EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION
EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION The promulgation of Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act), by the Parliament was the first major legislation on social security for workers in independent India. The deployment of manpower in manufacturing processes was limited to a few select industries such as jute, textile, chemicals etc. The legislation on creation and development of a fool proof multi-dimensional social security system, when the country's economy was in a very fledgling state was obviously a remarkable gesture towards the socio economic amelioration of a workf or ce though limited in number and geographic distribution. The ESI Act 1948, encompasses certain health related eventualities that the workers are generally exposed to; such as sickness, maternity, temporary or permanent disablement, occupational disease or death due to employment injury, resulting in loss of wages or earning capacity - total or partial. Social security provision m
