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Under the scheme, an employer who has already paid the dues can have a pending case withdrawn on paying what share of the disputed damages?

  1. A.5%
  2. B.10%
  3. C.25%
  4. D.50%

Correct answer

B. 10%

Explanation

The correct answer is 10%. One of the three reliefs built into the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 is meant for employers who have already cleared the contribution dues demanded of them but whose cases are still being heard. For such a matter to be withdrawn, the employer has to part with a tenth of the damages that are in dispute, and the case then ends without any further litigation. The share is deliberately modest, because the object is to empty the courts of old ESI matters and to reward those who have paid rather than to burden them a second time. Options A, C and D state proportions that the Corporation has not prescribed for this relief. This relief should be kept separate from the one meant for ad-hoc assessments, where the employer pays the actual contribution with interest and no damages are charged at all. The window closes on 31 December 2026.

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

Practice Questions

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.