Lok Sabha Question No. 2334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Beneficiaries of ESIC
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025

## BENEFICIARIES OF ESIC

## 2334. SMT. BIJULI KALITA MEDHI:

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

- (a)the  details  of  the  number  of  employees  and  establishments registered  with  Employee  State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC), State/UT-wise;
- (b)whether the number of insured persons increased during the last ten years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether  existing  ESIC  facilities  have  been  upgraded,  if  so,  the details thereof along with its estimated impact; and
- (d)whether the Government has approved new ESIC projects, if so,
- the details thereof along with new jobs expected to be created?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a) & (b): State  wise  details  of  employees  and  establishments registered with ESIC on 31.3.2024 is at Annexure-I.  Details of number of insured persons during 2014-15 to 2023-24 is at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d): Upgradation of ESI hospitals / dispensaries is a continuous process. Based on norms and utilization of services, Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has accorded approval for upgradation of  03  Employee  State  Insurance  Scheme  (ESIS)  dispensaries  and upgradation of bed strength in 12 ESI hospitals across the country since 01.01.2023.  Besides, 48 Branch offices / Model Dispensary cum Diagnostic Centre (MDDC) of ESIC have been upgraded to Dispensary cum  Branch  Office  to  provide  the  good  medical  benefits  to  its beneficiaries.    ESI  Corporation  has  also  sanctioned  97  new  ESI hospitals to establish in different States / UTs.

Creation of jobs in respect of medical cadre in ESIC are based  on  the  existing  norms  and  functional  requirement  of  the concerned Medical institutions.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2334  FOR  04.08.2025  BY  SMT.  BIJULI  KALITA MEDHI REGARDING BENEFICIARIES OF ESIC.

No. of employees and establishments registered with ESIC as on 31.3.2024, State / UT wise

(As on 31.03.2024)

|   S.No. | State / UTs                                                                |   No. of Employees |   No. of Employers |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | 2                                                                          |                  3 |                  4 |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                                                             |            1206770 |              69382 |
|       2 | Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh |             338430 |              32970 |
|       3 | Bihar                                                                      |             418110 |              51024 |
|       4 | Chandigarh                                                                 |             124700 |               5876 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh                                                               |             525460 |              33066 |
|       6 | Delhi                                                                      |            1183600 |             147905 |
|       7 | Goa                                                                        |             174170 |              11005 |
|       8 | Gujarat                                                                    |            1626330 |             109502 |
|       9 | Haryana                                                                    |            2245050 |             134010 |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh                                                           |             345100 |              16143 |
|      11 | Jammu &Kashmir                                                             |             126580 |              13207 |
|      12 | Jharkhand                                                                  |             487560 |              35007 |
|      13 | Karnataka                                                                  |            2885480 |             187399 |
|      14 | Kerala                                                                     |             905640 |              79648 |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh                                                             |            1081050 |              73041 |
|      16 | Maharashtra                                                                |            3985710 |             326752 |
|      17 | Odisha                                                                     |             912020 |              52541 |
|      18 | Puducherry &Mahe                                                           |             101180 |               6014 |
|      19 | Punjab                                                                     |            1172520 |              58940 |
|      20 | Rajasthan                                                                  |            1388430 |             105571 |
|      21 | Sikkim                                                                     |              25970 |               1040 |
|      22 | Tamil nadu &ANIslands                                                      |            3656190 |             202280 |
|      23 | Telengana                                                                  |            1553610 |             120390 |
|      24 | Uttar Pradesh                                                              |            2513390 |             192450 |
|      25 | Uttarakhand                                                                |             583850 |              27258 |
|      26 | West Bengal                                                                |            1920220 |             131387 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2334  FOR  04.08.2025  BY  SMT.  BIJULI  KALITA MEDHI REGARDING BENEFICIARIES OF ESIC.

The number of insured persons had increased in the last ten years. The details are as under:

| Year    |   No. of Insured Persons |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2023-24 |                 37206090 |
| 2022-23 |                 34297410 |
| 2021-22 |                 31020570 |
| 2020-21 |                 33919370 |
| 2019-20 |                 34144140 |
| 2018-19 |                 34967080 |
| 2017-18 |                 34331300 |
| 2016-17 |                 31962910 |
| 2015-16 |                 21361880 |
| 2014-15 |                 20343800 |

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