Shri Naveen Patnaik. Hon’ble Chief Minister, Orissa,Shri Pravat C Chaturvedi, IAS, Director General, ESIC,Shri B.C.Bhardwaj, IC,ESICand Shri B.K.Sahu,AC(P&A), ESIC addressing in the All India Conference of Regional Directors & State Medical Commissioners held at Swosti Plaza, Bhubaneswar on 27th-28th November 2008.
The Scheme
The promulgation of Employees’ State Insurance Act, by the Parliament, in 1948,was the first major legislation on comprehensive Social Security for workers in idependent India. The Act envisages social protection of workers deployed in the organised sector in conceivable contingencies, such as, sickness, maternity, and death or disablement due to employment injury. Based on the principle of” pooling of risks and resources”, the unique, multidimentional health insurance scheme guarantees a fair deal to the covered members by providing full medical facilities to the beneficiaries, besides, adequate cash compensation to insured persons for loss of wages or earningt capacity in times of physical distress arising out of sickness or employment injury.
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