Employees’ State Insurance Scheme was first enacted in 1948 for social security of all the employees working in the organized sector. Initially, this scheme only covered the factory workers but later was expanded to cover other establishments like hotels, cinemas, restaurants, educational/medical institutes, and shops. This scheme extends several benefits like sickness benefit, disablement benefit, maternity benefit, dependent benefit, medical benefit, and other benefits like confinement expenses, funeral expenses, unemployment expenses amongst others. This scheme has huge coverage with around 787 centres across 29 states. Till now, approximately 5.50 croreSEE DETAILS
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