Maize emerges as India’s top ethanol feedstock as supplies surpass 515 crore litresIndia's cumulative ethanol supplies reached approximately 515 crore litres in the first half of ESY 2025-26, with maize emerging as the lar...
11 May, 2026, 02.26 PM IST
Your in-hand salary may not change under the new labour code yet, know whySalaried employees are yet to see benefits from the new labour codes due to delayed state-level implementation. While some aspects like ESI...
09 May, 2026, 08.36 PM IST
India Inc salary restructuring: How new labour codes and income tax rules will impact take-home pay and retirement savingsSalaried employees face uncertainty as new labor codes and tax rules loom. Companies are preparing for changes, but widespread implementati...
20 Apr, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
SPREE Scheme: 1.17 lakh firms, 1.03 cr employees enrolled with ESICThe Employees' State Insurance Corporation has seen significant registration under its SPREE scheme. Over 1.17 lakh new employers and 1.03 ...
16 Jan, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
ESIC benefits widen under new Labour Code 2025— who gains nowMore employees can now access ESI benefits. The Labour Code 2025, effective November 21, 2025, expands coverage. Employers must register el...
04 Jan, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
ESIC adds 16.03 lakh new subscribers in FebruaryAccording to the data released by the ministry of labour and employment on Tuesday, around 11,000 new establishments have been registered i...
18 Apr, 2023, 02.02 PM IST
ESI Act should be given "liberal interpretation": Supreme Court, says it is a social welfare legislationWhile dealing with an appeal filed by the ESI Corporation against the February 2021 verdict passed by the high court of the state of Telang...
20 Jan, 2023, 09.36 PM IST
ESIC extends deadline to file returns for April by a month“The employers covered under ESI Scheme can now file and pay ESI Contribution for the month of April,2021 upto 15th June, 2021 instead of 1...
13 May, 2021, 01.14 PM 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
Trade unions condemn government's move to reduce ESI contributionThe government reduced the contribution under the Employees' State Insurance Act from from 6.5% to 4% which it cleaned will benefit 3.6 cro...
14 Jun, 2019, 05.32 PM IST
Government reduces ESI contribution rate to 4 per centThe government has reduced contributions of employers and employee towards ESIC to 4% from existing 6.5%.
14 Jun, 2019, 09.32 AM IST
Contribution to Employees’ State Insurance scheme rate reduced: Employees, employers to benefitThe employer’s contribution has been reduced from 4.75 percent to 4 percent of wages, and employee contribution from 1.75 percent to 1 perc...
27 Feb, 2019, 12.36 PM IST
Modicare-like option in ESI faces heat from RSS affiliateTrade union members of the ESIC are opposing the government’s plan to introduce health insurance schemes offered by other insurers as an op...
13 Feb, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
Staffing company TeamLease Services along with 500 firms write to govt over salary paymentsThe recently-submitted petition urges the government to take a re-look at the laws governing salary payment of lowwage employees by allowin...
06 Jan, 2015, 04.16 AM IST
- No damages if employers fail to pay ESI contribution: SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) cannot levy damages for employers’ failure to deposit contrib...
07 Feb, 2008, 03.07 AM 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
ESI exemption to benefit over 6 lakhTHE DECISION of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation to grant exemption to workers earning less than Rs 40 a day from the payment of ...
14 Nov, 2001, 01.59 AM IST