Under the EPFO’s Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme, all surviving dependent family members of this scheme are eligible to avail benefits of EDLI in case of death in harness of the member. Here's a list of Centre's benefits under EPFO scheme for Covid-19 hit familiesAmount of maximum benefit has been increased from ₹ 6 lakh to ₹ 7 lakh to the family members of a deceased employee. It will benefit contractual/casual labourers, who were losing out on benefits due to condition of continuous one year in one establishment. In coming 3 years, the actuary has estimated that eligible family members will get an additional benefit of ₹ 2,185 crore from EDLI fund in the years 2021-22 to 2023-24. Number of claims on account of death under the scheme has been estimated to be about 50,000 families per year including increase in claims taking into account estimated death of about 10,000 workers, which may occur due to Covid-19.

Source: Hindustan Times May 30, 2021 10:30 UTC