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ESI Limits and rates thereon

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..... Effective from 01-January-2017, for deduction of ESI, salary limit has been increased from INR 15,000/- to INR 21,000/-. There was also proposal for reduction ESI rate from existing rate of 1.75% for employee and 4.75% for employers. Is there any update on this? - Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani - The Reply = In my view there is no amendment for rate. - Reply By YAGAY AND SUN - The Reply = The rate .....

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..... s are revised from time to time. Currently, the employee's contribution rate (w.e.f. 1.1.97) is 1.75% of the wages and that of employer's is 4.75% of the wages paid/payable in respect of the employees in every wage period. - Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani - The Reply = Yes the cumulative rate comes to 6.5%. Since long it was not amended. - Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN - The Reply = Y .....

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..... es, there is no amendment in this regard. - Reply By YAGAY AND SUN - The Reply = Centre plans to lower ESI contribution rate to 4% The Centre has proposed a reduced rate of contribution from companies towards the health insurance scheme for workers in areas where it plans to set up a dispensary or a hospital for the first time. 393 districts : The ministry has proposed that employers cont .....

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..... ribute four per cent, instead of 6.5 per cent of a worker s income towards the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme, as per the draft rules dated July 25, reviewed by The Hindu. At present, the ESI Corporation has a presence in certain parts of 393 districts of the country. The corporation has plans to cover all the states and expand the scheme to India s 683 districts by March next year. ESIC .....

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..... is present in all states, except the north-eastern states of Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. Workers drawing salary up to ₹ 15,000 per month are entitled to medical benefits for treatment during incidences of sickness, maternity, disability and death due to injury during work. The ESI Act applies to factories with 10 or more workers and it is also applicable to shops, hotel .....

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..... s, restaurants, cinemas and road transport undertakings. While 4.75 per cent of a worker s salary goes towards ESI as employer s contribution, 1.75 per cent of the income goes as the employee s share. This is proposed to be decreased to three per cent and one per cent for two years, respectively. Our plan is to expand ESI to all parts of the country. Since the medical facilities at places where .....

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..... we want to open a new dispensary or hospital will not be at par with our established units, we have decided to take less contribution from companies for a period of two years, said a senior ESIC official, on condition of anonymity. March 2017: The official said it would cover all parts of 393 districts by September-end this year and the entire country by March next year. Trade unions suggested .....

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..... that ESI Corporation collaborate with private hospitals in the new areas to provide full medical treatment to workers. We welcome the expansion of ESI services to all the districts, said AITUC Secretary DL Sachdev, But taking less contribution means workers would not be provided full medical facilities that are otherwise available in the 393 districts. They should provide full facilities by ty .....

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..... ing up with private hospitals to ensure all medical treatments are available. - ESI Limits and rates thereon - Query Started By: - Ashwani Rustagi Dated:- 28-1-2017 Other Topics - Got 5 Replies - Indian Laws - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITa .....

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