New Amnesty Scheme 2025 extended till December 31. Check details hereThe Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has extended its New Amnesty Scheme, 2025, by three months until December 31, 2026, allow...
Govt should hike maize-based ethanol procurement rate by 9% to Rs 75 per litre: AIDAThe All India Distillers’ Association (AIDA) has approached the government with a request to elevate the maize-based ethanol procurement pr...
‘Ridiculed for eating beef’: 16-year-old Tamil Nadu boy dies by suicide after harassment by classmates and teacherA 16-year-old student, A. Akilan, allegedly died by suicide due to harassment for consuming beef at school. His mother reported that the ha...
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh seeks doubling of EPF wage ceiling as wages riseThe Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh seeks to double the wage ceiling for mandatory Employees' Provident Fund coverage. This trade union also wants ...
Grain-based feedstocks power nearly 70% of India’s ethanol supplies in 2025-26Grain-based feedstocks now supply nearly seventy percent of India's ethanol. Maize and surplus FCI rice are leading grain contributors to t...
Government should adopt flexible approach to ethanol-blended petrol programme: ICRIER paperA research paper recommends flexibility in India's ethanol blending program targets. It suggests maintaining E20 as a long-term goal while ...
Maharashtra health minister urges Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to revise income eligibility limit for ESIS beneficiariesUnion Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Ambedkar convened in New Delhi to assess the Employees’ State Insu...
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...
BCCI is a 'shop', provisions of Employees State Insurance Act applicable: Supreme CourtThe top court said ESI Act is welfare legislation enacted by the Centre and a narrow meaning should not be attached to the words used in th...
ESI beneficiaries can get medical services at empaneled hospitalsBeneficiaries of the ESI health insurance scheme can get medical care at nearby private hospitals empanelled with the Employees' State Insu...
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...
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...
Mega health shield scheme may include ESI planThe inclusion of ESI will extend the insurance benefits to over 10 crore people. Currently, the health protection scheme is targeting to co...
Bengal ESI hospitals get incentive grant from Centre: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that an incentive grant of Rs 22.33 cr had been provided by Centre for an excellent performance of ESI ...
No more ESI medical colleges: Union Labour Minister Narendra Singh TomarUnion Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today said the one proposed at Bhubaneswar would be established as it was already decided.
- ESI International betting big on Indian corporate training market
Buoyed by phenomenal growth in India's training market, US-based ESI International, which provides consulting and training solutions, today...
- 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...