Lok Sabha Question No. 1687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: ESIC Scheme
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1687 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## ESIC SCHEME

1687. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

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

- (a)whether  country  is  on  track  to  meet  the  Government's  target  of extending the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme to all districts across the country by the end of 2022;
- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  and  year-wise  along  with  the progress made under the scheme since 2014; and
- (c)the  State-wise  progress  made  on  the  Government's  target  of bringing  unorganised  sector  workers  within  the  coverage  of  the ESIC?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As  on  01.02.2023,  the  Employees'  State  Insurance  (ESI) scheme is notified in all the   states and union territories, except in the  union  territory  of  Lakshadweep.  Out  of  the  744  districts  of  the country,  the  ESI  scheme  is  extended  in  609  districts,  which  include 481  fully covered  and  128  partially  covered  districts  under  the scheme.      The  state-wise  details  of  the  ESI  coverage  extended  in districts since 2014 is placed at Annexure.

The Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 is applicable  to  the  factories  and  establishments  having  ten  or  more employees, drawing wages up to Rs.21000/- (Rs. 25,000/- for persons with disabilities).  As such, the Act does not apply to the unorganised sector.

In the Code on Social Security 2020, provision of benefits to the unorganized sector is contained in Section 45 and Section 109 of the Code whereby the Central Government and the State Governments can frame scheme for unorganized workers. The Code has not come into force so far.

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Annexure

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1687  for  answer  on  13.02.2023 regarding ESIC Scheme.

## State-wise, year-wise details of extension of ESI Scheme during 2014-15 to 2022-2023

(As on 01.02.2023)

| S. No.   | Name of State    | No. of Centers notified* (*It used to be notified as centres)   | No. of Centers Notified* (*It used to be notified as centres)   | Total No. of Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Total No. of Partiall y Notified Distt.   | No. of Center s notified   | Total No. of Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Total no. of Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notified Districts Cumulativ e   | Partially Notified Distt. Cumulativ e   |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          |                  | 2014- 15                                                        | 2015- 16 2016-17                                                | 2015- 16 2016-17                      | 2015- 16 2016-17                          | 2017-18                    | 2017-18                               | 2018-19                                   | 2018-19                  | 2019-20                      | 2019-20                  | 2020-21                      | 2020-21                 | 2021-22                      | 2021-22                  | 2022-23                      | 2022-23                 | 2022-23                      | 2022-23                                | 2022-23                                 |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   | 3                                                               | 13                                                              | 13                                    | 0                                         | 1                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     |                              | 13                                     | 0                                       |
| 2.       | Bihar            | 3                                                               | 1                                                               | 16 0                                  | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     |                                           | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 22                           | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 16                                     | 22                                      |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh     | 0                                                               | 3                                                               | 10                                    | 0 0                                       | 0                          | 17                                    |                                           | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     |                              | 11                                     | 17                                      |
| 4.       | Goa              | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                     | 0 0                                       | 0                          | 0                                     |                                           | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0 0                          | 0                       |                              | 2                                      | 0                                       |
| 5.       | Gujarat          | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0 0                        | 0                                     |                                           | 1                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0 0                          | 0                       |                              | 1                                      | 18                                      |
| 6.       | Haryana          | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 21                                    | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     |                              | 22                                     | 0                                       |
| 7.       | Himachal Pradesh | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 7                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0 5                          | 0                       |                              | 12                                     | 0                                       |
| 8.       | Jharkhand        | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 9                                     | 15                                        | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0 0                          | 0                       |                              | 9                                      | 15                                      |
| 9.       | Karnataka        | 3                                                               | 2                                                               | 30                                    | 0 0                                       | 0                          | 0                                     |                                           | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0 0                          | 0                       |                              | 31                                     | 0                                       |
| 10.      | Kerala           | 40                                                              | 63                                                              | 14 0                                  | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     |                                           | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     |                              | 14                                     | 0                                       |

| S. No.   | Name of State     | No. of Centers notified* (*It used to be notified as   | No. of Centers Notified* (*It used to be notified as   | Total No. of Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Total No. of Partiall y Notified Distt.   | No. of Center s notified   | Total No. of Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Total no. of Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt   | Partiall y Notified Distt. Fully Notified Districts Cumulativ e   | Partially Notified Distt. Cumulativ e   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          |                   | 2014- 15                                               | 2015- 16 2016-17                                       | 2015- 16 2016-17                      | 2015- 16 2016-17                          | 2017-18                    | 2017-18                               | 2018-19                                   | 2018-19                  | 2019-20                      | 2019-20                  | 2020-21                      | 2020-21                 | 2021-22                      | 2021-22                  | 2022-23                      | 2022-23                 | 2022-23                                                           | 2022-23                                 |
| 11.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 22                                    | 29                                        | 0 0                        | 0                                     | 0                                         |                          | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 5                            | 0                       | 27                                                                | 24                                      |
| 12.      | Maharashtra       | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 20                                    | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 9                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 3                            | 0                        | 9                            | 0                       | 34                                                                | 0                                       |
| 13.      | Odisha            | 2                                                      | 0                                                      | 20                                    | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 3                                         | 0                        | 1                            | 0                        | 0 0                          | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 7                            | 0                       | 26                                                                | 2                                       |
| 14.      | Punjab            | 4                                                      | 2                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 21 1                     | 0                            | 0                       | 0                            | 0                        | 1                            | 0                       | 23                                                                | 0                                       |
| 15.      | Rajasthan         | 7                                                      | 0                                                      | 33                                    | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 33                                                                | 0                                       |
| 16.      | Tamilnadu         | 13                                                     | 9                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 2                        | 0                            | 5                        | 0                            | 3 0                     | 8                            | 0                        | 10                           | 0                       | 31                                                                | 6                                       |
| 17.      | Telangana         | 1                                                      | 2                                                      | 9                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 33                                                                | 0                                       |
| 18.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 41                                    | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0 0                          |                          | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 41                                                                | 1                                       |
| 19.      | Uttarakhand       | 4                                                      | 2                                                      | 6                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 6                                                                 | 0                                       |
| 20.      | West Bengal       | 0                                                      | 1                                                      | 8                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 2                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 1                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0 6                          | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 23                                                                | 0                                       |
| 21.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 1 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 1                                                                 | 0                                       |
| 22.      | Assam             | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 4                                     | 7                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 4                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 1                            | 0 0                     | 27                           | 0                        | 1                            | 0                       | 34                                                                | 0                                       |
| 23.      | Manipur           | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 2                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                                                                 | 2                                       |
| 24.      | Meghalaya         | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                                                                 | 2                                       |
| 25.      | Mizoram           | 0                                                      | 1                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 1                            | 0                       | 1                                                                 | 0                                       |
|          |                   | 0                                                      |                                                        |                                       | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     |                                           |                          |                              |                          |                              |                         | 0                            | 0                        |                              |                         |                                                                   |                                         |
| 26.      | Nagaland          |                                                        | 0                                                      | 0                                     |                                           |                            |                                       | 0                                         | 0                        | 1                            | 0                        | 1                            | 0 0                     |                              |                          | 0                            | 0                       | 0                                                                 | 4                                       |

| S. No.   | Name of State                        | No. of Centers notified* (*It used to be notified as   | No. of Centers Notified* (*It used to be notified as   | Total No. of Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Total No. of Partiall y Notified Distt.   | No. of Center s notified   | Total No. of Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Total no. of Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt.   | Partiall y Notified Distt.   | Fully Notifie d Distt   | Partiall y Notified Distt. Fully Notified Districts e   | Cumulativ Partially Notified Distt. Cumulativ e   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|          |                                      | 2014- 15                                               | centres) 2015- 16 2016-17                              | centres) 2015- 16 2016-17             | centres) 2015- 16 2016-17                 | 2017-18                    | 2017-18                               | 2018-19                                   | 2018-19                  | 2019-20                      | 2019-20                  | 2020-21                      | 2020-21                 | 2021-22                      | 2021-22                  | 2022-23                      | 2022-23                 | 2022-23                                                 | 2022-23                                           |
| 27.      | Sikkim                               | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 2                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0 0                          | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 2                                                       | 0                                                 |
| 28.      | Tripura                              | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 1                                     | 4                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 3                       | 0 4                          | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 8                                                       | 0                                                 |
| 29.      | Andaman Nicobar                      | 0                                                      | 1                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                                                       | 1                                                 |
| 30.      | Chandigarh                           | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 1                                                       | 0                                                 |
| 31.      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 3                                                       | 0                                                 |
| 32.      | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 1                                                      | 0                                                      | 8                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 12                                        | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0 0                          | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 8                                                       | 12                                                |
| 33.      | Ladakh                               | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 2                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0 0                          | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                                                       | 2                                                 |
| 34.      | Delhi                                | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0 0                          | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 11                                                      | 0                                                 |
| 35.      | Lakshadwee p                         | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                 |
| 36.      | Puducherry                           | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                     | 0                                         | 0                          | 0                                     | 0                                         | 1                        | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0 0                     | 0                            | 0                        | 0                            | 0                       | 4                                                       | 0                                                 |
|          | Total                                | 83                                                     | 99                                                     | 271                                   | 51                                        | 1                          | 24                                    | 42                                        | 6                        | 13                           | 27                       | 25                           | 7                       | 0 48                         | 0                        | 39                           | 0                       | 481                                                     | 128                                               |

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