Lok Sabha Question No. 4162 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: ESIC Dispensaries
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, SHER SINGH GHUBAYA, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4162

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## ESIC DISPENSARIES

†4162. DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY: SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA: PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

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

- (a)the  number  of  Employees'  State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC)
- dispensaries functioning in the country at present, State/ UT-wise;
- (b)whether the Government proposes to increase the number of ESIC
- dispensaries in the country;
- (c)if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): The  number  of  Employees'  State  Insurance  (ESI)  dispensaries functioning  in  the  country  as  on  31.03.2016  is  1467.  State/UT-wise details is at Annexure.

(b)&(C): Setting up of new dispensaries is an ongoing programme. The following dispensaries are at different stages of approval:

Contd..2/-

- a. Andhra Pradesh:
1. Kanchikecherla
2. Chillakur
3. Thondangi
4. Tuni
5. Srikakulam City
6. Rajam
7. Vizianagaram City
8. Annakapalli
9. Nakkapalli
10. Godimoga
11. Ongole
12. Naidupet
13. Kavali
14. Satyavedu
15. Kuppam
16. Piler
17. Jammalamadugu
- b. Telangana:
1. Doultabad
2. Siddipet
3. Tandur
4. Ghatkesar
5. Karimnagar
6. KTTP Cherlapur
7. Mellacheruvu
8. Kodad
9. Devapur
- c. Sikkim:
1. Jorethang,
- d. Andaman & Nicobar:
1. Portblair

In addition to above, under ESI Corporation Reform Agenda 2.0, with the expansion  of  ESIC,  more  number  of  dispensaries  will  be  required  to  be opened in new areas.

- (d): Doesn't arise in view of reply at (b) &(c) above.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.4162  FOR  12.12.2016  BY  DR.  BHARATIBEN  D.  SHYAL  AND OTHERS REGARDING ESIC DISPENSARIES.

State/UT wise details of ESI/ESIC dispensaries

| Sl No.   | Name of State/UT   |   Dispensaries |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     |             77 |
| 2        | Assam              |             26 |
| 3        | Bihar              |             18 |
| 4        | Chandigarh         |              2 |
| 5        | Chattisgarh        |             37 |
| 6        | Delhi              |             33 |
| 7        | Goa                |             12 |
| 8        | Gujrat             |            103 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh   |             15 |
| 10       | Haryana            |             76 |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir     |             10 |
| 12       | Jharkhand          |             20 |
| 13       | Karnataka          |            123 |
| 14       | Kerala             |            143 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh     |             42 |
| 16       | Meghalaya          |              2 |
| 17       | Maharashtra        |             64 |
| 18       | Nagaland           |              1 |
| 19       | Orissa             |             46 |
| 20       | Puducherry         |             14 |
| 21       | Punjab             |             70 |
| 22       | Rajasthan          |             81 |
| 23       | Sikkim             |              2 |
| 24       | Tamilnadu          |            216 |
| 25       | Telengana          |             70 |
| 26       | Tripura            |              1 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh      |             99 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand        |             20 |
| 29       | West Bengal        |             44 |
|          | Total              |           1467 |

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