Home      About Us    History Who is Who Regional Office Branch Offices Regional Board Dispensaries Medical Board Srinagar Centers Kathua Centers    Schemes   Coverage Contribution Exemption Wage Ceiling Benefits   Benefits  Medical Benefits Sickness Benefits Maternity Benefits Disablement Benefits Dependent Benefits Other Benefits   Implementations    Information    Employers Duties Rights Tips for Employers Factory Registration Record Wages Inspection Role of ESIC Obligations Employees Registration SafeGuards Role of ESIC Occupational Disablement  Contact Us  REGIONAL OFFICE 0191- 2435149, 2435136, 2459682 FAX: 0191-2459568                                                                   Coverage The ESI Act 1948 enacted on 19th April 1948 provide for certain benefits to the employees in case of sickness, maternity and employment injury and to make provisions for certain other matters in relation thereto. The ESI Act 1948 in the first instance, applies to: Factories in the manufacturing process and employing 10 or more persons Non-power using factories or establishments employing 20 or more persons for wages. The provision of the Act are being implemented area wise by stages. The Act contains an enabling provision under which the Appropriate Government is empowered to extend the provision of the Act to other classes of establishments-- Industrial Commercial Agricultural or otherwise Under these provisions State Governments have extended the provisions of the ESI Act to the following classes of establishments.   Shops Hotels & Restaurants Cinemas, including preview theaters Road Motor Transport Undertakings  Newspaper establishments The ESI Act is applicable to over two lakh industrial units, across the length and breadth of the country.