Employees’ State Insurance (abbreviated as ESI) is a public social security and health insurance fund for Indian workers. The fund is managed by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) according to rules and regulations stipulated in the ESI Act 1948. ESIC is a Statutory and an Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Government of India.
The promulgation of Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 envisaged an integrated need based social insurance scheme that would protect the interest of workers in contingencies such as sickness, maternity, temporary or permanent physical disablement, death due to employment injury resulting in loss of wages or earning capacity. The Act also guarantees reasonably good medical care to workers and their immediate dependents. Following the promulgation of the ESI Act the Central Govt. set up the ESI Corporation to administer the Scheme.
Benefits
- Medical benefit
- Sickness benefit
- Maternity benefit
- Disablement benefit
- Dependents benefit
- family pension (applicable for employee death only)
- Funeral expenses
- Rehabilitation allowance
Documents Required:
- Pan Card
- Aadhar Card