ESI Hospitals/Dispensaries NER

The ESI Hospitals and dispensaries available in the North Eastern Region state-wise are as under :-

Name of the State	Number of Hospital	Number of dispensaries
Assam	1	28
Meghalaya	Nil	02
Nagaland	Nil	01
Tripura	Nil	01

At present there is no plan to set up more ESI Hospitals/dispensaries in North Eastern States but with the increase in the insured persons in these areas the ESIC may consider to open ESIHospitals/dispensaries.

As the ESI Act, 1948, does not apply to plantations, tea gardens as they are not covered underESI Scheme. A statement indicating the total number of employees covered under the scheme, state-wise is given in Annexure.

As on 31-3-2010, a total of 65,800 employees are covered under ESI Scheme in the North-Eastern States. State-wise details are as under:

S.No.	State	No. of employees
1.	Assam	57640
2.	Meghalaya	6190
3.	Nagaland	130
4.	Tripura	1840
	Total	65800

State-wise number of employees covered under the ESI Schemes are as under:

l.No	State/UT	Number of employees As on(31-3-2010)
1	Andhra Pradesh	1007350
2	Assam & Meghalaya	65800
3	Bihar	90050
4	Chandigarh UT	69400
5	Chhatisgarh	130850
6	Delhi	856800
7	Goa	128200
8	Gujarat	766150
9	Haryana	753950
10	Himachal Pradesh	173700
11	Jammu & Kashmir	78750
12	Jharkand	175750
13	Karnataka	1543150
14	Kerala	581100
15	Madhya Pradesh	295150
16	Maharashtra	1784300
17	Orissa	236450
18	Pondicherry	93350
19	Punjab	696150
20	Rajasthan	528950
21	Tamil Nadu	1815200
22	Uttar Pradesh	852750
23	Uttarakhand	233500
24	West Bengal	955600
	TOTAL	13912400

Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of Labour and Employment gave this information in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

Source : PIB