Lok Sabha Question No. 1294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Expansion of ESIC Purview
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1294 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016

## EXPANSION OF ESIC PURVIEW

1294. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN: SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a)whether the Government proposes to bring unorganized workers under the purview of ESIC;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard;
- (c)the measures proposed to be taken to accommodate the new entrants in the system by expanding the hospital facilities in the country;
- (d)the number of beneficiaries of ESIC in the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  make  medical  provisions available for workers in the unorganized sector and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

(SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a), (b) & (e): The Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Corporation, under its 2 nd   Generation Reforms- ESIC-2.0, has decided to open health scheme for  selected  group  of  unorganized  workers  like  rickshaw-puller/autorickshaw  drivers  in  selected  urban/metropolitan  areas  through  'Other beneficiaries and member of their families medical Scheme, 2010' framed under  Section  73-B  of  the  ESI  Act,  1948.  For  this  purpose,  orders  for registration process in Delhi have already been issued.

(c): For  new  entrants  of  unorganized  sector,  the  medical services will be provided through existing facilities.

(d): The number of beneficiaries of ESIC in the country during last three years is as per Annexure.

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Annexure

STATEMENT REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1294  FOR  02.05.2016  BY  SHRI  C.N.  JAYADEVAN AND  SHRIMATI  POONAMBEN  MAADAM  REGARDING  EXPANSION  OF  ESIC PURVIEW.

## State-wise No. of Beneficiaries for last three years

| Sl. No.   | State                                     |   2012-13 |          2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh & Telegana                 |   5837072 |      6.13572e+06 |   6387993 |
| 2         | Assam,Meghalya,Nagaland, Tripura & Sikkim |    392268 | 472468           |    536294 |
| 3         | Bihar                                     |    408952 | 459043           |    507232 |
| 4         | Chandigarh                                |    360064 | 383228           |    400804 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                              |    829156 | 972794           |   1054080 |
| 6         | Delhi                                     |   4517484 |      4.76635e+06 |   4596093 |
| 7         | Goa                                       |    607220 | 620024           |    642761 |
| 8         | Gujarat                                   |   3249888 |      3.49328e+06 |   3752076 |
| 9         | Haryana                                   |   5309392 |      5.64552e+06 |   6080309 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                          |    803548 | 830553           |    886114 |
| 11        | Jammu                                     |    294880 | 312107           |    342138 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                                 |    966508 | 952424           |    951764 |
| 13        | Karnataka                                 |   8031212 |      8.32407e+06 |   8636919 |
| 14        | Kerala                                    |   2813388 |      2.95931e+06 |   3007000 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                            |   1746388 |      1.88009e+06 |    198512 |
| 16        | Maharashtra                               |   9295704 |      9.09992e+06 |   9125217 |
| 17        | Odisha                                    |   1278072 |      1.36774e+06 |   1467688 |
| 18        | Puducherry                                |    381016 | 393704           |    385633 |
| 19        | Punjab                                    |   3030280 |      3.15091e+06 |   3116804 |
| 20        | Rajasthan                                 |   2440520 |      2.6467e+06  |   2890173 |
| 21        | Tamil nadu                                |   9322088 |      1.022e+07   |  10908853 |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh                             |   4350644 |      4.69263e+06 |   5063982 |
| 23        | Uttarakhand                               |   1380116 |      1.40541e+06 |   1458143 |
| 24        | West Bengal                               |   4452300 |      4.66073e+06 |   4753582 |
|           | All India                                 |  72098160 |      7.58448e+07 |  78936776 |

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