Improvements Effected in the ESI Scheme

1.CASH BENEFITS

Corporation disbursed 496.56 crores as cash benefits in the year 2010-11 as against

428.83 crores in the year 2009-10.

The daily rate of sick benefit has been increased from 60 minutes to seventieth of the typical daily wage. The daily rate of permanent disablement profit and dependants profit was increased from seventy fifth of wages to ninetieth of wages.

The Corporation, in its meeting held in August, 2011 decided to reinforce the rates of permanent disablement profit and dependants profit to shield the value of those advantages against rise in the value of living index.

The Corporation, in its meeting held in August, 2011, also determined that the minimum quantity of dependants profit payable to dependants of deceased workers shall be Rs.1200 per month.

Payment of long-term benefits (PDB/DB) through Electronic Clearing System.

Renovation of Branch Offices and dispensaries with provision all amenities for visiting beneficiaries.

Payment of Permanent disablement benefit within three days of Medical Board decision.

       Permanently disabled persons working in factories and establishments covered under the ESI Act and drawing wages upto 25,000/- per month have been brought under the scheme w.e.f.1-4-2008In order to encourage the employment of disabled persons, the employers’ share of contribution in respect of such disabled employees will be paid by the Central Government for the initial three years.

1.IT- ENABLEMENT

ESIC’s IT Project ‘Panchdeep’, one amongst the most important e-governance project, has been launched.

All ESI establishments are networked under this Project.

       Two smart cards christened as “Pehchan” cards, one for insured and others for the family are issued. this allows the Insured Persons and their members of the family to avail of medical advantages from anyplace anytime, even though living at separate locations.

Bio-metric details of about 85 lakhs Insured Persons have already been captured to generate these smart cards.

Aawareness campaigns have been launched to inform, educate & communicate about Project Panchdeep to the stakeholders.

IT Project Panchdeep has been rolled out throughout the country.

          Registration of factories/establishments and their employees is now on-line and employers are able to generate code numbers for their establishment and temporary identity cards for their employees online after which the biometric details and photographs of employees are captured and Pehchan cards are issued by designated offices of ESIC. Entitlements to benefits, process of profit payments, revenue management, and medical history of patients will all be available in the information through Pehchan, Pashan, Dhanwantari, and Milap modules of the IT enablement project.

1. Medical Benefit

(i) The families of insured persons who were previously entitled to medical benefits, thirteen weeks after the date on that the insured person himself became entitled to medical benefits have been made entitled from the same day as the insured person himself. This has acquire force from come into.12.1977.

(ii) Since 1978, the medical treatment in cases of insured persons who go out of coverage of the scheme throughout the amount of treatment wouldn't be interrupted until the spell of sickness ends or within the case of long term ailments goodbye as insured persons (excluding members of the families0 needed active treatment.

(iii) Since February 1991 Medical profit has been extended to retired insured persons and their spouses, on attaining the age of superannuation and to insured persons who stop to be in insurable employment on account of permanent disablement caused due to employment injury and their spouses on payment of the contribution of Rs.120/- each year.