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Unit 13: The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948

13.5.4 Role of ESIC Notes

The roles of ESIC are as follows:
1. To develop a responsive, purposive and productive relationship with employers.
2. Seek their active involvement in the improvement of the scheme as a confidence building
measure.
3. Provide them necessary guidance in fulfilling their lawful obligations under the ESI Act.
4. Make available to them requisite Forms and proformae as may be required by them from
time to time.

5. To ensure that any lax medical certification on part of ESIC does not bring down the
productivity of a factory or establishment.
6. To ensure that in case of any difficulty, doubt or misunderstanding, employer is given a
chance to be heard at an appropriate level.

7. To ensure that all correspondence emanating from the employer is responded to, timely
and objectively.
8. To ensure that an employer is not being harassed by any official of the Corporation
authorised to inspect the premises or the records.
9. To ensure that any grievances received from employers are looked into promptly and
pointedly for speedy redressal.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
13. ..................... of this Act provides for the establishment of Employees’ State Insurance
Corporation by the Central Government for administration of the Employees’ State
Insurance Scheme in accordance with the provisions of Act.
14. The Corporation may appoint Regional Boards, Local Committees and Regional and Local
Medical Benefit Councils in such areas and in such manner, and delegate to them such
powers and functions, as may be provided by the ..................... .

15. The ..................... appoints a chairman, a vice-chairman and other members representing
interests of employers, employees, state governments/union territories and medical
profession. Three members of the Parliament and the Director General of the Corporation
are its ex-officio members.

13.6 Role of ESI Hospital

Employees’ State Insurance Hospitals in India are a part of ESIC (Employees’ State Insurance
Scheme of India), ESIC is a multidimensional social security system tailored to provide socio-
economic protection to worker population and their dependants covered under the scheme.
Besides full medical care for self and dependants, that is admissible from day one of insurable
employment, the insured persons are also entitled to a variety of cash benefits in times of physical
distress due to sickness, temporary or permanent disablement etc. resulting in loss of earning
capacity, the confinement in respect of insured women, dependants of insured persons who die
in industrial accidents or because of employment injury or occupational hazard are entitled to a
monthly pension called the dependants benefit.
In ESIC, comprehensive medical care ranging from OPD, medical attendance, treatment, drugs,
specialist consultation, hospitalization of insured persons (IPs) and their family members to
super-speciality treatment, are provided under the Scheme.

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