Lok Sabha Question No. 4805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: ESI Hospitals in Backward and Tribal Areas
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## ESI HOSPITALS IN BACKWARD AND TRIBAL AREAS

4805. SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  poor  condition  of  ESI hospitals situated in backward and tribal areas of the country and if so, the details thereof and the schemes  formulated by the Government  to  improve  the  condition  of  such  ESI  hospitals  in various States;
- (b)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  Super  Speciality  ESI Hospitals and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the  sanction  issued  for  opening  of  Super  Speciality  ESI  Hospitals and present status of construction of the buildings, State-wise and
- the action taken by the Government thereon; and
- (d)the  budgetary  provision  made  for  the  implementation  of  the  said
- schemes during the current financial year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) formulates various schemes from time to time, to improve the condition of ESI hospitals across the country. Some of the steps taken are as under:-

- (i) The ESIC is encouraging formation of State autonomous bodies/societies  at  State  level  so  that  they  have  administrative and  financial freedom  to  take  decision for  improvement  of medical services.
- (ii) The  ESIC  to  bear  entire  expenditure  (within  the  ceiling)  on medical  care  incurred  by  the  State  Government  for  an  initial period of three years w.e.f. 2019-20.
- (iii) Enhancement of 50% bed strength (if bed occupancy is more than 70% in ESIC/ESI Scheme (ESIS) hospitals for the last consecutive three years)
- (iv) The  ESIC  provides  Rs.200/-  per  Insured  Person  (IP)  per  annum over and above ceiling to the State Government, where the bed occupancy in all the State ESIS hospitals is more than 70% during the concluded financial year.
- (v) The ESIC has prescribed certain minimum medical manpower and facility parameters to be maintained in state run ESIS hospitals.
- (b): The ESI Corporation has set up two super speciality hospitals at Sanath Nagar, Telangana and Asaramam, Kollam, Kerala. Further, the ESI  Corporation  has  given  approval  for  setting  up  of  super  specialty hospitals at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and Bhubaneswar, Odisha. (c): Construction of  ESI Superspeciality hospital at Varanasi  is complete. Sanctioned cost for the project is Rs.141.00 crores. Construction project of Superspeciality ESI hospital at Bhubneshwar is in planning stage and hence the cost estimate is not yet finalised. made comprehensively based on total number of Insured Persons (IPs) in the State.  State-wise  details  of  budgetary  provision  for  current  financial
- (d): Under State ESI Scheme, budgetary provision is year (2019-20) are placed at Annexure.
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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4805 FOR ANSWER ON 23.03.2020 BY SHRI SHYAM SINGH  YADAV  REGARDING  ESI  HOSPITALS  IN  BACKWARD  AND  TRIBAL AREAS

Budget Estimate for the year (2019-2020)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/Union Territory   | Budget Estimate (Rs. in Lakh)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                  | 27,755.43                       |
|         2 | Assam                           | 5,003.83                        |
|         3 | Bihar                           | 992.91                          |
|         4 | Chandigarh                      | 1,249.00                        |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh                    | 8,767.29                        |
|         6 | Goa                             | 3,991.71                        |
|         7 | Gujarat                         | 17,078.87                       |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh                | 5,690.44                        |
|         9 | Haryana                         | 19,875.85                       |
|        10 | Jammu and Kashmir               | 541.48                          |
|        11 | Jharkhand                       | 2,332.94                        |
|        12 | Karnataka                       | 37,537.11                       |
|        13 | Kerala                          | 22,663.58                       |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh                  | 22,516.09                       |
|        15 | Meghalaya                       | 167.32                          |
|        16 | Maharashtra                     | 23,259.64                       |
|        17 | Mizoram                         | 21.31                           |
|        18 | Nagaland                        | 62.14                           |
|        19 | Odisha                          | 7,792.91                        |
|        20 | Puducherry                      | 1,642.79                        |
|        21 | Punjab                          | 21,000.00                       |
|        22 | Rajasthan                       | 16,298.01                       |
|        23 | Sikkim                          | 434.28                          |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu                      | 48,423.02                       |
|        25 | Tripura                         | 126.27                          |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh                   | 18,761.25                       |
|        27 | Uttarakhand                     | 13,623.13                       |
|        28 | Telangana                       | 21,284.40                       |
|        29 | West Bengal                     | 41,324.94                       |

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