Vision

Employees’ State Insurance Scheme of India, is an integrated social security scheme tailored to provide protection to workers in the organized sector and their dependants in contingencies, such as sickness, maternity or death and disablement due to an employment injury or occupational disease. Towards this objective the scheme of health insurance provides full medical facilities to insured persons and their dependants, as well as, cash benefits to compensate for any loss of wages or earning capacity in times of physical distress.

The ESI Act applies to any premises/precincts, where 10 or more persons are employed. The “appropriate Government” State or Central is empowered to extend the provisions of the ESI Act to various classes of establishments, industrial, commercial, agricultural or otherwise in nature. Under these enabling provisions, most of the State Govts. have extended the ESI Act to certain specific classes of establishments, such as, Medical and Educational Institutes, shops, hotels, restaurants, cinemas, preview theatres, motor transport undertakings, newspaper and advertising establishments etc., employing 10 or more persons.

As provided under the ESI Act, the Scheme is administered by a duly constituted corporate body called the ‘Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)’. It comprises members representing Central and State Governments, Employers, Employees, Parliament and the medical profession. Union Minister of Labour & Employment functions as Chairman of the Corporation whereas the Director General, as its chief executive, discharges the duty of running the day-to-day administration.