Lok Sabha Question No. 2443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Privatisation of ESI Hospitals
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Adoor Prakash, Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2443 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.07.2019

## PRIVATISATION OF ESI HOSPITALS

2443. ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH: SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a)the  number  of  hospitals  functioning  under  Employee  State  Insurance
- Corporation (ESIC), State-wise;
- (b)the details of new hospitals sanctioned and the present status thereof;
- (c)whether the Government proposes to open new hospitals under ESIC and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)whether the Government has any plan for privatization of ESI hospitals and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): A  total  of  47  ESIC  Hospitals  are  functioning  under  Employee  State Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC)  across  the  country.  State-wise  list  of  these ESIC Hospitals is at Annexure-I.
- (b):
- The details of new ESIC/ESIS hospitals sanctioned are at Annexure-II.
- (c): The  details  of  new  hospitals  sanctioned  along  with  their  present status are at Annexure-III.
- (d): There are no plans to privatize ESI hospitals at present.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2443 FOR 08.07.2019 BY ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH AND SHRI ANTO ANTONY REGARDING PRIVATISATION OF ESI HOSPITALS.

## State-Wise details of functional ESIC Hospitals

|   SL. NO. | STATE           | STATE   | NAME OF HOSPITAL               |
|-----------|-----------------|---------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Assam           | 1       | Beltola, Guwahati              |
|         2 | Bihar           | 2       | Phuwarisharif, Patna           |
|         3 | Chandigarh (UT) | 3       | Bihta                          |
|         4 |                 | 4       | Ramdarbar, Chandigarh          |
|         4 | Delhi           | 5       | Basaidarapur                   |
|         4 | Delhi           | 6       | Jhilmil                        |
|         4 | Delhi           | 7       | Okhla                          |
|         4 | Delhi           | 8       | Rohini                         |
|         5 | Gujarat         | 9       | Bapunagar, Ahmadabad           |
|         5 | Gujarat         | 10      | Naroda (Chest)                 |
|         5 | Gujarat         | 11      | Vapi                           |
|         5 | Gujarat         | 12      | Ankleswar                      |
|         6 | Haryana         | 13      | Gurgaon                        |
|         6 | Haryana         | 14      | Faridabad Hospital&MC          |
|         6 | Haryana         | 15      | Manesar                        |
|         7 | H.P             | 16      | Baddi                          |
|         8 | J& K            | 17      | Bari Brahmana, Jammu           |
|         9 | Jharkhand       | 18      | Adityapur, Jamshedpur          |
|         9 | Jharkhand       | 19      | Namkum, Ranchi                 |
|        10 | Karnataka       | 20      | Peenya                         |
|        10 | Karnataka       | 21      | Rajajinagar, Bangalore         |
|        10 | Karnataka       | 22      | Gulbarga                       |
|        11 | Kerala          | 23      | Asramam, Kollam                |
|        11 | Kerala          | 24      | Udyogamandal                   |
|        11 | Kerala          | 25      | Ezhukone                       |
|        12 | M.P             | 26      | Indore                         |
|        13 | Maharashtra     | 27      | Andheri, Mumbai                |
|        13 | Maharashtra     | 28      | Kolhapur                       |
|        13 | Maharashtra     | 29      | Bibvewadi                      |
|        14 | Orissa          | 30      | Rourkela                       |
|        15 | Punjab          | 31      | Ludhiana                       |
|        16 | Rajasthan       | 32      | Jaipur                         |
|        16 | Rajasthan       | 33      | Bhiwadi                        |
|        16 | Rajasthan       | 34      | Alwar                          |
|        16 | Rajasthan       | 35      | Udaipur                        |
|        17 | Tamilnadu       | 36 37   | K.K Nagar, Chennai Tirunelveli |

|   18. | Telangana     |   38 | Sanathnagar          |
|-------|---------------|------|----------------------|
|    18 | Telangana     |   39 | S.S.Sanathnagar      |
|    19 | Uttar Pradesh |   40 | Bareily              |
|    19 | Uttar Pradesh |   41 | Noida                |
|    19 | Uttar Pradesh |   42 | Varanasi             |
|    19 | Uttar Pradesh |   43 | Jajmau, Kanpur       |
|    19 | Uttar Pradesh |   44 | Sahibabad            |
|    19 | Uttar Pradesh |   45 | Sarojinagar, Lucknow |
|    20 | West Bengal   |   46 | Joka                 |
|    21 | UttraKhand    |   47 | Rudrapur             |

## ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2443 FOR 08.07.2019 BY ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH AND SHRI ANTO ANTONY REGARDING PRIVATISATION OF ESI HOSPITALS.

## List of New ESI Hospitals Sanctioned

|   Sl. No. | State            | Location                                      |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Gujarat          | Alang                                         |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh   | Pithampur                                     |
|         3 | Jharkhand        | Deoghar                                       |
|         4 | Goa              | North Goa                                     |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh     | Raipur                                        |
|         6 | Chhatisgarh      | Bhillai                                       |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh     | Raigarh                                       |
|         8 | Chhattisgarh     | Korba                                         |
|         9 | Odisha           | ESIC SS hospital, Bhubaneswar                 |
|        10 | Odisha           | Angul                                         |
|        11 | Odisha           | Duburi                                        |
|        12 | Rajasthan        | Bikaner                                       |
|        13 | Rajasthan        | Chittorgarh ( 30 beds upgradable to 100 beds) |
|        14 | Karnataka        | Doddabalapur                                  |
|        15 | Karnataka        | Bommsandra                                    |
|        16 | Karnataka        | Shivamoga                                     |
|        17 | Karnataka        | Bellary                                       |
|        18 | Haryana          | Bahadurgarh                                   |
|        19 | Haryana          | Bawal                                         |
|        20 | West Bengal      | Siliguri                                      |
|        21 | West Bengal      | Haldia                                        |
|        22 | Telangana        | Ramagundam                                    |
|        23 | Andhra Pradesh   | Guntur                                        |
|        24 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vizianagaram                                  |
|        25 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kakinada                                      |
|        26 | Andhra Pradesh   | Penukonda                                     |
|        27 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vishakhapatnam                                |
|        28 | Andhra Pradesh   | Sri City, Nellore                             |
|        29 | Kerala           | Perambavoor                                   |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu       | Tirupur                                       |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu       | Sriperumbudur                                 |
|        32 | Tamil Nadu       | Kanyakumari                                   |
|        33 | Uttarakhand      | Dehradun                                      |
|        34 | Uttarakhand      | Sidkul area Haridwar                          |
|        35 | Himachal Pradesh | Kala Amb ( 30 beds upgradable to 100 beds)    |
|        36 | Delhi            | Narela ( 30 beds)                             |

## ANNEXURE-III

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2443 FOR 08.07.2019 BY ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH AND SHRI ANTO ANTONY REGARDING PRIVATISATION OF ESI HOSPITALS.

## Details of New Hospitals Sanctioned and their Present Status

|   Sl. No. | State/UT       | Name & Location of the Proposed Hospital                                  | Present Status                                                                                        |
|-----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Guntur                                         | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                            |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Vizianagaram                                   | Work assigned to M/s MECON. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Kakinada                                       | Work assigned to CPWD. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                     |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Penukonda                                      | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                            |
|         5 | Andhra Pradesh | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Sri City, Nellore                              | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                            |
|         6 | Andhra Pradesh | 500 bedded ESI Hospital with Super speciality facilities at Visakhapatnam | Work assigned to CPWD. Possession of additional 10 acres land yet to be obtained from the State Govt. |
|         7 | Chattisgarh    | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Raigarh                                        | Work assigned to CPWD, Estimate amounting to Rs.74.23 Cr. approved.                                   |
|         8 | Chattisgarh    | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Bhilai                                         | Work assigned to CPWD, Estimate amounting to Rs. 103 Cr. approved.                                    |
|         9 | Chattisgarh    | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Raipur                                         | Work assigned to M/s HPL, Project under progress.                                                     |
|        10 | Chattisgarh    | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Korba                                          | Project assigned to M/s UPRNN. Project under progress.                                                |
|        11 | Goa            | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at North Goa                                      | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                            |
|        12 | H.P            | 30 bedded ESI Hospital at Kala Amb(expandable to 100 beds)                | State Govt. allotted land.                                                                            |
|        13 | Haryana        | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Bahadurgarh                                    | Work assigned to CPWD.                                                                                |
|        14 | Haryana        | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Bawal                                          | Land measuring 5.08 Acre allotted to ESIC. Possession received on 14.06.2019.                         |
|        15 | Jharkhand      | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Deoghar                                        | Alternate land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                  |
|        16 | Karnataka      | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Shivamoga                                      | Work assigned to CPWD. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                     |
|        17 | Karnataka      | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Bellary                                        | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                            |
|        18 | Karnataka      | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Doddaballapur                                  | Work assigned to M/s UPRNN.                                                                           |
|        19 | Karnataka      | 200 bedded ESI Hospital at Bommasandra                                    | Project being assigned to Construction Agency.                                                        |
|        20 | Kerala         | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Peramabavoor                                   | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                            |
|        21 | Madhya Pradesh | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Pithampur                                      | Land acquired. State Govt. to provide consent to run the ESI hospital.                                |

|   Sl. No. | State/UT    | Name & Location of the Proposed Hospital                       | Present Status                                                                                           |
|-----------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        22 | Odisha      | 150 bedded ESIC SS Hospital, Bhubaneswar                       | Work assigned to CPWD. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                        |
|        23 | Odisha      | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Angul                               | Work assigned to M/s UPRNNL. Work under progress.                                                        |
|        24 | Odisha      | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Duburi                              | Alternate Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                     |
|        25 | Rajasthan   | 30 Bedded ESI Hospital (upgradable to 100 beds) at Bikaner     | Work assigned to CPWD. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                        |
|        26 | Rajasthan   | 30 Bedded ESI Hospital (upgradable to 100 beds) at Chittorgarh | Work assigned to CPWD. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                        |
|        27 | Rajasthan   | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Udaipur                             | Construction work in Progress. Allotted to M/s UPRNNL.                                                   |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu  | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Kanyakumari                         | Land is yet to be acquired.                                                                              |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu  | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Sriperumbudur                       | Land offered by the State Govt. Necessary G.O. for allotment of land to ESIC yet to be issued.           |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu  | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Tirupur                             | Work assigned to CPWD. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                        |
|        31 | Telangana   | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Ramagundam                          | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                               |
|        32 | Uttarakhand | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Dehradun                            | Work assigned to CPWD. State Govt. yet to allot suitable land.                                           |
|        33 | Uttarakhand | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Haridwar                            | Work assigned to CPWD. Construction of Boundary wall started. Pre- construction activity under progress. |
|        34 | Uttarakhand | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Rudrapur, Distt. Udhamsinghnagar    | Construction work in progress. Work assigned to CPWD.                                                    |
|        35 | Uttarakhand | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Kashipur                            | Land yet to be allotted by the State Govt.                                                               |
|        36 | West Bengal | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Siliguri                            | Work assigned to M/s HSCC. Pre- construction activity under progress.                                    |
|        37 | West Bengal | 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Haldia                              | Work assigned to M/s UPRNN, Project under progress.                                                      |

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