Lok Sabha Question No. 3243 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Health Services under ESIC
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Jual Oram, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3243

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## HEALTH SERVICES UNDER ESIC

## †3243. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI JUAL ORAM:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

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

- (a)whether it is a fact that the number of hospitals selected under the ESI Health  Scheme  in  the  country  is  very  less,  if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the plans of the Government for its solution;
- (b)whether the Government proposes to include the ESI Health Scheme
- with Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana;
- (c)the number of ESIC hospitals/ dispensaries set up in the country, State/
- UT-wise including Maharashtra and Odisha;
- (d)whether there has been a constant increase in the number of labourers being  covered  under  ESIC  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the measures being taken by the Government to deal with this increasing number of beneficiaries; and
- (e)the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the medical services being provided by ESIC in the country; and
- (f)whether  the  Government  has  a  proposal  to  set  up  any  new  hospitals and  dispensaries  of  ESI  and  also  to  upgrade  some  of  the  existing hospitals and dispensaries and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Setting up of hospital under Employees' State Insurance (ESI) scheme is a continuous and ongoing process.  The setting up of an ESI hospital is undertaken once an area qualifies based on minimum number of Insured Persons (IPs) as per the existing norms of the ESI Corporation.

Due to rapid expansion of ESI Scheme during last few years, there  has  been  an  enhanced  requirement  of  ESI  hospitals  across  the country. Accordingly, number of locations qualifying for setting up of ESI hospital has surged.

Details  of  the  existing  ESI  hospital  locations  across  the country  is  placed  at  Annexure-I.  Further,  ESI  Corporation  has  given approval  for  setting  up  of  50  new  ESI  hospitals.    The  States/  UT  wise details of these hospitals are placed at Annexure-II.

- (b): Yes,  Sir.      ESIC  has  collaborated  with  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan Arogya  Yojana  (PMJAY)  in  152  districts  of  the  country  for  providing cashless medical services to its beneficiaries through PMJAY empanelled hospitals.
- (c): The  number  of  ESIC  hospitals/  dispensaries  set  up  in  the country,  State/UT-wise  including  Maharashtra  and  Odisha,  is  placed  at Annexure-III.
- (d) & (e): There  has  been  increase  in  the  number  of  workers  being covered under ESIC in the year 2017-18 and 2018-19. However, there was a  slight  decrease  in  coverage  in  the  year  2019-20.    The  details  are  as under:-

| Year    |   No. of Employees |
|---------|--------------------|
| 2017-18 |           31118680 |
| 2018-19 |           31401920 |
| 2019-20 |           30966930 |

To supplement the medical facilities provided by State Government,  ESI  Corporation  decided  to  open  Dispensary-cum-Branch Offices (DCBOs).

- i. DCBOs  are  established/  operationalized  in  only  such  districts  which have no ESI dispensary as well as having IP population of 3000 or more within  a  radius  of  10  km.  In  case  a  Branch  Office  is  there  in  such district, then the Branch Office is converted into DCBO.
- ii. ESIC  has  established  68  DCBOs  across  the  country.    It  has  also sanctioned 10 new DCBOs.

Various  other  measures  taken  by  ESIC  for  providing  medical benefits to increasing number of beneficiaries include:

- (i)
- Approval for setting of 50 new ESI hospitals.
- (ii) Empanelment of Insurance Medical Practitioners (IMPs) and Employer Utilization Dispensaries (EUDs).
- (iii) Collaboration with Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) for providing medical services through PMJAY empanelled hospitals.
- (iv) Empanelment of Government/ Private hospitals for providing secondary and tertiary care medical services.
- (v)
- Enhancement of sanctioned staff strength of ESIC hospitals.

Further, ESI Corporation has taken various steps to improve the medical services provided to beneficiaries in the country, details of which are given below:

- i. Formation of state level ESI Societies so that States have financial freedom to take decision for improvement of medical services.
2. ii.
3. Project Implementation Plan (PIP) for state ESI Scheme.
- iii. Enhancement of 50% of bed strength, if bed occupancy is more than 70% in ESIC/ESIS hospitals for last consecutive three years.
- iv. ESIC provides Rs. 200/- per IP 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. Installation of Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen plants and Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) tanks in ESI hospitals.
- vi. Increasing the availability of   Oxygen concentrators, various type of oxygen  cylinders, Bilevel Positive  Airway Pressure (BIPAP) machines,  Personal  Protective  Equipment  (PPE)  kits,  Sanitizers, Medical grade masks etc.
8. (f): Setting up of new ESI hospitals/ Dispensaries and upgradation of  existing  hospitals/dispensaries  is  a  continuous  and  ongoing  process. Based on its existing norms/ criteria, ESI Corporation gives approval for setting  up  of  new  ESI  hospitals/  dispensaries  as  well  as  upgradation  of existing  hospitals/  dispensaries.  The  States/  UT  wise  details  of  these hospitals are placed at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3243  FOR  09.08.2021  BY  SHRI  ANURAG  SHARMA  AND  06  OTHERS REGARDING 'HEALTH SERVICES UNDER ESIC'

DETAILS ON THE EXISTING ESI HOSPITAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Sl. No. | Name of Hospital               |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   |         1 | Visakhapatnam                  |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   |         2 | Rajamahendravarm,              |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   |         3 | Tirupati                       |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   |         4 | Vijaywada.                     |
| 2.        | Assam            |         5 | Beltola (ESIC)                 |
| 2.        | Assam            |         6 | Tinsukhia                      |
| 3.        | Bihar            |         7 | Phulwarisharif ( ESIC)         |
| 3.        | Bihar            |         8 | Dalmianagar                    |
| 3.        | Bihar            |         9 | Munger                         |
| 3.        | Bihar            |        10 | Bihta ( ESIC)                  |
| 4.        | Chandigarh (UT)  |        11 | Ramdarbar (ESIC)               |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh     |        12 | Raipur (ESIC)                  |
|           | Chhattisgarh     |        13 | Korba(ESIC)                    |
| 6.        | Delhi            |        14 | Basaidarapur ( ESIC)           |
| 6.        | Delhi            |        15 | Jhilmil ( ESIC)                |
| 6.        | Delhi            |        16 | Okhla ( ESIC)                  |
| 6.        | Delhi            |        17 | Rohini ( ESIC)                 |
| 7.        | Goa              |        18 | Margao                         |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        19 | Bapunagar (ESIC)               |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        20 | Naroda, (ESIC)                 |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        21 | Rajpur Hirpur                  |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        22 | Kalol                          |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        23 | Baroda                         |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        24 | Surat                          |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        25 | Rajkot                         |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        26 | Bhavnagar                      |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        27 | Vapi ( ESIC)                   |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        28 | Jamnagar                       |
| 8.        | Gujarat          |        29 | Ankleshwar (ESIC)              |
| 9.        | Haryana          |        30 | Gurgaon (ESIC)                 |
| 9.        | Haryana          |        31 | Jagadhari                      |
| 9.        | Haryana          |        32 | Panipat                        |
| 9.        | Haryana          |        33 | Ballabgarh                     |
| 9.        | Haryana          |        34 | Bhiwani                        |
| 9.        | Haryana          |        35 | Manesar (ESIC)                 |
| 9.        | Haryana          |        36 | Faridabad MC & Hospital (ESIC) |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh |        37 | Parwanoo                       |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh |        38 | Baddi (ESIC)                   |

| Sl. No.   | State           | Sl. No.   | Name of Hospital       |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir | 39.       | Bari Brahmana (ESIC)   |
| 12.       |                 | 40.       | Maithan                |
|           | Jharkhand       | 41.       | Adityapur (ESIC)       |
|           |                 | 42.       | Namkum, Ranchi ( ESIC) |
|           |                 | 43.       | Rajaji Nagar (ESIC)    |
|           |                 | 44.       | Indira Nagar           |
|           |                 | 45.       | Dandeli                |
|           |                 | 46.       | Devanagre              |
|           |                 | 47.       | Hubli                  |
| 13.       | Karnataka       | 48.       | Mysore                 |
|           |                 | 49.       | Mangalore              |
|           |                 | 50.       | Shahbad                |
|           |                 | 51.       | Belgaum                |
|           |                 | 52.       | Peenya ( ESIC)         |
|           |                 | 53.       | Gulbarga ( ESIC)       |
|           |                 | 54.       | Alleppy                |
|           |                 | 55.       | Asramam (ESIC)         |
|           |                 | 56.       | Ernakulam              |
|           |                 | 57.       | Ezhukone (ESIC)        |
|           |                 | 58.       | Mulamkunnathukam       |
|           |                 | 59.       | Olarikara              |
| 14.       | Kerala          | 60.       | Palakkad               |
|           |                 | 61.       | Peroorkada             |
|           |                 | 62.       | Udyogmandal (ESIC)     |
|           |                 | 63.       | Vadavathur             |
|           |                 | 64.       | Feroke                 |
|           |                 |           | Nanda Nagar(ESIC)      |
|           |                 | 66.       |                        |
|           |                 | 68.       | Ujjain                 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh  | 69.       | Gwalior                |
|           |                 | 70.       | Bhopal                 |
|           |                 | 71.       | Dewas                  |
|           |                 | 72.       | Nagda                  |
|           |                 | 73.       | Andheri (ESIC)         |
|           |                 | 74.       | Ullhasnagar            |
|           |                 | 75.       | Thane                  |
|           |                 | 76.       | Mulund                 |
| 16.       | Maharashtra     | 77.       | MGM                    |
|           |                 | 78.       | Vashi                  |
|           |                 | 79.       | Worli                  |
|           |                 | 80.       | Kandivali              |
|           |                 | 81.       | Sholapur               |
|           |                 | 82.       | Nasik                  |

| Sl. No.   | State      |   Sl. No. | Name of Hospital         |
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------------|
|           |            |        84 | Aurangabad               |
|           |            |        85 | Chinchwad                |
|           |            |        86 | Kolhapur (ESIC)          |
|           |            |        87 | Bibvewadi ( ESIC)        |
| 17.       |            |        88 | Kansbahal                |
| 17.       |            |        89 | Choudwar                 |
| 17.       |            |        90 | Jaykapur                 |
| 17.       |            |        91 | Brajrajnagar             |
| 17.       | Odisha     |        92 | Bhuvaneswar              |
| 17.       |            |        93 | Barbil                   |
| 17.       |            |        94 | Rajgangpur               |
| 17.       |            |        95 | Rourkela (ESIC)          |
| 17.       |            |        96 | Angul (ESIC)             |
| 18.       | Puducherry |        97 | Gorimedu                 |
| 19.       |            |        98 | Amritsar                 |
| 19.       |            |        99 | Jalandhar                |
| 19.       |            |       100 | Ludhiana ( ESIC)         |
| 19.       | Punjab     |       101 | Mohali                   |
| 19.       |            |       102 | Phagwara                 |
| 19.       |            |       103 | Hoshiarpur               |
| 19.       |            |       104 | Mandi Gobindgarh         |
| 20.       |            |       105 | Jaipur ( ESIC)           |
| 20.       |            |       106 | Kota                     |
| 20.       |            |       107 | Jodhpur                  |
| 20.       |            |       108 | Bhilwara                 |
| 20.       | Rajasthan  |       109 | Pali                     |
| 20.       |            |       110 | Bhiwadi (ESIC)           |
| 20.       |            |       111 | Alwar ( ESIC)            |
| 20.       |            |       112 | Udaipur (ESIC)           |
| 21.       |            |       113 | Ayanavaram, Chennai      |
|           |            |       114 | Madurai                  |
|           |            |       115 | KK Nagar, Chennai (ESIC) |
|           |            |       116 | Vellore                  |
|           |            |       117 | Sivakasi                 |
|           | Tamil Nadu |       118 | Salem                    |
|           |            |       119 | Hosure                   |
|           |            |       120 | Tirucharapally           |
|           |            |       121 | Tirunelveli (ESIC)       |
| 22.       |            |       123 | Nacharam                 |
| 22.       |            |       124 | Nizamabad                |
| 22.       |            |       125 | R C Puram                |
| 22.       | Telangana  |       126 | SS Sanathnagar (ESIC)    |
| 22.       |            |       127 | Sanathnagar (ESIC)       |
| 22.       |            |       128 | Sirpurkagarnagar         |
| 22.       |            |       129 | Warangal                 |

ESIC -Directly run by ESI Corporation

| Sl. No.   | State         |   Sl. No. | Name of Hospital              |
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------------------------|
| 23.       | Uttarakhand   |       130 | Rudrapur (ESIC)               |
| 24.       |               |       131 | Pandunagar, Kanpur            |
| 24.       |               |       132 | Azadnagar, Kanpur             |
| 24.       |               |       133 | Modinagar                     |
| 24.       |               |       134 | Naini Allahabad               |
| 24.       |               |       135 | Sarvoday Nagar, Kanpur        |
| 24.       |               |       136 | Sarojininagar, Lucknow (ESIC) |
| 24.       |               |       137 | Sahibabad (ESIC)              |
| 24.       |               |       138 | Agra                          |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh |       139 | Saharanpur                    |
| 24.       |               |       140 | Kidwainagar                   |
| 24.       |               |       141 | Bareilly (ESIC)               |
| 24.       |               |       142 | Jajmau, Kanpur (ESIC)         |
| 24.       |               |       143 | Noida (ESIC)                  |
| 24.       |               |       144 | Aligarh                       |
| 24.       |               |       145 | Pipri                         |
| 24.       |               |       146 | Varanasi (ESIC)               |
|           |               |       147 | Asansol                       |
|           |               |       148 | Belur Belly                   |
|           |               |       149 | Baltikuri                     |
|           |               |       150 | Gaurhati                      |
|           |               |       151 | Budge Budge                   |
|           |               |       152 | Kalyani                       |
|           |               |       153 | Maniktala                     |
| 25.       | West Bengal   |       154 | Kamarhati                     |
| 25.       |               |       155 | Sealdah                       |
| 25.       |               |       156 | Uluberia                      |
|           |               |       157 | Serampur                      |
|           |               |       158 | Bandel                        |
|           |               |       159 | Joka, Thakurpur (ESIC)        |
|           |               |       160 | Durgapur                      |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3243  FOR  09.08.2021  BY  SHRI  ANURAG  SHARMA  AND  06  OTHERS REGARDING 'HEALTH SERVICES UNDER ESIC'

## STATE/UT WISE DETAILS OF ESI APPROVED NEW HOSPITALS

|   Sl. No. | State                | Location                            |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       | Guntur                              |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh       | Vizianagaram                        |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh       | Kakinada                            |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh       | Penukonda                           |
|         5 | Andhra Pradesh       | Vishakhapatnam                      |
|         6 | Andhra Pradesh       | Sri City, Nellore                   |
|         7 | Andhra Pradesh       | Atchyutapuram                       |
|         8 | Bihar                | Muzzafarpur                         |
|         9 | Chhatisgarh          | Bhillai                             |
|        10 | Chhattisgarh         | Raigarh                             |
|        11 | Delhi                | Narela                              |
|        12 | Goa                  | North Goa                           |
|        13 | Gujarat              | Alang                               |
|        14 | Haryana              | Bahadurgarh                         |
|        15 | Haryana              | Bawal                               |
|        16 | Himachal Pradesh     | Kala Amb                            |
|        17 | Jammu & Kashmir (UT) | Ompura, Srinagar                    |
|        18 | Jharkhand            | Deoghar                             |
|        19 | Karnataka            | Doddabalapur                        |
|        20 | Karnataka            | Bommsandra                          |
|        21 | Karnataka            | Shivamoga                           |
|        22 | Karnataka            | Narsapura                           |
|        23 | Karnataka            | Haroholli                           |
|        24 | Karnataka            | Bellary                             |
|        25 | Kerala               | Perambavoor                         |
|        26 | Leh ( UT)            | Leh                                 |
|        27 | Madhya Pradesh       | Pithampur                           |
|        28 | Maharashtra          | Butibori, Nagpur                    |
|        29 | Odisha               | ESIC SS hospital, Jagannath Prasad, |
|        30 | Odisha               | Bhubaneswar Duburi                  |
|        31 | Punjab               | SAS Nagar, Lalru                    |
|        32 | Rajasthan            | Bikaner                             |
|        33 | Rajasthan            | Chittorgarh                         |
|        34 | Tamil Nadu           | Tirupur                             |
|        35 | Tamil Nadu           | Sriperumbudur                       |

|   36. | Tamil Nadu    | Dindigul             |
|-------|---------------|----------------------|
|    37 | Tamil Nadu    | Vaniyamvadi          |
|    38 | Tamil Nadu    | Tuticorin            |
|    39 | Tamil Nadu    | Kanyakumari          |
|    40 | Telangana     | Ramagundam           |
|    41 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut               |
|    42 | Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad            |
|    43 | Uttar Pradesh | Shahjahanpur         |
|    44 | Uttar Pradesh | Gajraula             |
|    45 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun             |
|    46 | Uttarakhand   | Kashipur             |
|    47 | Uttarakhand   | Sidkul area Haridwar |
|    48 | West Bengal   | Siliguri             |
|    49 | West Bengal   | Haldia               |
|    50 | West Bengal   | Garshyamnagar        |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3243  FOR  09.08.2021  BY  SHRI  ANURAG  SHARMA  AND  06  OTHERS REGARDING 'HEALTH SERVICES UNDER ESIC'

## THE STATE-WISE DETAIL ON NUMBER OF ESI HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

| SL. NO.   | Name of State/UT   |   Hospitals |   Dispensaries |
|-----------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
| 1.        | Arunachal Pradesh  |           0 |              0 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh     |           4 |             94 |
| 3.        | Assam              |           2 |             26 |
| 4.        | Bihar              |           4 |             17 |
| 5.        | Chandigarh         |           1 |              2 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh       |           2 |             42 |
| 7.        | Delhi              |           4 |             32 |
| 8.        | Goa                |           1 |             13 |
| 9.        | Gujarat            |          11 |            104 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh   |           2 |             17 |
| 11.       | Haryana            |           7 |             80 |
| 12.       | Jammu and Kashmir  |           1 |              8 |
| 13.       | Jharkhand          |           3 |             21 |
| 14.       | Karnataka          |          11 |            113 |
| 15.       | Kerala             |          12 |            145 |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh     |           7 |             42 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya          |           0 |              2 |
| 18.       | Maharashtra        |          15 |             52 |
| 19.       | Mizoram            |           0 |              1 |
| 20.       | Manipur            |           0 |              0 |
| 21.       | Nagaland           |           0 |              2 |
| 22.       | Odisha             |           9 |             41 |
| 23.       | Puducherry         |           1 |             14 |
| 24.       | Punjab             |           7 |             67 |
| 25.       | Rajasthan          |           8 |             80 |
| 26.       | Sikkim             |           0 |              1 |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu         |          10 |            225 |
| 28.       | Tripura            |           0 |              1 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh      |          16 |            103 |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand        |           1 |             28 |
| 31.       | Telangana          |           7 |             70 |
| 32.       | West Bengal        |          14 |             59 |
| Total     | Total              |         160 |           1502 |

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