Lok Sabha Question No. 364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Hospitals and Dispensaries run by ESIC
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 364 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES RUN BY ESIC

†364. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

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

- (a)the  total  number  of  hospitals  and  dispensaries  being  run  by  the Employees' State Insurance Corporation in the State of Maharashtra; (b)the district-wise number of beneficiaries under the said corporation as on date;
- (c)whether  the  number  of  hospitals  is  very  less  as  compared  to  the continuous increasing number of beneficiaries under the Employees' State Insurance Health Scheme;
- (d)if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard to open more hospitals and dispensaries in order to meet the requirement;
- (e)whether the standard of infrastructure and medical facilities in the hospitals run by Employees' State Insurance is extremely poor;
- (f)if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (g)the steps taken by the Government to improve the infrastructure and medical  facilities  in  these  hospitals  and  to  provide  adequate facilities to the beneficiaries;
- (h)whether most of the employees working in the private companies in the count ry are not being provided with the facilities of Employees' State Insurance Corporation;
- (i)if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard during the last
- five years; and
- (j)if not, the State-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (j): There are 15 Employees' State Insurance (ESI) hospitals and 104 ESI dispensaries in the state of Maharashtra. All the dispensaries are run by the state government.  The district-wise details of the ESI beneficiaries in the state are placed at Annexure.

The medical care to ESI beneficiaries is provided through a network  of  medical  infrastructure  which  includes  161  ESI  hospitals, 1574  dispensaries,  104  Dispensary-cum-Branch  Offices  (DCBO),  927 Insurance Medical Practitioner's (IMP) clinics and other tie -up arrangements throughout the country. Further, the Employees' States Insurance Corporation, 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 Yojna (PMJAY), to provide secondary and tertiary care medical services to ESI beneficiaries through PMJAY empanelled hospitals in the country.

The Employees' States Insurance Corporation has taken various steps to improve the quality 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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- Formation of Equipment Policy, HR Norms in ESIC.

ESI Act is applicable to all factories & establishments employing  10  or  more  persons  working  in  organised  sector  drawing wages up to Rs 21,000/- per month (Rs. 25,000/- for PWD) in the notified area under the provisions of section 1(5) & 2(12)  (including factories belonging to the Government) other than seasonal factories of ESI Act. Thus workers in organized sector working in covered units in implemented areas are under the ambit of the ESI Act.

To increase the coverage of establishments/ workers under the ESI scheme, the ESIC has taken various steps, including:

Contd..3/-

- i. Reduction in rate of ESI contribution from 6.5% to 4% with effect from 01.07.2019.
- ii. Online registration of both employer and employee in ESIC.
- iii. Conduct of regular survey ESI covered areas.
- iv. Launch  of  special  drive  from  time  to  time  for  coverage  of  the uncovered units.
- v. Compilation/  collation  of  data  from  various  government  offices, organisation including the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Employees'  Provident  Fund  Organisation,  Labour  Departm ents, Cluster mapping, etc.
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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (j)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 364 FOR 05.02.2024 ASKED BY SHRI VINAYAK RAUT AND SHRI SANJAY JADHAV REGARDING HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES RUN BY ESIC

The details of the beneficiaries under the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Scheme in the state of Maharashtra as on 31.03.2023

| Sr. No.   | Name of the district   | Number of beneficiaries   |
|-----------|------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.        | Mumbai City            | 1411376                   |
| 2.        | Mumbai Suburban        | 2922482                   |
| 3.        | Aurangabad             | 806582                    |
| 4.        | Beed                   | 6152                      |
| 5.        | Dhule                  | 50293                     |
| 6.        | Jalgaon                | 193683                    |
| 7.        | Jalna                  | 46258                     |
| 8.        | Latur                  | 17013                     |
| 9.        | Nanded                 | 49777                     |
| 10.       | Osmanabad              | 4766                      |
| 11.       | Parbhani               | 4898                      |
| 12.       | Palghar                | 474994                    |
| 13.       | Thane                  | 2313184                   |
| 14.       | Akola                  | 49064                     |
| 15.       | Amrawati               | 239796                    |
| 16.       | Bhandara               | 2340                      |
| 17.       | Buldhana               | 19103                     |
| 18.       | Chandrapur             | 143493                    |
| 19.       | Gondia                 | 33698                     |
| 20.       | Nagpur                 | 871976                    |
| 21.       | Wardha                 | 81265                     |
| 22.       | Yavatmal               | 28745                     |
| 23.       | Ahmednagar             | 153366                    |
| 24.       | Nashik                 | 847713                    |
| 25.       | Kolhapur               | 452302                    |
| 26.       | Pune                   | 4738414                   |
| 27.       | Sangli                 | 138311                    |
| 28.       | Satara                 | 283915                    |
| 29.       | Solapur                | 198281                    |
| 30.       | Raigad                 | 695850                    |
| 31.       | Sindhudurg             | 5513                      |
| 32.       | Ratnagiri              | 2695                      |
| 33.       | Washim                 | Not Available             |
| 34.       | Gadhchiroli            | Not Available             |
| 35.       | Hingoli                | Non-notified              |
| 36.       | Nandurbar              | Non-Notified              |
| Grand     | Total                  | 17287299                  |

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