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EMPLOYEE STATE INSURANCE ACT

1948

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  • Apprentices Act, 1961
  • Apprenticeship Rules, 1992
  • Boilers Act, 1923
  • Building Contruction Workers Act, 1996
  • Building Contruction Workers Cess Act, 1996
  • Building Contruction Workers Cess Rules, 1998
  • Child Labour Act, 1986
  • Code on Wages Act, 2019
  • Contract Labour Act, 1970
  • Dangerous Machines Act, 1983
  • Dangerous Machines Rules, 1984
  • EDLIS Scheme, 1976
  • Employees Compensation Act, 1923
  • Employees Pension Scheme, 1995
  • Employees Provident Fund Scheme, 1952
  • Employers Liability Act, 1938
  • Employment Exchanges Act, 1959
  • Employment Exchanges Rules, 1960
  • Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
  • Equal Remuneration Rules, 1976
  • ESI (Central) Rules, 1950
  • ESI (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1950
  • ESI (General) Regulations, 1950
  • ESI Act, 1948
  • Exemptions From Registers and Returns Act, 1988
  • Factories Act, 1948
  • Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
  • Gratuity Act, 1972
  • ID (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act, 1949
  • Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
  • Industrial Relations Code, 2020
  • Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979
  • Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
  • Mines Act, 1952
  • Minimum Wages Act, 1948
  • Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
  • Occupational Safety and Working Conditions Code, 2020
  • Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 1995
  • Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
  • Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975
  • Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968
  • Payment of Wages Act, 1936
  • Payment of Wages Nomination Rules, 2009
  • Payment of Wages Recovery Rules, 1966
  • PF Act, 1952
  • Plantations Labour Act, 1951
  • Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955
  • Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013
  • Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women Rules, 2013
  • PSARA, 2005
  • Sales Promotion Employees Act, 1976
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  • Social Security Code, 2020
  • Standing Orders Act, 1946
  • Trade Unions Act, 1926
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  • Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008
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    Related Legislation: - ESI (Central) Rules, 1950 - ESI (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1950 - ESI (General) Regulations, 1950

    Preliminary

    1. Short title, extent, commencement and application
    2. Definitions
    2-A. Registration of Factories and Establishments

    Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council

    3. Establishment of Employees' State Insurance Corporation
    4. Constitution of Corporation
    5. Term of office of members of the Corporation
    6. Eligibility for renomination or re-election
    7. Authentication of orders, decisions, etc
    8. Constitution of Standing Committee
    9. Term of office of members of Standing Committee
    10. Medical Benefit Council
    11. Resignation of membership
    12. Cessation of membership
    13. Disqualification
    14. Filling of vacancies
    15. Fees and allowances
    16. Principal Officers
    17. Staff
    18. Powers of the Standing Committee
    19. Corporation's power to promote measures for health, etc., of insured persons
    20. Meetings of Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council
    21. Super session of the Corporation and Standing Committee
    22. Duties of Medical Benefit Council
    23. Duties of Director General and the Financial Commissioner
    24. Acts of Corporation, etc., not invalid by reason of defect in constitution, etc
    25. Regional Boards, Local Committees, Regional and Local Medical Benefit Councils

    Finance and Audit

    26. Employees' State Insurance Fund
    27. Grant by the Central Government
    28. Purposes for which the Fund may be expended
    28-A. Administrative expenses
    29. Holding of property, etc
    30. Vesting of the property in the Corporation
    31. Expenditure by Central Government to be treated as a loan
    32. Budget estimates
    33. Accounts
    34. Audit
    35. Annual report
    36. Budget, audited accounts and the annual report to be placed before Parliament
    37. Valuation of assets and liabilities

    Contributions

    38. All employees to be insured
    39. Contributions
    40. Principal employer to pay contributions in the first instance
    41. Recovery of contribution from immediate employer
    42. General provisions as to payment of contributions
    43. Method of payment of contribution
    44. Employers to furnish returns and maintain registers in certain cases
    45. Social Security Officers, their functions and duties
    45-A. Determination of contributions in certain cases
    45-AA. Appellate Authority
    45-B. Recovery of contributions
    45-C. Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer
    45-D. Recovery Officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded
    45-E. Validity of certificate and amendment thereof
    45-F. Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
    45-G. Other modes of recovery
    45-H. Application of certain provisions of the Income Tax Act.
    45-I. Definitions

    Benefits

    46. Benefits
    47. [* * * ]
    48. When person deemed available for employment
    49. Sickness benefit
    50. Maternity benefit
    51. Disablement benefit
    51-A. Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment
    51-B. Accidents happening while acting in breach of regulations, etc.
    51-C. Accidents happening while travelling in employers transport
    51-D. Accidents happening while meeting emergency
    51-E. Accidents happening while commuting to the place of work and vice versa
    52. Dependant's benefit
    52-A. Occupational disease
    53. Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any other law
    54. Determination of question of disablement
    54-A. References to medical board and appeals to medical appeal tribunal and Employees' Insurance Courts
    55. Review of decisions by medical board or medical appeal tribunal
    55-A. Review of dependants' benefit
    56. Medical benefit
    57. Scale of medical benefit
    58. Provision of medical treatment by State Government
    59. Establishment and maintenance of hospitals, etc,. by Corporation
    59-A. Provision of medical benefit by the Corporation in lieu of State Government
    59-B. Medical and Paramedical education
    60. Benefit not assignable or attachable
    61. Bar of benefits under other enactments
    62. Persons not to commute cash benefits
    63. Persons not entitled to receive benefit in certain cases
    64. Recipients of sickness or disablement benefit to observe conditions
    65. Benefits not to be combined
    66. Corporation's right to be indemnified in certain cases
    67. Corporation's right to be recover damages from employer in certain cases
    68. Corporation's rights where a principal employer fails or neglects to pay any contribution
    69. Liability of owner of occupier of factories, etc. for excessive sickness benefit
    70. Repayment of benefit improperly received
    71. Benefit payable up to and including day of death
    72. Employer not to reduce wages etc.
    73. Employer not to dismiss or punish employee during period of sickness, etc.

    Transitory Provisions

    73-A. Employer's special contributions
    73-B. Special tribunals for decision of disputes or questions under this Chapter where there is no Employee
    73-C. Benefits under Chapter V to depend upon employees' contribution
    73-D. Mode of recovery of employer's special contribution
    73-E. Power to call for additional information or return
    73-F. Power to exempt to be exercised by Central Government alone in respect of employer's special contributions
    73-G. Application of certain provisions of this Act to employer's special contribution
    73-H. Omitted
    73-I. Duration of Chapter V-A

    Adjudication of dispute and claims

    74. Constitution of Employees' Insurance Court
    75. Matters to be decided by Employees' Insurance Court
    76. Institution proceedings etc
    77. Commencement of proceedings
    78. Powers of Employees' Insurance Court
    79. Appearance by legal practitioners, etc.
    80. Benefit not admissible unless claimed in time
    81. Reference to High Court
    82. Appeal
    83. Stay of payment pending appeal

    Penalties

    84. Punishment for false statement
    85. Punishment for failure to pay contributions, etc.
    85-A. Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction
    85-B. Power to recover damages
    85-C. Power of court to make orders
    86. Prosecutions
    86-A. Offences by companies

    Miscellaneous

    87. Exemption of a factory or establishment or class or factories or establishments.
    88. Exemption of persons or class or persons
    89. Corporation to make representation
    90. Exemption of factories or establishments belonging to Government or any local authority
    91. Exemption from one or more provisions of the Act.
    91-A. Exemptions to be either prospective or retrospective
    91-AA. Central Government to be Appropriate Government
    91-B. Misuse of benefits
    91-C. Writing off of losses
    92. Power of Central Government to give directions
    93. Corporation officers and servants to be public servants
    93-A. Liability in case of transfer of establishment
    94. Contributions etc, due to Corporation to have priority over other debts.
    94-A. Delegation of powers
    95. Power of Central Government to make rules
    96. Power of State Government to make rules
    97. Power of Corporation to make regulations
    98. Corporation may undertake duties in Part B State
    99. Medical care for the families of insured persons
    99-A. Power to remove difficulties
    100. Repeals and savings

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