<span style="color: #222222;">Under the Atal Beemit Byakti Kalyan Yojana(ABVKY), an amount of 82.58 crore rupees has been disbursed against 62,145 beneficiaries up to 23rd of March this year. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.<br />''<br />''<br />''The Minister further said that this scheme has been extended till 30th of June 2022 to provide relief to those Insured Person's (IP's) who became unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said, this scheme envisages cash compensation up to 90 days once in lifetime in the contingency of Insured Person's unemployment.<br />''<br />''The Minister said that the rate of relief under the scheme was enhanced from 25 per cent of the average daily earnings to 50 per cent of average daily earnings of the claimant with effect from 24th of March 2020.</span><br />