Govt to provide medical coverage, other benefits under Employees State Insurance schemeOnce notifications for ESI coverage are issued by the respective states/ UTs, the casual and contractual workers working with municipal bod...
10 Jun, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation kick-starts work on social security scheme for organised workersThe organisation, under the labour ministry, has written to states to speed up creation of requisite medical infrastructure in 161 district...
31 Oct, 2020, 11.11 AM IST
Virus outbreak: Government gives more time for ESI contributionThe government has given employees and employers more time to submit their monthly insurance contribution by relaxing provisions of the Emp...
17 Mar, 2020, 07.00 AM IST
Confinement expenses hiked for pregnant women who can't avail maternity services of ESIC dispensaries“Keeping in view the rise in the cost of living index resulting increase in expenditure related to confinement, existing amount of confinem...
14 Feb, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
ESIC partners with PMJAY to provide medical facilities to beneficiaries“ESIC has recently taken initiative viz. partnership with PMJAY – Ayushman Bharat to provide medical care to ESIC beneficiaries in 102 desi...
13 Nov, 2019, 07.29 PM IST
Government proposes to enhance wage ceiling for dependent parentsThe draft notification comes following a decision of the ESIC board in February this year in this regard.
27 Jun, 2019, 02.18 PM IST
Now, 35 lakh more workers come under Employees' State Insurance's purviewThe government, in principle, decided to enhance the threshold limit of wage for coverage under the ESI Act, 1948 from existing Rs 15,000 p...
23 Nov, 2016, 05.33 PM IST
Trade unions reject proposal to discuss Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Bill"I urge trade unions to come up with specific objections to the proposed amendment and we will tread with caution," labour minister Dattatr...
13 Aug, 2015, 02.17 PM IST
Karnataka and Chhattisgarh agree to implement Labour Ministry's wider access programmeLabour Ministry's initiative aims to provide medical facilities to potential ESI beneficiaries where it may not be feasible for state govts...
15 Dec, 2014, 06.23 PM IST
'2 states agree to implement Labour Ministry's wider access initiative'"The governments of Karnataka and Chhattisgarh have agreed to implement the initiative on pilot basis and accordingly identified two areas ...
15 Dec, 2014, 04.13 PM IST
Delhi High Court seeks clarification on ESIC panel appointmentThe petition, filed through lawyer Nitesh Jain, had alleged the appointments to the panel were made "in complete ignorance" of Section 4(h)...
14 Nov, 2014, 10.01 PM IST
Death due to heart attack at job place is employment injury: HCDeath due to heart failure at work place amounts to employment injury, the Bombay High Court has held.
10 Sep, 2013, 10.11 AM IST
- Extend ESI scheme to glass, bangle workers: Parliamentary panel
A Parliamentary panel has suggested extending the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme to glass and bangle workers in the unorganised sec...
30 Aug, 2012, 06.48 PM IST
- Unorganised sector workers to get ESIC medicare facilities
Millions of workers in the unorganised sector would be able to take advantage of the ESIC medicare facilities with the government on Friday...
19 Mar, 2010, 06.21 PM IST
- Amnesty scheme to settle ESI cases in Bengal circle
The West Bengal circle of the Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESI) hopes to settle as much as 60% of cases pending in different cou...
08 Aug, 2006, 03.15 AM IST
- Employees’ insurance firm to run ESI plan without states
: The World’s largest health insurance scheme, the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), will soon start running the ESI scheme by ...
16 Jun, 2006, 03.04 AM IST
- Govt examining recommendation for raising wage ceiling for ESI
Government is examining a recommendation for raising of monthly wage ceiling for Employees State Insurance coverage from Rs.6,500 at presen...
30 Jan, 2003, 02.50 PM IST