ESIC Beneficiaries to Get Health Services in All 735 Districts of India from April 1.

Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) insured persons (IPs) would get access to health services under the ESI scheme in all 735 districts of the country from April 1, an official said. At present, ESIC’s health services are fully available for its IPs in 387 districts and partly in 187 districts, while there are 161 districts that do not have such services at all. The ESIC provides health services to IPs through its health centres and hospitals as well as empanelled hospitals. The ESIC has planned to provide health services to IPs through hospitals and health centres empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY). An agreement for the purpose was inked a few months ago.