ESIC decides to extend coverage of ESI scheme to entire country

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation, ESIC, has decided to extend the coverage of the ESI scheme to the entire country. Sources said, the decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of ESIC Chaired by Labour Minister



Bandaru Dattatreya. At present, the ESI scheme is being implemented in industrial or commercial clusters located in 393 districts in the country. The fact of the matter is that over the years, the coverage has not gone up substantially.