THE FIRST ESIC DAY

Every year the ESIC day is celebrated on 24th Feburary in all the establishment of the Corporation. The scheme was simultaneously launched at Delhi as well as Kanpur and the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru inaugurated it at Kanpur. Our first Prime Minister was the first honorary insured person of the scheme and the declaration form bearing his signature is prized possession of the Corporation. 1. Direct Payment to the employer from the revolving fund of the expenditure incurred by the employer duly sanctioned by the competent authority of the Sate Govt. Jammu and subject to entitlement of the IP to Sickness Benefit etc. vide Hqrs Letter No. V-24/11/10/2004-Med.I RF Dated 04/08/2006. 2. Amnesty scheme for withdrwal of criminal cases against the Insured persons and the Employers filed under section 84 & 85 of the ESI ACT subject to conditions vide Hqrs Instructions No. P-11/14/35/97-rev.II dated 06/07/2006. 3. In pursuance of Decision taken by ESI Corporation at its 136th meeting held on 15/06/2006, the wage ceiling for the coverage of employees under the ESI ACT, 1948 from RS. 7500/- to Rs. 10000/-, the Central Govt has issued a final notification No. Z-38025/9/2006-SSI which has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-Sec.(i) Dated 22/09/2006 for coverage under the Act from Rs. 7500/- to Rs.10000/- per month and consequential addition off 10 more benefit slabs, amending Rule 50 and 54 of ESI (Central) Rules, 1950, which has come into force w.e.f. 01/10/2006.