The Employees’ State Insurance Act,1948

Centre

The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme is an integrated measure of Social Insurance embodied in the Employees’ State Insurance Act. It aims to protect employees, as defined in the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, against the impact of incidences of sickness, maternity, disablement, and death due to employment injury and to provide medical care to the insured persons and their families.

Compliances

Applicability

All states in India except Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram.
Applicable to Delhi and Chandigarh UTs.
Applicable to non-seasonal factories employing 10 or more persons.
The scheme has been extended to shops, hotels, restaurants, cinemas (including preview theatres), road-motor transport undertakings, and newspaper establishments employing 20* or more persons.
The scheme has been extended to private medical and educational institutions employing 20* or more persons in certain States/UTs.
The existing wage limit for coverage under the Act is Rs. 15,000/- per month ( w.e.f. 01/05/2010).

*14 State Govts./UTs have reduced the threshold limit for coverage of shops and other establishments from 20 to 10 or more persons. Remaining State Governments/UTs are in the process of reducing the same.