EDLI Benefits In Case Of Death As Per EDLI Amendment 2018

Majority of the EPF members are not aware of Employee Deposit Linked Insurance which is a part of employee provident fund scheme. Any employee whose monthly basic salary is less than 15000 Rs will eligible for EPF scheme, all the EPF eligible employee will also eligible for Employee Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme(EDLI). The main aim of the EDLI scheme is to provide security to the family members of EPF member in case of any sudden death.  Here you can find complete details on EDLI benefits in case of death as per EDLI amendment 2018.

EDLI Benefits In Case Of Death As Per EDLI Amendment 2018:

Earlier every EPF member has a life coverage of minimum 150000 Rs and maximum of 600000Rs. Bue according to the latest EDLI amendment 2018 which was made on 15 February 2018 the minimum life coverage of EPF member has increased to 250000. This amendment will be in force for next 2 years from 15 Feb 2018. It is a good news for all the EPF members.

How To Calculate EDLI Benefits

The calculation EDLI amount will be done by taking the average basic salary + DA of EPF member for last 12months preceding the date of death, that average basic wage will be multiplied by 30. For this amount, 50% of PF balance amount in preceding 12 months from the date of death is added.  If an employee doesn’t have 12months contribution and he has only 8 months service, then 50% of those 8 months PF balance will be added.

Example: If an employee monthly average basic + DA is 8000 Rs for preceding 12 months from the date of death then

8000*30 = 240000 Rs

And if he a has a PF amount of 70000 Rs in his account, then 50% of 70000 = 35000 Rs. This amount will be added to the above 240000 Rs.

 So total he will be covered for 240000+35000 = 275000 Rs

Here the covered amount is more than 250000 so there is no problem, if it is less than 250000, for example if it is 190000 Rs then as per this latest EPF amendment scheme that EPF member will be covered for 250000 Rs. So it is beneficial for EPF members who are getting less monthly basic wage + DA.

The maximum life coverage of EPF member under EDLI scheme is 600000 Rs.