ESIC

Employee State Insurance Corporation or ESIC is a self-financing social security and health insurance scheme which provides medical benefit, sickness benefit, maternity benefit, disablement benefit and various other benefits such as funeral expenses, free supply of physical aids etc. to the employees and their family.

Units or Establishments that have 10 or more employees, drawing the wages of up to Rs.15,000 a month are required to be registered for ESIC under the ESI Act 1948. The benefits provided by the scheme are funded from the contributions raised from covered employees and their employers at the fixed percentage of wages. At present, covered employees contribute 1.75% of the wages to the ESIC and covered employers contribute 4.75% of the wages, payable to their employees. The state government also contribute 1/8th share cost of medical benefit.

All Establishments and Factories employing more than 10 employees are required to mandatorily apply for ESI registration within 15 days of the ESI Act, 1948 becoming applicable to them. ESI Registration is available in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and other Indian cities.

ESIC App Features:
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ESIC Online Application
ESIC Number Search by Name
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ESIC Forms
ESIC Hospital
ESIC Pehchan Card Online Registration

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) envisages an expansion of ESI Scheme to each district of the country with a target of covering 10 crore workers by 2022. The modalities and the course for achieving the target were deliberated upon in the 173rd meeting of ESI Corporation.