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system for all indoor patients, proper and attractive signages at the required
places in all ESIC hospitals for guidance and proper communications to the
visitors, AYUSH facilities to be extended up to the dispensary level in phases,
tele-medicine facilities for the beneficiaries in phases.
Digital India - e-initiatives of ESIC
e-Biz Platform: ESIC is the first organization of Central Government, to integrate
its services (Registration of Employers via e-Biz portal of Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion of DIPP) to promote ease of business and curb
transaction costs. ESIC launched independent public grievance module 2.0 from
2015 for lodging ESIC related Grievance online through ESIC website
'www.esic.in' or 'www.esic.nic.in'. Launch of dedicated website
www.esichospitals.gov.in for ESIC Hospitals and Dispensaries in 2015. This
website offers a host of hasslefree features to the ESIC insured persons and
their beneficiaries. This also includes booking of online appointment with ESIC
specialist doctors for treatment on a convenient date according to location and
specialties of treatment available in all 36 ESIC hospitals.
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
The Employees' Provident Funds (EPF) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
provides for Provident Fund, Pension Scheme and Insurance Fund in factories/
establishments employing twenty or more employees in industries mentioned
in Schedule-I to the Act. The following three schemes framed are: Employees'
Provident funds Scheme, 1952; Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 and
Employees' Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976.
The progress achieved by the EPF Organisation under various areas and
reforms introduced include: although for monitoring compliance of covered
establishments, the system assisted tool in the form of CCTS (Computerized
Compliance Tracking System) was provided to the field offices of EPFO, no
concrete system or procedure for detection of coverable establishment was
available to the compliance machinery. It resulted in belated coverage of
establishments with consequential legal implications as the establishments were
mostly found coverable from retrospective dates but refused to take up past
liability related to statutory dues, payment of interest and damages for belated
remittance, prosecution cases etc. The Act is applicable on its own volition and
these legal actions are attracted for non compliance for whatsoever reason. The
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 provides
for Provident Fund, Pension Scheme and Insurance Fund in factories/
establishments employing twenty or more employees in industries mentioned
in Schedule to the Act. The Government of India through the Employees'
Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) administers the Employees' Provident
Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and the following three schemes
framed there under: Employees' Provident Funds Scheme,1952; Employees'
Pension Scheme, 1995, and Employees' Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976.