legislation (MNREGA)
Chapter 3. Social Assistance Through Welfare Funds
Chapter 4. Welfare Fund for the Building and Other Construction Workers
Chapter 5. Minimum Wage
Chapter 6. Food Security Through the PDS
Chapter 7. The Legislation for Meeting the Basic Social Protection Needs of the Unorganized Sector Workers
Part XI. Enforcement of Protection
Chapter 1. The Structure of the Social Protection Enforcement
Chapter 2. Administrative and Technical Problems
Part XII. Claims and Adjudication
Chapter 1. The Employees’ Insurance Court
Chapter 2. Adjudication System for Occupational Accidents and Diseases
Chapter 3. Claims for Provident Funds and Pensions
Chapter 4. Gratuity Claims and Adjudication
Chapter 5. Claiming Maternity Benefit
Chapter 6. Claiming Lay-Off, Retrenchment and Closure Compensation
Part XIII. General Conclusions
Chapter 1. Working of the Formal Social Security Framework
Chapter 2. Towards Integrated Social Security
Chapter 3. Is Building a National Consensus on Reconceptualization of Social Security Feasible?
Chapter 4. The Social Security Code (SCC): An Attempt
Towards Integration and Simplification
Selected Bibliography
Table of Indian Statutes, Schemes and Regulations
Table of Cases
Index