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CMA Intermediate · Business Laws and Ethics · Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

Under the ESI Act, 1948, which of the following is the correct description of the benefit-related Chapter VA "Scheme for Other Beneficiaries"?

Chapter VA allows the Central Government to frame a scheme under section 73 that gives medical facility to other beneficiaries, meaning persons other than those insured under the ESI Act. It concerns medical facility, not cash sickness or maternity benefits or employer compensation.

  1. AIt lets the Central Government frame a scheme giving medical facility to persons other than those insured under the ActCorrect
  2. BIt gives cash sickness benefit to the dependants of insured persons
  3. CIt gives maternity benefit to women employees who are not insured
  4. DIt requires employers to pay compensation to non-insured workers

Explanation

Section 73A defines 'other beneficiaries' as persons other than the persons insured under the Act, and 'Scheme' as one framed by the Central Government under section 73 for medical facility for them. It is therefore about medical facility, not cash benefits or employer compensation.

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