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New Delhi : Citing the recent survey reports of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) and EPFO payroll data, Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on February 12, 2022, said that employment opportunities were on rise in the country and the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra is committed for the welfare of the workers and labourers in both organised and unorganised sectors.

Speaking at the 187th meeting of ESIC at Gurugram, Haryana, he said, health check-up of labourers will be conducted by the ESIC hospitals and factories/MSME clusters will be considered as a unit and ESIC will coordinate with them for the preventive health check-ups of the workers. It  will be conducted in a total of 15 cities as part of the ongoing pilot project, he said, according to a PIB release.

The Minister informed that pending projects of the ESIC will be expedited as well as construction work of the hospitals of the ESIC and  doctors and staff availability will be taken care off and called on the doctors to join the ESIC hospitals and assured that remuneration of the doctors and staff would be revised by the ESIC corporation. Speaking on the transfer policy of ESIC employees, he informed that an Open, digital and transparent transfer policy will be put in force soon.

Yadav inaugurated two ESIC management dashboards viz. construction project dashboard and hospital dashboard. The health dashboard will give key information at a glance related to the performance of the ESI hospital. It will also provide the viewers the current occupancy and OPD footfall at at the hospital dashboard. The construction dashboard will give key information about various construction projects of the ESIC.He stressed that both dashboards will not only help in better monitoring but also result in efficient and effective implementation.

On the occasion Yadav also congratulated and felicitated the 2021 Paralympics gold medal winner Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel for her silver medal. They were presented cheques of Rs one crore and Rs 50 lakh respectively and citations. Both the sportspersons thanked the Minister and the ESIC for the constant support.