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INDIA and Germany have signed a comprehensive Social Security Agreement
(SSA) in Berlin. The Agreement which subsumes the earlier Indo-German agreement
on Social Security on 8th October 2008 will enhance cooperation on social
security between the two countries. The Agreement with Germany will provide for
the following benefits to Indian nationals working in Germany:
a)
For short term contract up to five years, no social security contribution would
need to be paid under the German law by the detached workers provided they
continue to make social security payment in India.
b)
The above benefits shall be available even when the Indian company sends its
employees to Germany from a third country.
c)
Indian workers shall be entitled to the export of the social security benefit if
they relocate to India after the completion of their service in Germany.
d)
The self-employed Indians in Germany would also be entitled to export of social
security benefit on their relocation to India.
e)
The period of contribution in one contracting state will be added to the period
of contribution in the second contracting state for determining the eligibility
for social security benefits. The measure will benefit about 68,500 Indians in
Germany most of whom work as professionals or are self-employed.
India
has signed similar agreements with Belgium, Germany (Social Insurance for
detached workers), France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hungary,
Denmark, Czech Republic, the Republic of Korea and Norway.
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