Employees State Insurance Corporation, Sub Regional Office, Gurgaon

Description

Welcome
The ESI Corporation is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Labour and Employment and is making several benefits available to the workers covered under the scheme in the country The ESI Scheme was started in 1952 Since then it has been growing and as of now it is covering about 195 crore workers in the country and their families The total number of beneficiaries under the Scheme comes about 782 crores which is a significant part of the population of the country

The ESI Corporation has opened Sub Regional Office at Gurgaon since September2008 and it is working to cater to the needs of the workers in Gurgaon Manesar Dharuhera Bawal Rewari Mahindergarh Sohna etc The number of Insured Persons under Sub Regional Office Gurgaon is above 776 lakhs and the total number of beneficiaries of the scheme under this Sub Regional Office comes to 31 lakhs approximately

ESI Gurgaon is providing Medical Benefits through its 11 Dispensaries including 1 Mobile dispensary and tieup arrangements for Super Specialty with many reputed Medical Institutions including the following three at Gurgaon 1 Artemis Health Institute
Sector51 Gurgaon
2 Paras Hospital
C1 Shushant Lok Sector43 Gurgaon
3 Umkal Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon Haryana
In addition to the Medical Benefits we also provide cash benefits to the Insured Persons During the Financial Year 20122013 we have provided cash benefit to IPs to the extent of Rs 32 crores as Cash benefit through our 4 Branch Offices functioning at Gurgaon Dundahera Dharuhera and Manesar besides an expenditure of approx Rs 20 Crores on Specialty and Super Specialty treatment of IPs through tie up Hospitals

History

History
The promulgation of employees State Insurance Act 1948ESI Act by the Parliament was the first major legislation on social Security for workers in independent India It was a time when the industry was still in a nascent stage and the country was heavily dependent on an assortment of imported goods from the developed or fast developing countries The deployment of manpower in manufacturing processes was limited to a few select industries such as jute textile chemicals etc The legislation on creation and development of a fool proof multidimensional Social Security system when the countrys economy was in a very fledgling state was obviously a remarkable gesture towards the socio economic amelioration of a workface though limited in number and geographic distribution India notwithstanding thus took the lead in providing organized social protection to the working class through statutory provisions

The ESI Act 1948 encompasses certain health related eventualities that the workers are generally exposed to such as sickness maternity temporary or permanent disablement Occupational disease or death due to employment injury resulting in loss of wages or earning capacitytotal or partial Social security provision made in the Act to counterbalance or negate the resulting physical or financial distress in such contingencies are thus aimed at upholding human dignity in times of crises through protection from deprivation destitution and social degradation while enabling the society the retention and continuity of a socially useful and productive manpower

Employees State Insurance Scheme was launched in the year 1952 under the ESI Act 1948 at Kanpur and Delhi Over the years the Scheme has grown and is now covering nearly 195 crores Insured Persons alongwith their families

Medical Care Services under ESI Scheme are being provided through a network of 148 Hospitals and around 1400 dispensaries all over the country ESI Medical Scheme provides all types of medical care ie primary secondary and teritiary services to its clients At present the Scheme is functioning in 28 States and Union Territories The Medical Scheme in the States is administered by the State Govt except in Delhi where the Scheme is run directly by ESI Corporation In addition one Hospital in each State is run directly by ESI Corporation as a Model Hospital

In the State of Haryana ESI Scheme started in the year 1958 and as on 310309 it covers 742 lacs Insured Persons and their families The medical services in Haryana at present are being provided through 5 hospitals and 60 dispensaries Out of 742 lac beneficiaries in the State 3 lac Insured Persons and their families are residing in the city of Gurgaon Keeping in view the needs of the ESI Insured Persons of Gurgaon ESI Corporation has constructed this 100 bedded ESIC Hospital at Gurgaon upgradeable to 200 beds This hospital is being run as Model Hospital for the State of Haryana by ESI Corporation directly