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- The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is undertaking digital reforms to overhaul its delivery system as it prepares to extend social security coverage to unorganised, gig, and platform workers under the Code on Social Security implemented in November last year.
- ESIC Director General Ashok Kumar Singh said the Corporation currently covers four crore insured persons, or 16 crore people including families, about 12 per cent of India’s population.
- Key to this effort is Panchdeep 2.0, an upgraded digital platform meant to reduce human intervention, cut processing delays, and scale healthcare and cash benefit services nationwide.
- The remarks came at the release of a report by non-profit Safe in India Foundation, which recommends reforms including raising the wage ceiling to at least ₹33,000 per month, setting measurable service standards, reviewing ESIC’s long-term financial health, and better use of its data.
What to watch next
- Rollout of Panchdeep 2.0 and the 'second series' of ESIC reforms
- The government’s final scheme design for gig and platform workers, and whether farmers are included
- Whether the ESI wage ceiling is raised from the current ₹21,000 (₹25,000 for disabled employees) toward the recommended ₹33,000
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Ashok Kumar Singh
Director General, ESIC
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“The second series of reforms are awaited. We are aware of the fact that numbers of beneficiaries are growing very fast and that’s why we are creating a digital system where human interference is less so that the whole process can become rule based”
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…is 12 per cent of India’s population. To handle the surging volume of beneficiaries, ESIC is pivoting toward a rule-based digital framework designed to minimise human intervention and eliminate processing delays. “ The second series of reforms are awaited. We are aware of the fact that numbers of beneficiaries are growing very fast and that’s why we are creating a digital system where human interference is less so that the whole process can become rule based ,” he told a gathering at the event which included ESIC’s Insurance Commissioner Anil Kumar Sahu, and Safe in India Foundation Co-founder and CEO Sandeep Sachdeva. Central to this strategy is the upcoming rollout of…
“The definition of the establishment and workers are so wide that even farmers can be included into the social security network. So, there is a big responsibility on the shoulders of the government. We are supporting the government to arrive at a suitable scheme for the gig and platform workers”
In the article
…operations, the Corporation is gearing up for a broader mandate under the new social security code, which expands definitions to cover unorganised, gig, and platform workers — and potentially agricultural workers. “ The definition of the establishment and workers are so wide that even farmers can be included into the social security network. So, there is a big responsibility on the shoulders of the government. We are supporting the government to arrive at a suitable scheme for the gig and platform workers ,” he observed. In its detailed report seeking reform in the ESIC, Safe in India Foundation, a non-profit organisation is helping injured factory workers, recommended a spate of systemic improvements accumulated over…
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