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Dependants

Clause (6A) of Section 2 of the ESI Act says that a "dependant" means any of the relatives of a deceased insured person, namely
  • a widow, a minor legitimate or adopted son, an unmarried legitimate or adopted daughter or widowed mother
     
  • a legitimate or adopted son or daughter who has attained the age of eighteen years and is infirm (if wholly dependent on the earnings of the insured person at the time of his death)
     
  • a parent other than a widowed mother, if wholly or in part dependent on the earnings of the insured person at the time of his death 
     
  • a minor illegitimate son, an unmarried illegitimate daughter or a daughter legitimate or adopted or illegitimate, if married and a minor or if widowed and a minor,
     
  • a minor brother or an unmarried sister or a widowed sister, if a minor,
     
  • a widowed daughter-in-law,
     
  • a  minor child of a predeceased son,
     
  • a minor child of predeceased daughter where no parent of the child is alive, or
     
  • a paternal grand parent if no parent of the insured person is alive.
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