Lok Sabha Question No. 827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: ESI Dispensaries in Odisha
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 827 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## ESI DISPENSARIES IN ODISHA

## 827.  SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:

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

- (a)whether the Government provide State-wise details including Odisha,  the  number  of  dispensaries  and  hospitals  that  have  been set up under Employee State Insurance (ESI) Scheme;
- (b)whether the Government has a proposal to set up new hospitals and dispensaries  of  ESI  in  Odisha  including  upgradation  of  existing hospitals and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether most subscribers to the ESI Scheme are low-wage earners and the process of accessing benefits under the scheme involves complicated paperwork and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)whether the Government has taken steps to streamline the process of availing benefits and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): The State-wise details of number of hospitals and dispensaries that have been set up under Employee State Insurance (ESI) Scheme across the country including in the state of Odisha are placed at Annexure I and Annexure-II respectively.
- (b): In -principle approval has been given to set up 4 new ESI hospitals in the state of Odisha, the details of which are given below:

Contd..2/-

|   Sl. No. | Location of hospital          |   Sanctioned bed strength |
|-----------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Jagannath Prasad, Bhubaneswar |                       150 |
|         2 | Duburi                        |                       100 |
|         3 | Paradeep                      |                        30 |
|         4 | Jharsuguda                    |                       100 |

The ESI Corporation has also given approval for upgradation of the existing ESI Scheme (ESIS) hospital at Bhubhaneshwar, Odisha from 50 to 100 beds.

(c) & (d): Presently,  the  wage  limit  for  coverage  of  an  employee  in ESI covered factories and establishments is Rs.21000/- per month. The eligible  ESI  beneficiaries  are  provided  benefits  under  the  scheme  as per simplified procedure enshrined under the ESI (General) Regulations, 1950. In addition, ESIC has also implemented the Project Panchdeep  (IT  roll  out)  since  2010,  thereby  easing  out  claim  and payment through a complete online process system.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 827 FOR 12.12.2022 ASKED BY ANUBHAV MOHANTY REGARDING ESI DISPENSARIES IN ODISHA

## STATE/UNION TERRITORY WISE NUMBER OF ESIC/ ESIS HOSPITALS

| Sl. No.     | Name of the State/UT   |   ESIC Hospitals |   ESI Scheme (ESIS) Hospitals |   Total ESI Hospitals |
|-------------|------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh         |                0 |                             4 |                     4 |
| 2           | Assam                  |                2 |                             0 |                     2 |
| 3           | Bihar                  |                2 |                             2 |                     4 |
| 4           | Chandigarh (UT)        |                1 |                             0 |                     1 |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh           |                2 |                             0 |                     2 |
| 6           | Delhi (UT)             |                4 |                             0 |                     4 |
| 7           | Goa                    |                0 |                             1 |                     1 |
| 8           | Gujarat                |                4 |                             8 |                    12 |
| 9           | Haryana                |                3 |                             4 |                     7 |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh       |                1 |                             1 |                     2 |
| 11          | Jammu &Kashmir         |                1 |                             0 |                     1 |
| 12          | Jharkhand              |                2 |                             1 |                     3 |
| 13          | Karnataka              |                3 |                             8 |                    11 |
| 14          | Kerala                 |                3 |                             9 |                    12 |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh         |                1 |                             6 |                     7 |
| 16          | Maharashtra            |                3 |                            12 |                    15 |
| 17          | Meghalaya              |                0 |                             0 |                     0 |
| 18          | Mizoram                |                0 |                             0 |                     0 |
| 19          | Nagaland               |                0 |                             0 |                     0 |
| 20          | Odisha                 |                2 |                             6 |                     8 |
| 21          | Puducherry (UT)        |                0 |                             1 |                     1 |
| 22          | Punjab                 |                1 |                             6 |                     7 |
| 23          | Rajasthan              |                4 |                             4 |                     8 |
| 24          | Sikkim                 |                0 |                             0 |                     0 |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu             |                2 |                             8 |                    10 |
| 26          | Telangana              |                2 |                             5 |                     7 |
| 27          | Tripura                |                0 |                             0 |                     0 |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh          |                6 |                            10 |                    16 |
| 29          | Uttarakhand            |                1 |                             0 |                     1 |
| West Bengal | Total                  |               51 |                           109 |                   160 |

Note: ESIC hospitals are directly run by ESI Corporation while ESIS Hospitals are run under ESI Scheme by respective State Governments.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 827 FOR 12.12.2022 ASKED BY ANUBHAV MOHANTY REGARDING ESI DISPENSARIES IN ODISHA

## STATES WISE NO. OF ESI DISPENSARIES

| S NO   | States           |   No of Dispensaries |
|--------|------------------|----------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   |                   94 |
| 2      | Assam            |                   26 |
| 3      | Bihar            |                   17 |
| 4      | Chandigarh (UT)  |                    2 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh     |                   42 |
| 6      | Delhi (UT)       |                   32 |
| 7      | Goa              |                   13 |
| 8      | Gujarat          |                  104 |
| 9      | Haryana          |                   80 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh |                   17 |
| 11     | Jammu &Kashmir   |                    8 |
| 12     | Jharkhand        |                   21 |
| 13     | Karnataka        |                  113 |
| 14     | Kerala           |                  145 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh   |                   42 |
| 16     | Maharashtra      |                   52 |
| 17     | Meghalaya        |                    2 |
| 18     | Mizoram          |                    1 |
| 19     | Nagaland         |                    2 |
| 20     | Odisha           |                   41 |
| 21     | Puducherry (UT)  |                   14 |
| 22     | Punjab           |                   67 |
| 23     | Rajasthan        |                   80 |
| 24     | Sikkim           |                    1 |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu       |                  225 |
| 26     | Telangana        |                   70 |
| 27     | Tripura          |                    1 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh    |                  103 |
| 29     | Uttarakhand      |                   28 |
| 30     | West Bengal      |                   59 |
|        | Total            |                 1502 |

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