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20/06/22 07:46 AM IST

ESI Scheme

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  • ESI Corporation under the Chairmanship of Shri Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Labour& Employment, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, in its 188th meeting has taken significant decisions to augment the medical care and service delivery mechanism across the country.
ESI Scheme 
  • ESI Scheme will be implemented in the entire country by the end of year 2022.
  • Presently, ESI Scheme is fully implemented in 443 districts and partially implemented in 153 districts, whereas 148 districts are not covered under ESI Scheme.
  • By the end of year 2022, the partially implemented and non-implemented districts across the country will be fully covered.
  • The medical care services will be provided through establishing new DCBOs, by empanelingmIMP and tie-up Hospitals of Ayushman Bharat PMJAY.
  • The ESI Scheme applies to factories and other establishment's viz. Road Transport, Hotels, Restaurants, Cinemas, Newspaper, Shops, and Educational/Medical Institutions wherein 10 or more persons are employed.
Source- PIB 

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