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ESIC scheme adds 13.37 lakh new members in September this year

Around 13.37 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in September this year as against 13.42 lakh in the previous month, official data showed

ESIC scheme adds 1.3 mn new members in August 2021: NSO data

The data gives a perspective on formal sector employment in the country

ESIC scheme adds 1.3 million new members in July 2021: Official data

This provides a perspective on formal sector employment in the country

Net EPF subscriptions hit record 1.46 mn in July amid easing lockdowns

The data, also called net payroll data, was higher in each of the first four months of the current financial year than the average monthly figure of previous years

ESIC to cover casual, contractual employees of municipal bodies

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is set to extend benefits of its health insurance cover to all casual and contractual workers at municipal bodies

Covid-19: Govt announces additional benefits under EPFO, ESIC schemes

The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday announced additional benefits for workers through social securities schemes run by the EPFO and the ESIC amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Around 1.2 million join ESIC in March, 100,000 more than February

Gross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 0.8 million in June 2020

ESIC takes steps to improve service delivery; to run new hospitals itself

All newly constructed hospitals and those approved in future will now be run by the Corporation itself unless the state government insists to run the hospital

ESIC takes steps to ease conditions for women to avail sickness benefit

The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday took steps, such as relaxing contributory conditions for insured women to avail sickness benefit

ESIC beneficiaries to get health services in all districts from April 1

Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) insured persons (IPs) would get access to health services under the ESI scheme in all 735 districts of the country from April 1, an official said

ESIC scheme adds around 1.2 million members in October, shows data

Gross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 0.8 million in June

Santosh Gangwar lays foundation stone of 100 bedded ESIC hospital in J&K

Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Monday laid the foundation stone of 100 bedded Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital at Ompura, Budgam

20 mn construction workers get Rs 5,000 cr as relief during pandemic: Govt

He expressed gratitude towards all officials and regional offices of these three organisations for their collective dedication

Ban cigarette breaks, encourage cycling: Govt's Covid-19 advisory to firms

Document calls for structural modification in workplaces, installation of physical barriers such as clear glass.

ESIC issues guidelines for Covid-19 safety measures at workplace

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday issued guidelines for COVID-19 safety measures at workplace. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar jointly released the safe workplace guidelines for industry & establishments to combat the pandemic, a labour ministry statement said. The guidelines have been prepared as a comprehensive planning guidance for employers and workers to use them to help identify risk levels of the pandemic at individual workplace settings and to determine appropriate control measures. On this occasion, Gangwar urged the business community and workforce to follow the guidelines to stop the spread of the pandemic and maintain the continuity of the business activities. NITI Aayog member V K Paul said the workplace guidelines are of great significance in curbing the spread of COVID-19 to industrial workforce. Paul was instrumental in the preparation of the guidelines. The health minister also urged industries and

ESIC-run social security scheme adds 741,000 new members in July

The NSO report showed gross enrolments of new subscribers with the ESIC were 15.1 mn in 2019-20, against 14.9 mn in the previous fiscal

Tirupur Exporters Association thanks govt for ESIC's decision on wages

Tirupur Exporters Association thanked the Centre for the ESIC decision to pay 50 per cent of the average wages of the employees for a maximum of 90 days of unemployment due to the pandemic

Apart from benefit hike, recent ESIC move to make jobless claims easier too

Relief would be given after 30 days of unemployment as against 90 days at present; no burden on exchequer as ESIC has surplus funds

ESIC members who lost their jobs amid Covid can claim 50% of average wage

At present, the benefit amounts to around 25 per cent of average wages

No cash benefits for ESIC subscribers without bank account details

The corporation will further encourage employers to update mobile numbers and bank account details of existing subscribers via an online portal