Under Chapter VII of the Code on Social Security, 2020, dealing with employees' compensation, where death results from a workplace injury, the amount of compensation payable is an amount equal to fifty per cent of the deceased employee's monthly wages multiplied by the relevant factor, or such notified amount, whichever is more, and the employer must additionally deposit a sum towards funeral expenses of not less than: 

Chapter VII of the Code on Social Security, 2020 provides that where death results from a workplace injury or notified occupational disease, the employer must pay compensation equal to fifty per cent of the deceased employee's monthly wages multiplied by the relevant factor specified in the Sixth Schedule, or such amount as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time, whichever is more. In addition to this compensation, Section 76(7) requires the employer to deposit a sum of not less than fifteen thousand rupees with the competent authority for defraying the funeral expenses of the deceased employee, or, where no such deposit is made through the authority, to pay this sum directly to the eldest surviving dependant of the deceased employee. This funeral-expense component is distinct from, and payable in addition to, the primary lump-sum death compensation.