Lok Sabha Question No. 5908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-30
Subject: Coverage and Enrolment under ESI Scheme in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Rajeev Rai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5908 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026

## COVERAGE AND ENROLMENT UNDER ESI SCHEME IN UTTAR

## PRADESH

5908. SHRI RAJEEV RAI:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that 74 out of 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been covered under the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Scheme and if so, the date of notification including the details of remaining districts;
- (b) the details of latest number of insured persons and contributing establishments  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  district-wise,  including  Mau district;
- (c) whether any assessment has been made regarding coverage gaps, awareness levels or enrolment shortfalls in rural areas, such as Ghosi constituency and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve enrolment,  outreach  and  timely  delivery  of  medical  benefits  in Mau district?

## ANSWER

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

- All the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are covered under the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Scheme. The district-wise, date of
- (a): notification of ESI Scheme in UP is at Annexure-I.
- (b): The district-wise, number of Insured Persons (IPs), including Mau district in the Uttar Pradesh, is at Annexure-II.

## ::2::

Presently, all 75 districts of UP are covered with Regional Office (RO) at Kanpur and 03 Sub Regional Offices (SRO) at Varanasi, Noida and Lucknow. The number of contributing employers, RO/SRO-wise are as under:

| Name of RO/SRO   | No. of contributing employers   |
|------------------|---------------------------------|
| RO Kanpur        | 14,268                          |
| SRO Varanasi     | 4,402                           |
| SRO Noida        | 26,291                          |
| SRO Lucknow      | 11,092                          |
| Total            | 56,053                          |

(c) & (d): ESIC has launched the Scheme to Promote Registration of Employers/ Employees (SPREE, 2025) for the period from 1st July 2025  to  31st  January,  2026  to  offer  a  one-time  opportunity  for employers and employees who may have been inadvertently left out from  ESI  coverage  to  register  without  concern  for  retrospective coverage or punitive action.

Total 1,38,718 new employers and 1,12,72,772 employees have  been  added  across  the  country,  during  the  Scheme  till 31.01.2026  including  11,359  new  employers  and  10,00,612  new employees in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

At present, ESI Services are available in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh through State run Dispensary, for primary treatment of the insured persons and their dependents. Secondary medical care in Mau  district,  is  being  provided  by  Employees'  State  Insurance Corporation  (ESIC)  Hospital  in  Varanasi.  For  tertiary  treatment,  a network  of  total  136  empanelled  medical  institutions  has  been established across the Uttar Pradesh region, where ESI beneficiaries may  avail medical services on cashless basis in  emergency situations.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5908  FOR  30.03.2026  BY  SHRI  RAJEEV  RAI REGARDING  COVERAGE  AND  ENROLMENT  UNDER  ESI  SCHEME  IN UTTAR PRADESH.

District-wise, date of notification of ESI Scheme in UP:

|   Sl. No. | District            | Status         | Date of Implementation of full districts.   |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Agra                | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         2 | Aligarh             | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         3 | Prayagraj           | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         4 | Amethi              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         5 | Amroha              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         6 | Barabanki           | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         7 | Bareilly            | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         8 | Bijnor              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|         9 | Bulandshahr         | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        10 | Chandauli           | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        11 | Etawah              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        12 | Farrukhabad         | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        13 | Fatehpur            | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        14 | Firozabad           | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        15 | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        16 | Ghaziabad           | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        17 | Ghazipur            | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        18 | Gorkakhpur          | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        19 | Hapur               | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        20 | Hathras             | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        21 | Jhansi              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        22 | Kanpur Dehat        | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        23 | Kanpur Nagar        | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        24 | Hardoi              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        25 | Lucknow             | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        26 | Mathura             | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        27 | Mau                 | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        28 | Mainpuri            | Fully Notified | 01.12.2023                                  |
|        29 | Meerut              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        30 | Mirzapur            | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        31 | Moradabad           | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        32 | Muzaffarnagar       | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        33 | Rae Bareli          | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |
|        34 | Rampur              | Fully Notified | 01.01.2017                                  |

|   35. | Saharanpur         | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|-------|--------------------|------------------|--------------|
|    36 | Sant Kabir Nagar   | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|    37 | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|    38 | Shahjahanpur       | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|    39 | Sitapur            | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|    40 | Sonbhadra          | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|    41 | Unnao              | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|    42 | Varanasi           | Fully Notified   | 01.01.2017   |
|    43 | Etah               | Fully Notified   | 01.12.2023   |
|    44 | Lakhimpuri Kheri   | Fully Notified   | 01.12.2023   |
|    45 | Balrampur          | Fully Notified   | 01.12.2023   |
|    46 | Basti              | Fully Notified   | 01.12.2023   |
|    47 | Lalitpur           | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    48 | Kushinagar         | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    49 | Kaushambi          | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    50 | Badaun             | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    51 | Sultanpur          | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    52 | Deoria             | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    53 | Ballia             | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    54 | Jaunpur            | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    55 | Azamgarh           | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    56 | Sambhal            | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    57 | Ayodhya            | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    58 | Baghpat            | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    59 | Chitrakoot         | Fully Notified   | 01.11.2023   |
|    60 | Ambedkar Nagar     | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    61 | Auraiya            | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    62 | Kannauj            | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    63 | Kasganj            | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    64 | Bahraich           | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    65 | Maharajganj        | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    66 | Mahoba             | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    67 | Pilibhit           | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    68 | Pratapgarh         | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    69 | Shamli             | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    70 | Shravasti          | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    71 | Gonda              | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    72 | Siddharthnagar     | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    73 | Hamirpur           | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    74 | Jalaun             | Fully Notified   | 01.04.2025   |
|    75 | Banda              | Fully Notified   | 01.08.2025   |

(Source: ESIC Hqrs)

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5908  FOR  30.03.2026  BY  SHRI  RAJEEV  RAI REGARDING  COVERAGE  AND  ENROLMENT  UNDER  ESI  SCHEME  IN UTTAR PRADESH.

## Details of district-wise number of Insured Persons in the Uttar Pradesh as on 25.03.2026 (Provisional):

|   Sl. No. | Name of the District   |   No. of Insured Persons |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Agra                   |                   140585 |
|         2 | Aligarh                |                    32116 |
|         3 | Prayagraj              |                    49788 |
|         4 | Ambedkar Nagar         |                      490 |
|         5 | Amethi                 |                       56 |
|         6 | Amroha                 |                     1067 |
|         7 | Auraiya                |                      645 |
|         8 | Ayodhya                |                     3687 |
|         9 | Azamgarh               |                     1592 |
|        10 | Baghpat                |                     1069 |
|        11 | Bahraich               |                      534 |
|        12 | Ballia                 |                      866 |
|        13 | Balrampur              |                      610 |
|        14 | Banda                  |                       53 |
|        15 | Barabanki              |                    19857 |
|        16 | Bareilly               |                    66386 |
|        17 | Basti                  |                      662 |
|        18 | Bijnor                 |                      323 |
|        19 | Budaun                 |                     1034 |
|        20 | Bulandshahr            |                    33690 |
|        21 | Chandauli              |                     4616 |
|        22 | Chitrakoot             |                      548 |
|        23 | Deoria                 |                     1127 |
|        24 | Etah                   |                     1176 |
|        25 | Farrukhabad            |                     1710 |
|        26 | Fatehpur               |                     3136 |
|        27 | Firozabad              |                    24006 |
|        28 | Gautam Buddha Nagar    |                  1100095 |
|        29 | Ghaziabad              |                   264665 |
|        30 | Ghazipur               |                     3456 |
|        31 | Gonda                  |                      562 |
|        32 | Gorkakhpur             |                     5494 |

|   33. | Hamirpur                          |    562 |
|-------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|    34 | Hardoi                            |   1790 |
|    35 | Hathras (Mahamaya Nagar)          |   4791 |
|    36 | Jalaun                            |    440 |
|    37 | Jaunpur                           |   3105 |
|    38 | Jhansi                            |  20255 |
|    39 | Kannauj                           |    445 |
|    40 | Kanpur Dehat                      |   7438 |
|    41 | Kanpur Nagar                      | 175196 |
|    42 | Kasganj                           |    118 |
|    43 | Kaushambi                         |  61688 |
|    44 | Kushinagar                        |  64029 |
|    45 | Lakhimpur Kheri                   |   1759 |
|    46 | Lalitput                          |    801 |
|    47 | Lucknow                           | 452372 |
|    48 | Maharajganj                       |    204 |
|    49 | Mahoba                            |    208 |
|    50 | Mathura                           |  35906 |
|    51 | Mau                               |   4128 |
|    52 | Meerut                            |  78994 |
|    53 | Mirzapur                          |   8438 |
|    54 | Moradabad                         |  92610 |
|    55 | Muzaffarnagar                     |  19529 |
|    56 | Panchsheel Nagar district (Hapur) |  14964 |
|    57 | Pilibhit                          |    653 |
|    58 | Pratapgarh                        |    354 |
|    59 | Rae Bareli                        |  29348 |
|    60 | Rampur                            |    575 |
|    61 | Saharanpur                        |  25876 |
|    62 | Sambhal                           |    541 |
|    63 | Sant Kabir Nagar                  |   2581 |
|    64 | Sant Ravidas Nagar                |   9823 |
|    65 | Shahjahanpur                      |   2356 |
|    66 | Shamli                            |    661 |
|    67 | Shravasti                         |     39 |
|    68 | Siddharthnagar                    |    197 |
|    69 | Sitapur                           |    739 |
|    70 | Sonbhadra                         |  29583 |
|    71 | Sultanpur                         |    416 |
|    72 | Unnao                             |  20478 |
|    73 | Varanasi                          | 122313 |

(Source: ESIC Hqrs)

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