Lok Sabha Question No. 173 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: ESIC Hospitals
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 173

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## ESIC HOSPITALS

*173. DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

- (a)whether  construction  work  of  the  Employees'  State  Insurance Corporation  (ESIC)  hospitals  and  availability  of  doctors  and  staff have been affected during COVID-19 pandemic period;
- (b)if so, the details of the construction of ESIC hospitals delayed along with  the  cost  of  various  such  hospitals  escalated  due  to  delay, hospital-wise;
- (c)whether ESIC has been conducting onsite preventive health checkups  of  workers/labourers  in  15  cities  as  part  of  the  ongoing  pilot project;
- (d)if so, the details and the criteria fixed for identification of cities for the said pilot project;
- (e)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  extend  ESIC  facilities  to MSME clusters as a unit; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 173 FOR 14.03.2022  BY  DR.  PRITAM  GOPINATHRAO

MUNDE AND SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU REGARDING ESI HOSPITALS. (a) & (b): The  construction  work  of  some  ESI  hospitals  as  well  as availability of doctors and  staff  was  affected  during  COVID  19 pandemic period.    The  list  of  ESI  hospitals  whose  construction  was delayed during  Covid-19  is  placed  at  Annexure.    There  has  not  been any  formal  demand  for  increase  in  cost  of  any  of  the  construction project. (c) & (d): ESIC  has  decided  to  conduct  onsite  preventive  health check-ups  of workers/ labourers at identified industrial clusters including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in 15 identified cities, namely Faridabad (Haryana), Kolkata (West Bengal), Hyderabad (Telangana), Bihta (Bihar), Alwar (Rajasthan), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Bangalore  (Karnataka),  Chennai  (Tamil  Nadu),  Ahmedabad  (Gujarat), Varanasi  (Uttar  Pradesh),  Indore  (Madhya  Pradesh),  Kollam  (Kerala), Pune  (Maharashtra),  Delhi  and  Guwahati  (Assam)  under  the  pilot programme  based  on  availability  of  ESIC  run  hospitals  in    such clusters. (e) & (f): The Employees State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 is applicable to all factories (excluding seasonal factories) employing ten or  more  persons  and  the  establishments  notified  by  the  appropriate government  under  Section  1(5)  of  the  Act,  located  in  ESI  notified areas.    Employees  earning  wages  up  to  Rs.  21,000/-  per  month (Rs.25,000/- per month for persons with disability) in such ESI covered factories/establishments  are  coverable  under  the  ESI  Act.    All  ESIC facilities  are  available  to  the  ESI  covered  employees  in  the  ESI registered factories/establishments including MSME units.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 173 FOR 14.03.2022  BY  DR.  PRITAM  GOPINATHRAO MUNDE AND SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU REGARDING ESI HOSPITALS.

The details of construction of ESI hospitals delayed during Covid-19

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Hospital   | Location                          |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | ESI Hospital           | Adityapur, Jharkhand              |
|         2 | ESI Hospital           | Phulwari Sharif, Bihar            |
|         3 | ESI Hospital           | Bikaner, Rajasthan                |
|         4 | ESI Hospital           | Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh          |
|         5 | ESI Hospital           | Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh |
|         6 | ESI Hospital           | Raigarh, Chhattisgarh             |
|         7 | ESI Hospital           | Bhilai, Chhattisgarh              |
|         8 | ESI Hospital           | Shivamogga, Karnataka             |
|         9 | ESI Hospital           | Siliguri, West Bengal             |
|        10 | ESI Hospital           | Asansol, West Bengal              |
|        11 | ESI Hospital           | Ranchi, Jharkhand                 |
|        12 | ESI Hospital           | Haldia, West Bengal               |
|        13 | ESI Hospital           | Doddaballapura, Karnataka         |

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