ESIC scheme adds 11.82 lakh new members in October

Source | economictimes.indiatimes.com | PTI

Around 11.82 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in October 2022, according to official data released on Friday. The data is part of a report — Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective – October 2022 — released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).

It showed that the gross new enrolments with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) rose to 1.49 crore in 2021-22, from 1.15 crore in 2020-21. It was 1.51 crore in 2019-20 and 1.49 crore in 2018-19.

From September 2017 to March 2018, around 83.35 lakh new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme.

The report said gross new enrolments with ESIC from September 2017 to October 2022 were 7.49 crore.

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