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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5908 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 COVERAGE AND ENROLMENT UNDER ESI SCHEME IN UTTAR PRADESH 5908. SHRI RAJEEV RAI: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that 74 out of 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been covered under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI)...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5908 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 COVERAGE AND ENROLMENT UNDER ESI SCHEME IN UTTAR PRADESH
5908. SHRI RAJEEV RAI:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to
state:
(a) whether it is a fact that 74 out of 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been covered under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Scheme and if so, the date of notification including the details of remaining districts;
(b) the details of latest number of insured persons and contributing establishments in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise, including Mau district;
(c) whether any assessment has been made regarding coverage gaps, awareness levels or enrolment shortfalls in rural areas, such as Ghosi constituency and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the details of steps taken by the Government to improve enrolment, outreach and timely delivery of medical benefits in Mau district? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a): All the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are covered under the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Scheme. The district-wise, date of
notification of ESI Scheme in UP is at Annexure-I.
(b): The district-wise, number of Insured Persons (IPs), including Mau district in the Uttar Pradesh, is at Annexure-II.
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Presently, all 75 districts of UP are covered with Regional Office
(RO) at Kanpur and 03 Sub Regional Offices (SRO) at Varanasi, Noida and Lucknow. The number of contributing employers, RO/SRO-wise
are as under:
Name of RO/SRO No. of contributing employers RO Kanpur 14,268 SRO Varanasi 4,402 SRO Noida 26,291 SRO Lucknow 11,092 Total 56,053
(c) & (d): ESIC has launched the Scheme to Promote Registration of Employers/ Employees (SPREE, 2025) for the period from 1st July 2025 to 31st January, 2026 to offer a one-time opportunity for employers and employees who may have been inadvertently left out from ESI coverage to register without concern for retrospective coverage or punitive action.
Total 1,38,718 new employers and 1,12,72,772 employees have been added across the country, during the Scheme till
31.01.2026 including 11,359 new employers and 10,00,612 new employees in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
At present, ESI Services are available in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh through State run Dispensary, for primary treatment of the insured persons and their dependents. Secondary medical care in Mau district, is being provided by Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Varanasi. For tertiary treatment, a network of total 136 empanelled medical institutions has been established across the Uttar Pradesh region, where ESI beneficiaries may avail medical services on cashless basis in emergency situations.
** ******ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5908 FOR 30.03.2026 BY SHRI RAJEEV RAI REGARDING COVERAGE AND ENROLMENT UNDER ESI SCHEME IN UTTAR PRADESH.
District-wise, date of notification of ESI Scheme in UP:
Sl. District Status No. Date of Implementation of full districts.
1. Agra Fully Notified 01.01.2017
2. Aligarh Fully Notified 01.01.2017
3. Prayagraj Fully Notified 01.01.2017
4. Amethi Fully Notified 01.01.2017
5. Amroha Fully Notified 01.01.2017
6. Barabanki Fully Notified 01.01.2017
7. Bareilly Fully Notified 01.01.2017
8. Bijnor Fully Notified 01.01.2017
9. Bulandshahr Fully Notified 01.01.2017
10. Chandauli Fully Notified 01.01.2017
11. Etawah Fully Notified 01.01.2017
12. Farrukhabad Fully Notified 01.01.2017
13. Fatehpur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
14. Firozabad Fully Notified 01.01.2017
15. Gautam Buddha Nagar Fully Notified 01.01.2017
16. Ghaziabad Fully Notified 01.01.2017
17. Ghazipur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
18. Gorkakhpur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
19. Hapur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
20. Hathras Fully Notified 01.01.2017
21. Jhansi Fully Notified 01.01.2017
22. Kanpur Dehat Fully Notified 01.01.2017
23. Kanpur Nagar Fully Notified 01.01.2017
24. Hardoi Fully Notified 01.01.2017
25. Lucknow Fully Notified 01.01.2017
26. Mathura Fully Notified 01.01.2017
27. Mau Fully Notified 01.01.2017
28. Mainpuri Fully Notified 01.12.2023
29. Meerut Fully Notified 01.01.2017
30. Mirzapur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
31. Moradabad Fully Notified 01.01.2017
32. Muzaffarnagar Fully Notified 01.01.2017
33. Rae Bareli Fully Notified 01.01.2017
34. Rampur Fully Notified 01.01.201735. Saharanpur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
36. Sant Kabir Nagar Fully Notified 01.01.2017
37. Sant Ravidas Nagar Fully Notified 01.01.2017
38. Shahjahanpur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
39. Sitapur Fully Notified 01.01.2017
40. Sonbhadra Fully Notified 01.01.2017
41. Unnao Fully Notified 01.01.2017
42. Varanasi Fully Notified 01.01.2017
43. Etah Fully Notified 01.12.2023
44. Lakhimpuri Kheri Fully Notified 01.12.2023
45. Balrampur Fully Notified 01.12.2023
46. Basti Fully Notified 01.12.2023
47. Lalitpur Fully Notified 01.11.2023
48. Kushinagar Fully Notified 01.11.2023
49. Kaushambi Fully Notified 01.11.2023
50. Badaun Fully Notified 01.11.2023
51. Sultanpur Fully Notified 01.11.2023
52. Deoria Fully Notified 01.11.2023
53. Ballia Fully Notified 01.11.2023
54. Jaunpur Fully Notified 01.11.2023
55. Azamgarh Fully Notified 01.11.2023
56. Sambhal Fully Notified 01.11.2023
57. Ayodhya Fully Notified 01.11.2023
58. Baghpat Fully Notified 01.11.2023
59. Chitrakoot Fully Notified 01.11.2023
60. Ambedkar Nagar Fully Notified 01.04.2025
61. Auraiya Fully Notified 01.04.2025
62. Kannauj Fully Notified 01.04.2025
63. Kasganj Fully Notified 01.04.2025
64. Bahraich Fully Notified 01.04.2025
65. Maharajganj Fully Notified 01.04.2025
66. Mahoba Fully Notified 01.04.2025
67. Pilibhit Fully Notified 01.04.2025
68. Pratapgarh Fully Notified 01.04.2025
69. Shamli Fully Notified 01.04.2025
70. Shravasti Fully Notified 01.04.2025
71. Gonda Fully Notified 01.04.2025
72. Siddharthnagar Fully Notified 01.04.2025
73. Hamirpur Fully Notified 01.04.2025
74. Jalaun Fully Notified 01.04.2025
75. Banda Fully Notified 01.08.2025 (Source: ESIC Hqrs)ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5908 FOR 30.03.2026 BY SHRI RAJEEV RAI REGARDING COVERAGE AND ENROLMENT UNDER ESI SCHEME IN UTTAR PRADESH.
Details of district-wise number of Insured Persons in the Uttar Pradesh as on 25.03.2026
(Provisional):
Sl. No.
Name of the District No. of Insured Persons
1. Agra 140585
2. Aligarh 32116
3. Prayagraj 49788
4. Ambedkar Nagar 490
5. Amethi 56
6. Amroha 1067
7. Auraiya 645
8. Ayodhya 3687
9. Azamgarh 1592
10. Baghpat 1069
11. Bahraich 534
12. Ballia 866
13. Balrampur 610
14. Banda 53
15. Barabanki 19857
16. Bareilly 66386
17. Basti 662
18. Bijnor 323
19. Budaun 1034
20. Bulandshahr 33690
21. Chandauli 4616
22. Chitrakoot 548
23. Deoria 1127
24. Etah 1176
25. Farrukhabad 1710
26. Fatehpur 3136
27. Firozabad 24006
28. Gautam Buddha Nagar 1100095
29. Ghaziabad 264665
30. Ghazipur 3456
31. Gonda 562
32. Gorkakhpur 549433. Hamirpur 562
34. Hardoi 1790
35. Hathras (Mahamaya Nagar) 4791
36. Jalaun 440
37. Jaunpur 3105
38. Jhansi 20255
39. Kannauj 445
40. Kanpur Dehat 7438
41. Kanpur Nagar 175196
42. Kasganj 118
43. Kaushambi 61688
44. Kushinagar 64029
45. Lakhimpur Kheri 1759
46. Lalitput 801
47. Lucknow 452372
48. Maharajganj 204
49. Mahoba 208
50. Mathura 35906
51. Mau 4128
52. Meerut 78994
53. Mirzapur 8438
54. Moradabad 92610
55. Muzaffarnagar 19529
56. Panchsheel Nagar district (Hapur) 14964
57. Pilibhit 653
58. Pratapgarh 354
59. Rae Bareli 29348
60. Rampur 575
61. Saharanpur 25876
62. Sambhal 541
63. Sant Kabir Nagar 2581
64. Sant Ravidas Nagar 9823
65. Shahjahanpur 2356
66. Shamli 661
67. Shravasti 39
68. Siddharthnagar 197
69. Sitapur 739
70. Sonbhadra 29583
71. Sultanpur 416
72. Unnao 20478
73. Varanasi 122313 (Source: ESIC Hqrs) *****