Lok Sabha Question No. 4 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Recognised ESIC Hospitals
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Krupal Balaji Tumane

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 4

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## RECOGNISED ESIC HOSPITALS

## †*4. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

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

- (a)the current status of Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESICs) hospitals recognised or approved by the Government during the last ten years including Nagpur, number and State-wise;
- (b)the time limit fixed by the Government to complete the process to recognise  or  approve  ESIC  hospitals  and  the  reasons  for  noncompletion of the said process so far;
- (c)whether the Government has conducted any review of the said work and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  details  of  the  company  or contractor who has been awarded the said work;
- (d)the authority responsible for the said delay and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e)the steps taken by the Government to ensure that the workers get all the  facilities  in  ESICs  in  all  the  States  of  the  country  including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 4 FOR 04.12.2023 BY SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE REGARDING

RECOGNISED ESIC HOSPITALS.

(a) to (e): The status of Employee's State Insurance (ESI) Ho spitals approved during the last ten years is at Annexure.

Approval to the Employee's State Insurance (ESI) hospital is an ongoing process, which depends, inter-alia, on the requests received from  respective  State  Governments,  finalisation  of  concept,  land allotment,  cost  estimation,  award  to  construction  agency  etc.  Delay happens  in  completion  of  projects  are  inter-alia,  on  account  of  nonavailability  of  suitable  land,  delays  in  statutory  approvals  from  State Government/Local body, in conversion of land use etc. The progress of work is reviewed regularly. The works have been awarded to Central Public  Works  Department,  Metallurgical  and  Engineering  Consultants (India) Limited, Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam Limited, Hospital Services  Consultancy  Corporation  Limited.  For  timely  completion  of work, ESIC has developed guidelines and SoP, PMU has been set up, 'Construction Dashboard' has been developed etc.

To  ensure  that  the  worker  get  all  the  facilities  in  ESIC's Hospitals, the ESI Corporation (ESIC), has given in-principle approval for setting up of new ESI hospitals; tie-up arrangements have been made with public/ private hospitals for providing cashless in-patient medical services to ESI beneficiaries, in case, ESI hospital or in-house medical services  in  a  particular  hospital  is  not  available,  collaborated  with Ayushmaan  Bharat-Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (PMJAY),  to ESI beneficiaries  through  PMJAY  empanelled  hospitals  in  the  country; Further, ESI Corporation has taken various steps to improve the quality provide secondary and tertiary care medical services to of medical services in ESI Hospitals, as under:

- Enhancement of sanctioned staff strength of ESIC hospitals.
- Enhancement of 50% of bed strength, if bed occupancy is more than  70%  in  ESIC/ESI  Scheme  (ESIS)  hospitals  for  last  three consecutive years.
- Formation of state ESI societies so that States' have financial and administrative  freedom  to  take  decision  for  improvement  of medical services.
- Allocation of additional budget under Project Implementation Plan
- (PIP) for State ESI Schemes.
- The Employees' State Insurance Corporation provides Rs.200/ - per IP  per  annum  over  and  above  ceiling  to  the  state  government, where the bed occupancy in all the State run ESIS hospitals is more than 70% during the previous financial year.

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## AANEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 04 FOR ANSWER ON 04.12.2023 ASKED BY SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE REGARDING RECOGNISED ESIC HOSPITALS

## State-wise number of approved ESIC Hospitals during the last Ten years.

| Sl.No.   | State                        | No. of hospitals approved   | Status                                                                                                                                                                                               |                     |
|----------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh               | 10                          | • Construction work under progress • Work assigned to construction agency • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                      | - 03 - 01 - 02 - 04 |
| 2        | Bihar                        | 2                           | • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                                                           | - 02                |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh                 | 3                           | • Construction work under progress • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                        | - 02 - 01           |
| 4.       | Delhi                        | 1                           | • Work assigned to construction agency                                                                                                                                                               | - 01                |
| 5.       | Goa                          | 1                           | • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                                           | - 01                |
| 6.       | Gujarat                      | 4                           | • Work assigned to construction agency • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                    | - 01 -03            |
| 7.       | Haryana                      | 8                           | • Construction work under progress • Work assigned to construction agency • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt.                                                                 | - 02 - 01 -05       |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh             | 2                           | • Construction work under progress • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                        | -01 -01             |
| 9. 10    | Jammu& Kashmir(UT) Jharkhand | 1                           | • Construction work under progress                                                                                                                                                                   | -01                 |
| 12       |                              | 2                           | • Work assigned to construction agency • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                    | - 02                |
| 11       | Karnataka                    | 6                           | • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt • Construction work under progress                                                                                                                         | - 01 - 04 - 01      |
|          | Kerala                       | 2                           | • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land not offered by State Govt.                                                                                                         | - 01 -01            |
| 13. 14   | Leh(UT)                      | 1                           | • Work assigned to construction agency                                                                                                                                                               | -01                 |
|          | Madhya Pradesh               | 3                           | • Work assigned to construction agency • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt. • Construction work under progress (hospital in Nagpur) | -01 -01 -01         |
| 15.      | Maharashtra                  | 19                          | • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                | -01 -02 -16         |
| 16       | Odisha                       | 5                           | • Work assigned to construction agency • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                         | -01 -02 -02         |
| 17.      | Punjab                       | 3                           | • Work assigned to construction agency • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                    | -01 -02             |
| 18.      | Rajasthan                    | 4                           | • Construction completed • Work assigned to construction agency • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                           | -01 -01             |
| 19.      | Sikkim                       | 1                           | • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt.                                                                                                                                           | -02 -01             |
| 20.      | Tamil Nadu                   | 5                           | • Construction work under progress • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                             | -01 -01 -03         |
| 21       | Telangana                    | 3                           | • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                                                | -01                 |
|          | Tripura                      | 1                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                      | -02                 |
| 22.      |                              |                             | • Work assigned to construction agency                                                                                                                                                               | -01                 |

|   23 | Uttar Pradesh   |   8 | • Work assigned to construction agency • Assessment of suitability of land offered by State Govt. • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.   | -02 - 01 - 05   |
|------|-----------------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|   24 | Uttarakhand     |   2 | • Construction work under progress • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                                                                  | - 01 - 01       |
|   25 | West Bengal     |   3 | • Construction work under progress • Work assigned to construction agency • Land is yet to be offered by State Govt.                           | - 01 - 01 - 01  |

Total                          100

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