Shri Bhupender Yadav reiterates the Government’s commitment to implementing the ESI health scheme in non-implemented districts of the country
Contents News/Article Date: 30th December 2022
Relating to which Act: The Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948
Applicable to which State: All the States and Establishments covered by the ESI Act
Type: Shri Bhupender Yadav reiterates the Government’s commitment to implementing the ESI health scheme in non-implemented districts of the country
Pertains to: Employers and Employees and extended families of insured persons in the States covered by the ESI Act.
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In this instance, Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav chaired a review meeting to explore the possibilities of expansion of the ESI health scheme at Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and ESIC Hospital, Joka, Kolkata. Speaking on this occasion Shri Bhupender Yadav reiterated the Government’s commitment for implementing the ESI health scheme in non-implemented districts of the country. To provide better Health care to the Insured Persons and beneficiaries, the review meeting also discussed the possibility of upgrading the infrastructure.
Subject: Prime focus is on improving the existing infrastructure for providing better health care to the Insured Persons and the beneficiaries: Shri Yadav
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Ministry of Labour & Employment
Shri Bhupender Yadav reiterates the Government’s commitment to implementing the ESI health scheme in non-implemented districts of the country
The prime focus is on improving the existing infrastructure for providing better health care to the Insured Persons and the beneficiaries: Shri Yadav
Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav chaired a review meeting to explore the possibilities of expansion of the ESI health scheme at Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and ESIC Hospital, Joka, Kolkata.
Speaking on this occasion Shri Bhupender Yadav reiterated the Government’s commitment to implementing the ESI health scheme in non-implemented districts of the country. To provide better Health care to the Insured Persons and beneficiaries, the review meeting also discussed the possibility of upgrading the infrastructure.
Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Petroleum & Natural Gas, said that the government is focused on creating the medical infrastructure so that workers of the country can easily avail the medical care benefits.
Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, of the Ministry of Labour and Employment gave valuable suggestions and suggested an action plan for increasing the coverage of the ESI Scheme, improvement of healthcare services and preventing occupational diseases in industrial clusters.
Dr. Rajendra Kumar, DG, ESIC spoke on adopting a modern approach and integrating a modern technology model for the effective functioning of healthcare services through E-Sanjeevani and the use of the online Dhanwantari application of ESIC.
Dr. M Srinivas, Director, AIIMS addressed the participants of the meeting virtually and made several suggestions for helping ESIC grow and provide better healthcare facilities to its Insured Persons and beneficiaries.
Shri Barun Kumar Ray, Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal (Department of Labour), Shri Alok Chandra, SLEA, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri Prasanta Nandi Chowdhury, National Secretary, CITU and Shri Sheo Prasad Tiwari, General Secretary, TUCC along with all Medical Commissioners, Insurance Commissioner (P&A), Chief Engineer of ESIC, Hqrs., five Zonal Medical Commissioners, Deans and Medical Superintendents of eight ESIC Medical College and Hospitals, one PGIMSR and two Dental College and Hospitals also participated in the meeting.