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New Delhi : The ESI Corporation at its 176th meeting held on December 5, 2018, under the Chairmanship of Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labour & Employment (I/C), has taken some very important decisions towards improvements in its service delivery mechanism.
At the meeting, It was decided to allow Non-IPs (Non Insured Persons) to avail medical services at its underutilised ESIC Hospitals after levying User Charges at a subsidized cost of Rs 10 for OPD consultation, at 25% of CGHS package rates for admitted patients, and to provide medicine on actual rate initially for one year on pilot basis. It will immensely help common people get the quality medical care at very low cost. Besides, it will ensure full utilisation of resources of hospital for people’s cause.
Recruitment to the 5,200 posts in various categories like Social Security Officer, Insurance Medical Officer Grade-II, Junior Engineers, Teaching Faculty, Paramedical & Nursing Cadre, UDC and Steno etc. in ESIC is under process.
To meet the shortage of specialist/super specialist doctors in some of the ESIC Hospitals, the ESIC approved hiring of full time contractual specialists/super specialists in the department of Anaesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Ortho, Cardiology, Nephrology, and Medical Oncology after inviting open tender.
Keeping in view the rise in the National Floor Level Minimum Wages to Rs 176, it was decided at the meeting to enhance the exemption limit for payment of employees’ share of contribution from Rs 137 to Rs 176.
Heera Lal Samaria, Secretary, Labour & Employment, Raj Kumar, Director General, ESIC, ESIC representatives of Employees and Employers and ESI Corporation Members, representatives of state governments and senior officers of the Ministry were also present at the meeting, according to a PIB release.