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Court cases filed up to which date are eligible for settlement under the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025?

  1. A.31 March 2024
  2. B.31 March 2025
  3. C.30 September 2025
  4. D.31 December 2025

Correct answer

B. 31 March 2025

Explanation

The correct answer is 31 March 2025. Eligibility under the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 is decided by the date on which the litigation began: only those court cases instituted up to 31 March 2025 may be taken up for settlement under it. A dispute that reached court after that cut-off stays outside the scheme and has to travel the ordinary legal road. The fixed date is what makes the measure a one-time clearing of old matters rather than a standing concession, because a moving cut-off would merely encourage fresh cases to be filed in the hope of a discount later. Options A, C and D give dates that the Corporation has not fixed for eligibility. It is also worth noting that the extension announced by the Ministry of Labour and Employment changed only the closing date of the window, which now falls on 31 December 2026, and left this filing cut-off exactly where it stood.

Read the full article: ESIC Extends New Amnesty Scheme 2025 Till 31 December 2026

Q3.Government SchemesMedium

Under the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025, how are damages treated when an ad-hoc assessment is settled?

  1. A.Damages are charged in full
  2. B.No damages are levied
  3. C.Damages are charged at half the assessed rate
  4. D.Damages are converted into an equal instalment plan
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Correct answer: B. No damages are levied

Where the Corporation had raised a demand on an ad-hoc or estimated basis, the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 allows the employer to close the matter by paying the contribution that was genuinely owed together with the interest on it, and the claim to damages is given up altogether.

Q5.Government SchemesMedium

Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana subsumed and expanded which earlier plan?

  1. A.National Action Plan for Senior Citizens
  2. B.National Social Assistance Programme
  3. C.National Policy on Older Persons
  4. D.Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
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Correct answer: A. National Action Plan for Senior Citizens

Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana was launched in 2021 and it took in that earlier plan, widened its scope and brought a number of separate measures for older persons under a single umbrella scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.