As per the power conferred by section 6C and section 7(1) of the EPFO & Misscellaneous Provision Act, 1952, the Central Government hereby issued a amendment notification dated 18th July 2025 having reference no G.S.R. 476(E). Following are the amendments made in paragraph 22 of the EDLI Scheme, 1976:

• i. after sub-paragraph (1), the following subparagraph shall be inserted, namely: - “(1A) In the event of death of an employee under sub-paragraph (1) during the preceding twelve months or during the period of his membership, even if the average provident fund balance of an employee who is a member of the Fund or of a provident fund exempted under section 17 of the Act, as the case may be, is less than rupees fifty thousand, a minimum assurance benefit of rupees fifty thousand shall be payable.”
• ii. in sub-paragraph (3) after the words “whichever is higher” and before the Explanation, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- “Provided that for the purpose of determination of continuous period of twelve months required for eligibility of minimum assurance benefits payable under sub-paragraph (3) of the Scheme, the gap of up to sixty days between two spells of employment shall be ignored and such multiple services shall be added being treated as continuous service.”
• iii. after sub-paragraph (4), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- “(5) In the event an employee who is a member of the Fund or of a provident fund exempted under section 17 of the Act, as the case may be, dies in service within six months of the last contribution received while still being on the rolls of the employer, such an employee shall get the assurance benefit as per the Scheme.”

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