State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries of ESIC increased by 5% in 2015-16 over the same period in 2014-15

The State/UTs-wise number of beneficiaries of Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) increased by 5% in 2015-16 over the same period in 2014-2015. The number of beneficiaries of ESIC during the years 2013-14, 2014-2015 & 2015-2016 is given below in table.

For the organised sector, the ESIC has decided to fully cover 393 partially implemented districts. It has also decided to extend the coverage to remaining non-implemented districts by 31.03.2017. As regards, un-organised sector, the ESIC has already launched/approved two separate schemes to provide medical facilities to selected category of self-employed workers like Auto-rickshaw drivers and Domestic workers and their family members on pilot basis at Delhi & Hyderabad. A Committee, under the chairpersonship of Secretary (Labour & Employment) has also been set up to bring various Scheme workers like Anganwadi, ASHA and Mid-day Meal workers under Social Security net through ESIC/EPFO.

For extending the coverage, the survey has already been started and final estimates are not available.

The ESIC has decided to upgrade its dispensaries into six bedded hospitals in a phased manner. For Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, approval is already given as per details below in table.

Total no. of beneficiaries for the year 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16S.No. State/U.T 2013-14 2014-15 2015-161 Andhra Pradesh 6135716

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24436632 Telangana 44708083 Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripura 472468 536294 6177354 Bihar 459043 507232 5572075 Chandigarh U.T. 383228 400804 4242396 Chhattisgarh 972794 1054080 10547787 Delhi 4766347 4596092 49687678 Goa 620024 642761 6618509 Gujarat 3493280 3752076 399674910 Haryana 5645516 6080309 650684011 H.P. 830553 886114 91311912 J & K 312107 342138 36068513 Jharkhand 952424 951764 97244414 Karnataka 8324074 8636919 925705915 Kerala 2959315 3007000 299617516 Madhya Pradesh 1880092 1985124 212158417 Maharashtra 9099919 9125216 931312518 Odisha 1367739 1467688 155037019 Puducherry 393704 385633 39288920 Punjab 3150909 3116803 312118821 Rajasthan 2646703 2890173 306442422 Tamil-Nadu 10220036 10908852 1135687623 Uttar Pradesh 4692627 5063982 512229824 Uttrakhand 1405414 1458143 160837625 West Bengal 4660734 4753582 5030847 Total 75844766 78936773 82884095

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Name of Dispensary State/UT1 ESIC Dispensary, Factory Road, Sarojini Nagar Delhi2 ESIC Dispensary, Dwarka Delhi3 ESIC Dispensary, Mangolpuri Delhi4 ESIC Dispensary, Nand Nagari Delhi5 ESIC Dispensary, Jwalapuri Delhi6 ESI Dispensary, Nawabganj, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh7 ESI Dispensary, Raipurva, Kanpur-1 Uttar Pradesh8 ESI Dispensary, Unnao Uttar Pradesh9 ESI Dispensary, Mirzapur Uttar Pradesh10 ESI Dispensary, Chhipitola, Agra Uttar Pradesh11 ESI Dispensary, Hapur Uttar Pradesh12 ESI Dispensary, Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh

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