Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided to implement its health insurance scheme to Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Manipur in a bid to cover all states in the country. Besides, in its board meeting on Friday, it has decided to extend the benefit of its health insurance scheme to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a union territory, according to an official release.
ESIC already covers union territories of Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Puducherry under the ambit of its health insurance scheme. ESIC, an arm of labour Ministry, has a direct subscriber base of 1.95 crore, covering a population of around eight crore people under its cover. The ESIC board, headed by labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, has also decided to the extend the reach of ESI Scheme to 393 districts in the country by 1st April, 2016.