The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday raised the monthly wage threshold to Rs 21,000, from the current Rs 15,000, for coverage under its health insurance scheme. In a meeting held today, the ESIC board also decided to give an option to existing insured persons to continue membership even if their wage breaches the ceiling of Rs 21,000 per month.
At present, all those insured under the ESIC scheme lose their membership of ESIC as well as that of the insurance cover if their wage overshoots the ceiling. “ESIC has raised the threshold wage limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000,” labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told PTI after the board meeting of ESIC here. labour Minister is the Chairman of the ESIC Board.