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9/7/2016 Employees' State Insurance Corporation raises wage threshold to Rs 21,000 The Economic Times http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/employeesstateinsurancecorporationraiseswagethresholdtors21000/articleshow/5403325… 1/5 FOLLOW ET: Sign In / Sign Up Apple Launch R SPOTLIGHT REPLAY Policy LATEST NEWS > 05:26 PM: AAP leader Ashutosh to meet NCW tomorrow over blog co... 04:51 PM: Kerala BJP chief was target of bomb attack: Nirmala S... 04:49 PM: NPCI is attempting to get a patent for its UPI techno... Mark Mobius India growing faster than China < > Agriculture Finance Foreign Trade Indicators Infrastructure Policy You are here: ET Home New s Economy Policy Download ET MARKETS APP CHOOSE LANGUAGE SENSEX 28,926 51.66 NIFTY 50 8,917 25.05 GOLD (MCX) (Rs/10g.) 31,381.00 3.00 USD/INR 66.36 0.17 CREATE PORTFOLIO ENG By PTI | Sep 06, 2016, 07.13 PM IST Post a Comment "ESIC has raised the threshold wage limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000," Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said after the board meeting of ESIC. Employees' State Insurance Corporation raises wage threshold to Rs 21,000 READ MORE ON » ESIC | Employees' State Insurance Corporation | Bandaru Dattatreya NEW DELHI: The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) today raised the monthly wage threshold to Rs 21,000, from the current Rs 15,000, for coverage under its health insurance scheme. In a meeting held today, the ESIC board also decided to give an option to existing insured persons to continue membership even if their wage breaches the ceiling of Rs 21,000 per month. At present, all those insured under the ESIC scheme lose their membership of ESIC as well as that of the insurance cover if their wage overshoots the ceiling. "ESIC has raised the threshold wage limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000," Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told PTI after the board meeting of ESIC here. Labour Minister is the Chairman of the ESIC Board. Both the decisions will be implemented from October 1. Dattatreya added that the move of raising the threshold will help bring in an additional 50 lakh members to ESIC. At present, ESIC has 2.6 crore insured persons, which covers over 10 crore people, assuming four members of a family. The minister also said there is a plan to increase the wage threshold for retirement fund body EPFO subscribers and it may be considered in the next meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT). At present, the wage threshold is Rs 15,000 per month for coverage under its social security scheme. Help us understand your experience with economictimes.com. Share your feedback here. FROM AROUND THE WEB Recommend 438 people recommend this. Like Share 3.6M people like this. 04:05 PM | 07 SEP M ARKET STATS EOD Search for New s, Stock Quotes & NAV's Home News Defence Company Industry Economy Politics and Nation International Printer Reinvented by HP India Unlimited More Indiatimes The Times of India The Economic Times More

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9/7/2016 Employees' State Insurance Corporation raises wage threshold to Rs 21,000  The Economic Times

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By PTI | Sep 06, 2016, 07.13 PM IST Post a Comment

"ESIC has raised the threshold wage limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs21,000," Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said after theboard meeting of ESIC.

Employees' State InsuranceCorporation raises wage threshold to Rs21,000

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NEW DELHI: The Employees' StateInsurance Corporation (ESIC) today raisedthe monthly wage threshold to Rs 21,000,from the current Rs 15,000, for coverageunder its health insurance scheme. 

In a meeting held today, the ESIC board alsodecided to give an option to existing insuredpersons to continue membership even if theirwage breaches the ceiling of Rs 21,000 permonth. 

At present, all those insured under the ESICscheme lose their membership of ESIC aswell as that of the insurance cover if their wage overshoots the ceiling. 

"ESIC has raised the threshold wage limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000," Labour MinisterBandaru Dattatreya told PTI after the board meeting of ESIC here. Labour Minister is theChairman of the ESIC Board. 

Both the decisions will be implemented from October 1. 

Dattatreya added that the move of raising the threshold will help bring in an additional 50 lakhmembers to ESIC. 

At present, ESIC has 2.6 crore insured persons, which covers over 10 crore people,assuming four members of a family. 

The minister also said there is a plan to increase the wage threshold for retirement fund bodyEPFO subscribers and it may be considered in the next meeting of the Central Board ofTrustees (CBT). 

At present, the wage threshold is Rs 15,000 per month for coverage under its social securityscheme.

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