The approved limit for medical reimbursement made by labour Department for ESIC insured employees had been hiked from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh in the State.
Similarly, the approval made by Director, Employee State Insurance Services for medical reimbursement for the employees had been raised from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh. The approval made by officials of Insurance Medical Centres had been raised from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000.
A circular to this effect was issued by Additional Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand to the Director, Employee State Insurance Service and all officials of Insurance Medical Centres in the State.
The circular stated that the reimbursement amount was raised following permission received from the Finance and Planning departments.
It may be noted that the number of insured employees under the organised sector under Chhattisgarh’s Employee State Insurance Corporation is more than 3 lakhs.
The Corporation offers free medical services to insured employees and their families. The Corporation runs a total of 26 pharmacies in the State.
The labour Department through a circular had also raised the advance approval limit for medical treatment.As a result, the labour Department can now approve an advance upto a sum of Rs 5 lakh for medical treatment proposals forwarded by the Employee State Insurance Service. Earlier the approved amount was Rs 1 lakh.
The Director, Employee State Insurance Services can also now approve advance treatment amount of upto Rs 1 lakh.