One of the two main statutory social security bodies, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has revealed that 18.86 lakh new employees have been added in December 2023. In month of November, 2023 ESIC added 15.92 lakh new employees.
Around 23,347 new establishments have been registered and brought under the social security umbrella of the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme in the month of December, 2023, thus ensuring coverage to more workers.
The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme in the month of November, 2023 around 20,830 new establishments have been registered and brought under the social security umbrella thus ensuring coverage to more workers. In the month of October 2023 the ESIC added around 23,468 new establishments.
Data evidently reveals that more jobs have been generated for the youth of the nation as out of the total 18.86 lakh employees added during the month, 8.83 lakh employees amounting to around 47% of the total registrations are up to the age group of 25 years.
Gender-wise analysis of payroll data indicates that net enrolment of female members has been 3.59 lakh in December, 2023. Moreover, during November, 2023 gender-wise analysis of payroll data indicates that net enrolment of female members has been 3.17 lakh.
The data shows that a total 47 transgender employees have also got registered under ESI Scheme in the month of December, 2023. It shows that ESIC is committed to deliver its benefits to every section of the society.
Recently, The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided to extend medical benefits to superannuated insured persons with relaxed norms.
The ESIC approved a proposal to provide medical benefits to the insured superannuating workers who went out of the ESI Scheme coverage due to exceeding the wage ceiling if the worker was under insurable employment for at least 5 years before superannuation/ voluntary retirement, it stated.
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