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ESIC payment/ESIC portal/ESIC login FAQs

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ESIC payment

ESI stands for Employees’ State Insurance Corporation. It is a self financing social security and health insurance scheme for Indian workers. ESIC is managed by employee state insurance corporation. It functions according to according to rules and regulations stipulated in ESI act, 1948. ESIC is a autonomous body and comes under Ministry of Labor and Employment. ESIC can be accessed at ESIC portal. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 envisaged a social security scheme that would protect interest of workers. ESI protect workers in contingencies such as sickness, maternity, temporary or permanent physical disablement, death due to employment injury resulting in loss of wages or earning capacity. In this article, we would discuss FAQs on ESIC like ESIC payment, ESIC portal, ESIC login, ESIC portal in detail.

Following corporations are mandatorily required to be register under ESI act-

  • Having workforce greater than 10 or greater than 20 in few states.
  • Maximum salary of Rs 1500 for its employees

In this article, we are going to discuss various frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to ESIC act in India-

Q – What is ESI full form or ESIC full form?

A – ESIC full form is Employee state insurance corporation.

Q – Why employee state insurance act was enacted in 1948?

A – The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 envisaged a social security scheme that would protect interest of workers. ESI protect workers in contingencies such as sickness, maternity, temporary or permanent physical disablement, death due to employment injury resulting in loss of wages or earning capacity.

Q – Is ESIC registration mandatory?

A – No, ESIC registration is not mandatory for all firms. It is mandatory for following firms-

  • Having workforce greater than 10 or greater than 20 in few states (Chandigarh and Maharashtra)
  • Maximum salary of Rs 15000 for its employees

Q – What are various ESIC benefits?

A – Various benefits under ESIC act are mentioned below-

  • Medical benefits to employee and its family
  • Sickness benefits which can be 70% of salary
  • Maternity benefit to the women who are pregnant
  • Disablement benefit
  • Dependent benefit
  • Funeral and rehabilitation allowance

Q – What are the various sections on ESIC portal?

A – ESIC portal is a official ESIC website to access various benefits related to ESI scheme. Various section of ESIC portal includes –

  1. Benefits – Benefits is the first major section on ESIC portal. This section entails all ESIC benefits including benefits mentioned above.
  2. Offices – This section on ESIC official website include details of all the offices of ESIC present in India.
  3. Health Services – Information on ESI hospitals, ESI dispensary, medical institute is provided under this section.
  4. Tenders – Information on various upcoming tenders along with eligibility criteria and dates are provided in this section of ESIC portal.
  5. Recruitments – This section on ESIC official website contains information regarding upcoming ESIC recruitment.

Q – Which activities cum objectives be attained on ESIC portal?

A – Following activities can be performed on ESIC portal-

  • ESIC registration
  • ESIC card download
  • ESIC employer login
  • ESIC employee login
  • ESIC online payment
  • ESIC challan
  • ESIC employee contribution
  • ESIC employer contribution
  • ESIC challan payment
  • ESIC gateway

Q – What do you mean by ESI contribution rate?

A – ESI is a self financing scheme which means contribution to ESI fund needs to come from employer and employee itself. ESI contribution or ESI contribution rate is the rate or percentage fixed for contribution from employer and employee.

Q – What are the different types of ESI contribution ?

A – There are two types of ESI contribution-

  • ESI employee contribution
  • ESI employer contribution

Q – What are the different types of ESIC login?

A – There are two types of ESIC login mainly-

  • ESIC employee login
  • ESIC employer login

Q – What is eligibility for ESIC registration?

A – Every organization who have more than 10 employees need to register for ESIC registration. Moreover, maximum salary has to be less than 15,000. In few states such as Maharashtra and Chandigarh minimum number of employees for ESIC registration has been fixed at 20.

Q – Where can i register for ESI?

A – You can register for ESIC registration on official ESIC site.

Q – How can i register on ESIC portal?

A – To register on ESIC portal. kindly visit official ESIC site and login with your username and password. Need to follow below mentioned steps to complete registration –

  1. Fill details for Sign up page on ESIC portal
  2. Select new employer registration and unit type
  3. Employer registration details
  4. Payment of initial ESIC contribution

We have already explained each step for ESIC registration in details in this article. You can have a look for detailed explanation.

Q – What are the various documents required for ESIC registration?

A – Following documents are required-

  1. Registration certificate under Factories act or Shops and establishment act
  2. Certificate of Incorporation in case of a Pvt limited company and registered partnership deed in case of a partnership firm is also required.
  3. MOA and AOA in case of limited company.
  4. List of all employees working within a organization along with details
  5. Attendance register
  6. PAN card of the firm
  7. Copies of the licenses issued by central agencies such as GST registration certificate
  8. A cancelled cheque of the company’s current account with a bank
  9. Companies need to provide List of directors (LOD) and List of shareholders (LOS)
  10. Address proof of proprietor, partner or managing director as the case maybe.
  11. Mobile number and Email id of proprietor, partner or managing director as the case maybe.

ESIC payment

Q – What are the various benefits provided under ESIC act?

A – Mentioned below are the most important ESIC benefits provided to a insured person under ESIC act 1948-

  1. Medical benefit
  2. Medical care to retired insured person
  3. Sickness benefit
  4. Enhanced sickness benefit
  5. Extended sickness benefit
  6. Temporary disablement benefit
  7. Permanent disablement benefit
  8. Dependent benefit
  9. Medical care to the Widow in receipt of Dependent Benefit
  10. Maternity Benefit
  11. Confinement expenses
  12. Funeral Expenses
  13. Unemployment allowance

Q – What is an ESI card or ESIC card?

A – ESI card which is also known as pehchan card is a magnetic card provided to each insured person. This card is required to avail various ESIC benefits including hospital and dispensaries.

Q – What are the contents of ESIC card?

A – ESIC card contains basic details such as name and address of insured person. Along with basic details, it also contains photograph of insured person along with biometric details of insured person.

Q – How many ESIC card are allotted?

A – There are two ESI card given per employee. One is provided to insured person and other is provided to family member.

Q – What are the various features of ESI card?

A – Various features and benefits of ESI card are –

  • A single ESI card is issued to a employee which means if he or she changes a job then they need to quote same card number to new employee.
  • Pehchan card enables insured person to access various ESI benefit seamlessly.
  • ESI card is a magnetic card which stored all information of employee on a magnetic stripe.
  • ESI card is a mandatory requirement to avail benefits at ESIC hospitals and dispenseries.
  • ESI card cannot be misused as it is authenticated by biometric details of employee.
  • An employee can update his or her information by login into ESIC portal.
  • Physical copy of ESI card is mandatory for availing ESI benefits.

Q – How can i download ESI card?

A – To download ESI card, you need to visit ESI portal. For detailed steps related to download ESI card, visit our article for the same.

Q – Can ESIC amount be withdrawn?

A – ESIC is a insurance scheme in which premium are provided by employee and employer in form of contribution. You can avail ESI fund for medical use only and ESI fund cannot be withdrawn for personal use.

Q – Where ESIC is not applicable?

A – ESIC is not applicable for business having less than 10 members or maximum salary of employee is greater than 15000

Q – Where is ESIC office?

A – For complete list of ESIC offices, visit this link.

Q – Can ESIC be claimed?

A – ESIC funds can only be claimed against various ESIC benefits provided under ESIC scheme.

Q – Can ESIC return be revised?

A – Yes, if wrong contribution has been filed then, you can generate a supplementary challan from ESIC portal.

Q – Which diseases are covered under ESIC?

A – For complete list of diseases covered under ESIC. Visit diseases covered under ESIC.

Q – Is PF and ESI compulsory?

A – Yes, both ESI and PF are compulsory depending upon the category of organization.

Q – When ESIC payment is deducted?

A – Employer need to deduct ESI employee contribution within 15 days of contribution due date.

Q – Why ESI is deducted?

A – ESI is self financing scheme which comes under ESI act,1948. Various benefits are provided to employees against monthly contribution made by employer and employee. Employee can avail various benefits like hospitalization benefits, sickness benefits at ESI hospitals. ESI is deducted to provide same benefits.

Q – Will ESI cover Covid?

A – No, ESI currently doesn’t covers COVID-19 disease. Though, ESI facilities can be utilized for Covid testing.

Q – Who are covered under ESIC?

A – For complete list of coverage under ESIC scheme, kindly visit our article on ESIC.

Q – How ESIC is calculated?

A – ESI is calculated as a percentage of salary. Employee contribution and employer contribution is calculated as per the current contribution rate.

Q – Is Aadhar mandatory for ESIC?

A – Yes, as per latest notification, Aadhar is mandatory for ESIC benefits.

Q – What is IP number in ESIC?

A – IP number is a unique insured person number provided for each insured person to avail ESIC benefits.

Q – On which amount ESI should be deducted?

A – ESIC is deducted from the wage given to employee

Q – Can i pay ESIC payment without login?

A – No, ESIC payment can not be done without login. You can generate offline challan after login in account on ESIC portal.

Q – Can i withdraw my ESIC payment/money?

A – No, you cannot withdraw ESIC money as it is a premium paid for specific ESIC benefits. It can only be claimed against benefits.

Q – Is PF ESI compulsory?

A – Yes, registering with PF or ESI is mandatory for a organization depending the case may be.

Q – What is the difference between WC policy and ESI?

A – Workmen compensation (WC) policy is an insurance policy that is designed by the insurance companies in India to the employers to protect themselves against the statutory liabilities towards employees in case of workplace accidents. ESIC policy is a self financing scheme that is designed to provide various benefits to ESI registered employees.

Q – What is the difference between ESIC and Mediclaim?

A – ESIC policy is a self financing scheme that is designed to provide various benefits to ESI registered employees. While, Mediclaim policy can be bought from insurance companies to avail various insurance schemes offered by them.

Q – What is username in ESIC login?

A – Username is your insurance number or IP number. One can login with IP number to his or her ESIC portal.

Q – Is ESI payment/amount refundable?

A – No, as per ESI act, ESI amount is not refundable to employee. ESI amount can only be claimeed against various benefits provided by ESI scheme.

Q – How do i contact ESIC?

A – You can contact ESI on 1800-11-2526

Q – How can i pay ESIC payment?

A – ESIC payment process is pretty straight forward. Login to ESIC portal with your username and password. Create challan for contribution and proceed to payment against challan generated.

Q – What is ESIC payment?

A – ESIC is self financing scheme set up under ESI act. 1948. This scheme was designed to provide various benefits to employees registered with ESIC. ESIC payment is the monthly contribution paid by employer and employee as contribution rate fixed under ESI act.

Q – How can i download my ESI pehchan card?

A – To download ESI card, employee need to login to ESIC portal and enter insurance number of the employee. Click on print card against employee details enter earlier.

Q – What is ESIC challan?

A – ESIC challan is a unique format used by banks to deposit monthly contribution of employees and employer.

Q – What is ESI number is pay slip?

A – ESI number in pay slip is a unique number provided to each employee to claim ESIC benefits. Even, if an employee changes organization, ESI number would remain same in next organization too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ESI Card/ESIC card/e pehchan card

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ESI card

 

ESI stands for Employees’ State Insurance Corporation. It is a self financing social security and health insurance scheme for Indian workers. ESIC is managed by employee state insurance corporation. It functions according to according to rules and regulations stipulated in ESI act, 1948. ESIC is a autonomous body and comes under Ministry of Labor and Employment. ESIC can be accessed at ESIC portal. ESI card or ESIC card is a magnetic card issued to every insured person under ESIC act to avail various ESIC benefits.

The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 envisaged a social security scheme that would protect interest of workers. ESI protect workers in contingencies such as sickness, maternity, temporary or permanent physical disablement, death due to employment injury resulting in loss of wages or earning capacity.

Following entities are mandatorily required to be register under ESI act–

  • Having workforce greater than 10 or greater than 20 in few states (Maharashtra and Chandigarh)
  • Maximum salary of Rs 15000 for its employees.

In this article, we are going to discuss various aspects of ESIC card/ESI card/E pehchan card. These are different name for one and same thing under ESI card. ESI card is mandatory requirement for availing benefits under ESIC act, 1948. We would look into following aspects related to ESIC card in details in this article-

  • ESIC card/ESI card definition
  • Benefits of ESIC card or pehchan card
  • Application procedure on ESIC portal

What is an ESIC card or ESI card?

ESI card is a basic card given to every member who is insured under ESI act, 1948. ESIC card is also known as pehchan card. It is a magnetic identification card which is provided to insured person and insured persona family members. One ESI card each is provided to insured person and his/her family members. Having an ESI pehchan card is an mandatory requirement for availing various ESIC related benefits under ESIC act. ESI card need to be produces at ESI hospitals and dispensaries for medical treatment of insured person or family members. For full list of ESIC benefits, you can check our article on various ESIC registration benefits for insures person.

Contents of ESIC pehchan card

ESIC pehchan card contains all detail specific to a insured person. various details including name, father’s name, insurance number and full address are mentioned on ESI card. These details are provided at the time of ESIC registration on ESIC portal. It also contains photograph of insured person along with biometric details like finger prints of insured person. Photograph and fingerprints of family members is provided on their pehchan card respectively.

ESI cardFeatures and benefits of ESI card or pehchan card

  • A single ESIC card is issued for a employee. This pehchan card has a lifetime validity and insured person doesn’t need to apply for a new card even if he or she changes job at a different company. Same ESIC card remains valid at new job.
  • Most important benefits of availing ESIC scheme is that is enables insured person to avail seamless ESIC medical benefits across network of ESIC hospitals and dispensaries.
  • ESIC card is a magnetic card that stores all medical information related to a insured person. This is especially helpful during future treatment at ESIC affiliated hospital.
  • Having an ESIC pehchan card is a mandatory requirement for availing various benefits of ESIC scheme which includes medical and sickness benefits, disablement benefits, maternity benefits, unemployment allowances etc.
  • E pehchan card is a secured card and insured person doesn’t need to worry about its misuse. This card is secured by biometric authentication of insured person
  • To update ESIC employee contribution, insured person need to register on ESIC portal to update his information seamlessly
  • An insured person can change his personal information like mobile number himself. It can be updated by login in on ESIC portal himself or intimating employer to update on ESIC site.
  • Physical copy of ESIC e pehchan card need to be presented at the time of availing medical facilities at hospitals.

How to apply/download for ESIC E pehchan card

ESI card is mandatory requirement to avail various medical scheme under ESIC act, 1948. To download ESIC e pehchan card from ESIC portal, following steps need to be followed-

  • Login to the ESIC portal with your user credentials provided to you by ESIC during ESIC registration. You can learn how to register on ESIC in our article.
  • Under the employee section on ESIC site, click on “e-pehchan card“
  • You need to select the unit details for your organization to view employee details.
  • You would be able to view employee details working in your organization. To get details for a specific employee, enter ESIC insurance number for that employee. Now, you would be able to view details for that specific employee.
  • Now, click on “View counter foil” on employee detail page. This counter foil is nothing but e-pehchan card for that employee.
  • Under the same employee page, click on print option. This would automatically print ESIC card of that employee.
  • Employee need to take print out of the e pehchan card. Now, he needs to suffix photograph of himself and his dependent on the print out. This photograph should be self attested by employee or an ESIC official.
  • To utilize ESIC card for full benefits, employee also need to get official stamp of the organization or ESIC.

Tips for ESIC card

  1. For an employee, it is important to update new employer about your previous ESIC car details. ESI card would most importantly contains details like ESI registration number. If an employee switch a job, there is no need to register for a new ESIC card. Old e-pehchan card would be sufficient for availing benefits. New employer need to provide his ESIC employee contribution against same ESIC card number.
  2. If an employee need to avail various services and benefits associated with ESIC. Then, ESIC card is a mandatory requirement for it.
  3. Employee should immediately register compliant for a lost ESIc card to a local ESI office. ESI card is compulsory requirement to avail various ESIC benefits.

In this article, we have discussed various features of ESIC card such as faeatures and benefits of ESIC card, application for a esic card, contents of ESIC card, How to download e pehchan card etc. We would continue to write more articles related to ESIC in this series. For further reading on different types of trade licenses required in India, you can visit our website’s other section.

 

 

 

 



ESIC login/registration process explained for ESIC Portal

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ESIC login

 

ESI stands for Employees’ State Insurance Corporation. It is a self financing social security and health insurance scheme for Indian workers. ESIC is managed by employee state insurance corporation. It functions according to according to rules and regulations stipulated in ESI act, 1948. ESIC is a autonomous body and comes under Ministry of Labor and Employment. ESIC can be accessed at ESIC portal.

In this article, we would discuss importnat aspects related to ESIC registration like-

  • ESIC registration eligibility
  • ESIC respiration steps on ESIC portal
  • ESIC registration documents required

ESIC registration for an employee is advisable for a employee working in an organization in which employee strength is greater than 10 (in some state eligibility for ESIC registartion is 20 employees). ESIC registration for an employee entails many benefits which includes –

  • Medical benefits to employee and its family
  • Sickness benefits which can be 70% of salary
  • Maternity benefit to the women who are pregnant
  • Disablement benefit
  • Dependent benefit
  • Funeral and rehabilitation allowance

ESIC Registration eligibility

Every company in which there are are more than 10 employees need to apply for ESIC registration. In some states like Maharashtra and Chandigarh minimum number of employee for ESI registration is 10 employees. If company is fulfilling above criteria then it should register itself with ESI so that ESIC benefits mentioned above can be provided to insured employees under ESI act.

Moreover, if maximum salary of an employee is lower than 15000, then organization need to register itself with ESIC portal. ESI contribution rate are the contributions that are defined in the act for both employer as well employee. ESI contribution rate changes from time to time and employee should check ESIC official website for latest updates on ESI rate. As per latest update, ESI employer contribution has been fixed at 4% of employee salary and ESI employee contribution is 1% of salary. There is no need to pay employee contribution by an employee if wage per day is less than Rs 100 per day.

ESIC Login/Registartion steps-

Following steps need to be followed for ESIC registration on ESIC portal-

Visit ESIC portalESIC portal

Kindly visit ESIC portal on www.nsic.in. Click on the login to ESIC and on sign in portal click on “Sign up” tab

Fill details for Sign up page on ESIC portal

Following details need to be completed on Sign up page-

  • Company name
  • Principal employer name
  • State
  • Region
  • Phone number
  • Email

Kindly click on the check box accepting its term and conditions. Click on “Submit” button. Email id is required to receive username and password for logging in to ESIC employer portal.

Login in with the Username and password on ESIC site

You would receive your official username and password to login to the official ESIC site. Kindly enter these details on sign in page on the website to login to the portal.

Select new employer registration and unit type

After signing in to portal select “New Employer registration” and after that select type of unit

Employer registration details

Following details need to be filled by employer under Form 1 (Employer registration details)-

  1. Unit details 
  2. Employer details
  3. factory/Establishment details
  4. Employee details

Payment of initial ESIC contribution

After filling all required details on ESIC portal. It is time to pay ESIC contribution. Payment of initial contribution for 6 months to be done by employer at this stage. There are two methods to pay for initial ESIC employer contribution.   it can be done through ESIC online payment or ESIC challan payment. To pay through ESIC online payment, online payment section and make the payment through ESIC payment gateway. Kindly note down or save your ESIC challan number for future use.

On successful receipt of ESIC online payment, You would receive a system generated ESI Registration certificate on your registered email id. This system generated ESI registration certificate is also known as C-11. This certificate is a valid proof for ESI registration.

Employer should make sure that he or she note down ESIC employer login details at a safe place for future use. This detail would be required in future to make ESIC e payment for employer contribution on ESIC portal.

Documents required for ESIC Login/registration

ESIC loginAs per latest update, following documents are required for ESI registration-

  1. Registration certificate under Factories act or Shops and establishment act is required. This proves validity and legal existence of the enterprise for the purpose of ESIC registration on portal.
  2. Certificate of Incorporation in case of a Pvt limited company and registered partnership deed in case of a partnership firm is also required.
  3. Memorandum of association (MOA) and Article of association (AOA) for a company.
  4. List of all employees working within a organization along with details such as name, father’s name, mobile number, date of birth, date of joining, salary, postal address, grade, name of the nominee, identity proof, PAN card details and bank account details. These details are required to ascertain the eligibility for ESIC registration as per ESI act,1948.
  5. Attendance register for all the employees for latest period.
  6. PAN card of the business establishment.
  7. Copies of the licenses issued by central agencies such as GST registration certificate.
  8. A cancelled cheque of the company’s current account with a bank. This cheque would contain details like bank account number and IFSC code of the company.
  9. ESIC act also mandates companies to provide list of directors (LOD) and list of shareholders(LOS).
  10. Address proof of a proprietor, partner and directors is also required to uploaded on the ESIC portal as the case may be.
  11. Mobile number and email ID of the proprietor, partner and director as the case may be is also required to be uploaded on ESIC official website.

These documents are uploaded on ESIC unified portal for further vetting by ESIC authorities. These documents establish identity and legal existence of the company as per centralized records. ESIC employer and employee should double cross check list of documents before uploading them on ESIC site.

ESIC portal is regularly updated by developers to make it user friendly. ESIC registration is now a smooth process compared to earlier times. In this article, we have discussed various topics related to ESIC registration like ESIC registration eligibility, ESIC portal, Documents required for ESIC registration. We would continue to write more articles related to ESIC in this series. For further reading on different types of trade licenses required in India, you can visit our website’s other section.