ESIC-run social security scheme adds over 15 lakh members in June

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New Delhi: Around 15.08 lakh new members joined the Employees State Insurance Corporation or ESIC-run social security scheme in June, according to official data released on Friday...

It showed that the gross new enrolments with ESIC rose to 1.67 crore in 2022-23, from 1.49 crore in 2021-22..

The NSO report is based on the payroll data of new subscribers of various social security schemes run by ESIC, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)..

It showed that from September 2017 to June 2023, around 5.50 crore (gross) new subscribers joined the Employees Provident Fund scheme..

The report said since the number of subscribers is from various sources, there are elements of overlap, and the estimates are not additive. 44,74,303 new subscribers joined and contributed in the NPS central government, state governments and corporate schemes during September, 2017 to June, 2023," the report said..