Lok Sabha Question No. 3827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Location of New ESIC Hospitals
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3827 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

## LOCATION OF NEW ESIC HOSPITALS

3827. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a)whether the Government has recognised the locations of 105 new ESI-hospitals to be set up across the country, if so, the details
- thereof;
- (b)whether any of the hospitals are planned to be set up in Kerala, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the details of the current status of setting up of AYUSH units in
- ESI-hospitals and dispensaries; and
- (d)the details of the steps taken by the Government to improve the quality  of  medical  services  in  ESI-Hospitals  along  with  their
- current status?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a) to (d): The  details  of  locations  of  newly  approved  Employees State Insurance (ESI) hospitals across the country including Kerala is at Annexure I. The details of Ayush units in ESIC / ESIS Hospitals and Dispensaries across the country is at Annexure-II.

The major steps taken by the Government to improve the quality of medical services in ESI-Hospitals are as under:

- i) Collaboration 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 at places where ESI medical services are not adequately available.
2. ii)  Enhancement  of  rates  of  benefits  for  Permanent  Disablement Benefit (PDB) / Dependents' Benefits (DB) Beneficiaries.
3. iii)  For  providing  hassle  -  free  services  to  Insured  Persons  (IPs)  / Insured Women (IW), an online portal / facility has been started for submission of cash benefits claims under ESI scheme.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3827  FOR  24.03.2025  BY  DR.  SHASHI  THAROOR  REGARDING LOCATION OF NEW ESIC HOSPITALS.

## State-wise details of 105 newly approved hospital

|   Sl. No. | States/ UTs          | Location                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       | Guntur, Vizianagaram, Penukonda, Vishakhapatnam, Sri City (Nellore), Nellore, Atchyutapuram, Kurnool, Srikakulam                                                                |
|         2 | Bihar                | Begusarai, Muzzafarpur, Bhagalpur                                                                                                                                               |
|         3 | Chhattisgarh         | Bilaspur                                                                                                                                                                        |
|         4 | Delhi (UT)           | Narela                                                                                                                                                                          |
|         5 | Goa                  | Mulgaon Goa                                                                                                                                                                     |
|         6 | Gujarat              | Sanand, Halol, Savli, Alang*                                                                                                                                                    |
|         7 | Haryana              | Bahadurgarh, Bawal, Manesar, Hissar, Sonepat, Ambala, Rohtak, Karnal                                                                                                            |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh     | Kala Amb, Una                                                                                                                                                                   |
|         9 | Jammu &Kashmir (U/T) | Ompura (Srinagar)                                                                                                                                                               |
|        10 | Jharkhand            | Deoghar, Bokaro                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        11 | Karnataka            | Doddabalapur, Bommsandra, Shivamoga, Narsapura, Haroholli, Bellary, Tumkur, Udupi                                                                                               |
|        12 | Kerala               | Perambavoor, Idukki                                                                                                                                                             |
|        13 | Ladakh (UT)          | Leh                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh       | Pithampur, Jabalpur, Satna                                                                                                                                                      |
|        15 | Maharashtra          | Butibori (Nagpur), Palghar, Satara, Pen, Jalgaon, Chakan, Panvel, Baramati, Shendra, Sinnar, Waluj, Ballarpur, Amrawati, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Wardha, Ratnagiri, Karjat, Khopoli |
|        16 | Odisha               | Jagannath Prasad (Bhubaneswar), Duburi, Paradeep, Jharsuguda, Balasore, Berhampur                                                                                               |
|        17 | Punjab               | Sas Nagar (Lalru), Malerkotla, Rajpura                                                                                                                                          |
|        18 | Rajasthan            | Neemrana, Chittorgarh, Kishangarh-Ajmer                                                                                                                                         |
|        19 | Sikkim               | Rangpo                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        20 | Tamil Nadu           | Sriperumbudur, Dindigul, Vaniyamvadi, Tuticorin, Kanyakumari, Chengalpattu, Erode                                                                                               |
|        21 | Telangana            | Ramagundam, Mehabubnagar, Shamshabad                                                                                                                                            |
|        22 | Tripura              | Shyamlibazaar (Agartala)                                                                                                                                                        |
|        23 | Uttar Pradesh        | Meerut, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Gajraula, Moradabad Gorakhpur, Bulandshahar, Greater Noida, Ayodhya                                                                            |
|        24 | Uttarakhand          | Dehradun, Kashipur, Sidkul area Haridwar                                                                                                                                        |
|        25 | West Bengal          | Siliguri, Haldia, Garshyamnagar, Kharagpur                                                                                                                                      |

Note:  The project sanctioned at Penukonda (Andhra Pradesh), Perambavoor (Kerala), Vaniyamvadi (Tamil Nadu), Firozabad & Gajraula (Uttar Pradesh) and Dehradun (Uttarakhand) have been withdrawn in February 2025 because of non-allotment of land by the respective State Government.

* The project was withdrawn in August 2024.

Source: Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3827  FOR  24.03.2025  BY  DR.  SHASHI  THAROOR  REGARDING LOCATION OF NEW ESIC HOSPITALS.

AYUSH units in ESIC/ESIS Hospitals and Dispensaries across the country

| S. No   | Type of location   |   Ayurveda |   Yoga |   Unani |   Siddha |   Homeopathy |   Total |
|---------|--------------------|------------|--------|---------|----------|--------------|---------|
| 1       | ESIC Hospitals     |         43 |     48 |       0 |        0 |           31 |     122 |
| 2       | ESIC Dispensaries  |         17 |      0 |       0 |        0 |           11 |      28 |
| 3       | ESIS Hospitals     |         52 |     24 |      07 |       08 |           28 |     119 |
| 4       | ESIS Dispensaries  |         71 |     01 |      04 |       43 |           18 |     137 |
|         | Total              |        183 |     73 |      11 |       51 |           88 |     406 |

Source: Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

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