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Ministry of Labour & Employment
ESIC Approves the Enhancement of Wage Ceiling from Present Rs. 15,000 per
Month to Rs. 21,000
The Employees State Insurance Corporation(ESIC) has approved the enhancement of
wage ceiling from present Rs. 15,000 per month to Rs. 21,000/-. The draft Rules
calling for objections has been published in Gazette of India on 06.10.2016. This
enhancement of wage ceiling shall bring more employees under ESIC coverage. In
addition, the decision has also been taken to ensure coverage of the Scheme in all
districts of the Country.
The ESIC in its meeting dated 07/08/2015 has decided to bear the expenses on
super specialty treatment over and above the expenditure of state government.
The ESIC in its 166th Corporation meetings held on 07.08.2015 has decided to
consider eligibility of pre existing diseases i.e. for malignancy & dialysis as
prospective w.e.f. 30.08.2016.
Further, ESIC has revised eligibility for Super Specialty including the children of
Insured Persons with congenital diseases & genetic disorders.
This information was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for
Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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