If a contractor has a license to deploy less than 20 labours, is he required to pay PF and ESIC?

Shishir Bhujang
Respected members, please guide - If a contractor has a license to deploy less than 20 labours, is he required to pay PF and ESIC? Regards,
Shishir Bhujang
Actually we want to deploy only 8 labours to work in agriculture farm, for routine work of weeding, hoeing, turning over the soil.
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