Bio Metric Cards to Workers of ESIC

Bio Metric Cards to Workers of ESIC

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) issues two bio-metric Pehchan Cards under the IT Project ‘Panchdeep’ to the Insured Persons(IPs) covered under the ESI Scheme. One card is for use of the Insured Person and other for use by his family. The card has a unique ten-digit Insurance Number, name, date of birth, address and photograph of Insured Person and his family. The bio-metric card is used to access the central database containing all the data with family details, medical history of Insured Person (IP) and his family to ensure proper availability of benefits to Industrial workers.

State-wise details of number of Pehchan Cards issued to Industrial workers is as follows:

 State-wise details of Pehchan Cards issued to Industrial Workers as on 30.06.2013.

S.No. State

No. of workers to whom   cards have been issued

1 AndhraPradesh

871735

2 Assam/NER

74597

3 Bihar

62337

4 Chhatisgarh

123589

5 Delhi

576990

6 Goa

122074

7 Gujarat

505624

8 Haryana

657695

9 HimachalPradesh

150606

10 Jammu

43866

11 Jharkhand

145374

12 Karnataka

1085787

13 Kerala

570782

14 Madhya Pradesh

240715

15 Maharashtra

1049034

16 Orissa

228280

17 Pudduchery

89624

18 Punjab

575379

19 Rajasthan

325068

20 Tamil Nadu

1343997

21 Uttar Pradesh

540562

22 Uttarakhand

119135

23 West Bengal

899418

  Total

10402268

This information was given by Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri Kodikunnil Suresh in the Lok Sabha today in reply to a written question.

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