Lok Sabha Question No. 5717 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: ESIC Coverage
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5717 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## ESIC COVERAGE

5717. SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is now covering complete districts instead of targeted industrial clusters and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the coverage has been expanded to all 393 districts where these clusters are located and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether it is true that 301 districts have been fully covered under ESIC; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): Yes, Madam. ESIC is now gradually being implemented in complete districts instead of targeted industrial clusters. The second generation  reforms  agenda  named  ESIC  2.0  which  was  launched  by Hon'ble Prime Minister on 20-07-2015 according to which in the first phase 393 partially implemented districts had to be fully notified. Now vision 2022 proposes implementation of ESI Scheme Pan India.
- (b): As  of  now,  out  of  393  partially  notified  districts,  325 districts  have  been  fully  notified.  List  of  these  325  fully  notified districts State/UT-wise is attached at Annexure.
- (c) & (d): As  on  31-03-2017,  301  districts  were  fully  covered  which has further been extended to 325 districts as on date.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5717  FOR  02.04.2018  BY  SHRI  V. ELUMALAI - REGARDING ESIC COVERAGE.

| SL. No.   | NAME OF THE STATE/UT   |   No. OF TOTAL FULLY NOTIFIED DISTRICT |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         |                                     13 |
| 2         | Bihar                  |                                     16 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh           |                                     10 |
| 4         | Goa                    |                                      2 |
| 5         | Haryana                |                                     22 |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh       |                                      7 |
| 7         | Jammu and Kashmir      |                                      8 |
| 8         | Jharkhand              |                                      9 |
| 9         | Karnataka              |                                     30 |
| 10        | Kerala                 |                                     14 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh         |                                     22 |
| 12        | Maharashtra            |                                     22 |
| 13        | Odisha                 |                                     20 |
| 14        | Rajasthan              |                                     33 |
| 15        | Tamilnadu              |                                      1 |
| 16        | Telangana              |                                     10 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh          |                                     41 |
| 18        | Uttarakhand            |                                      6 |
| 19        | West Bengal            |                                     14 |
| 20        | Assam                  |                                      6 |
| 21        | Tripura                |                                      1 |
| 22        | Chandigarh             |                                      1 |
| 23        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                      1 |
| 24        | Daman & Diu            |                                      2 |
| 25        | Delhi                  |                                     11 |
| 26        | Puducherry             |                                      3 |
|           | TOTAL                  |                                    325 |

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