This document summarizes the Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment's response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2424, addressed on August 4, 2025, regarding recruitments at newly established Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Hospitals. The response, provided by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, clarifies that ESI Corporation officers are designated as Group A equivalent, not Group A.
Key data points from 2021 to June 30, 2025, across newly established ESI hospitals managed by ESIC, are as follows:
* **Total Sanctioned Group A Equivalent Posts:** 557
* **Total Group A Equivalent Officers In Position:** 140
* **Category-wise Distribution of Officers In Position:**
* Unreserved (UR): 52
* Other Backward Classes (OBC): 42
* Scheduled Caste (SC): 24
* Scheduled Tribe (ST): 16
* Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 5
The response includes a table detailing the sanctioned and filled positions across 13 specific ESI hospitals, including Kakinada, Tinsukia, Bhillai, Raigarh, Kala Amb, Maithan, Bhopal, Bikaner, Kota, Tirrupur, Korba, Raipur and Pudducherry. It also states that the details of employees working on a contractual basis are not maintained centrally.
The response emphasizes that, as the ESI Corporation is an All India Cadre, post reservations are maintained on an All-India basis rather than hospital-wise. Pudducherry ESI Hospital had zero sanctioned posts.
Key Entities Referenced
Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC): A statutory body responsible for providing social security and health insurance to Indian workers.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The Indian government ministry responsible for labour policy and employment.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Indian Parliament, where the question was raised.
SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: Member of Parliament who raised the unstarred question regarding recruitments in ESI Hospitals.
SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: Minister of State for Labour and Employment who provided the answer to the Lok Sabha question.
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh: Location of one of the newly established ESI hospitals.
Tinsukia, Assam: Location of one of the newly established ESI hospitals.
Bhillai, Chhattisgarh: Location of one of the newly established ESI hospitals.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2424
TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025
RECRUITMENTS IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED ESI HOSPITALS
†2424. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to
state:
(a)the details of the total number of regular Group 'A' posts created
and recruitments made in the newly established ESI Hospitals
during the last five years, institution, hospital and category wise;
(b)the details of the number of employees working on contract basis
and the duration of such contract, category and institution-wise;
(c)the details of the percentage of the employees appointed on
contract basis in comparison to the total sanctioned posts,
category, department, institute and hospital-wise; and
(d)the details of the number of general category employees
(regular/ad-hoc/contractual) working against the sanctioned posts
for reserved categories, post and institute-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a) to (d): Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is a
statutory body and the officers working in ESIC are not Group A but
equivalent to Group A. The details of sanctioned and in position of
such Group A equivalent officers in newly established ESI hospital,
being run by ESIC, during 2021 to 30.06.2025, hospital and category
– wise is annexed.
The details of employees working on contractual basis are
not maintained centrally.
* *****ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2424 FOR 04.08.2025 BY SHRI DHARMENDRA
YADAV REGARDING RECRUITMENTS IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED ESI
HOSPITALS.
Details of number of Group A equivalent officers in newly established since 2021 to
30.06.2025, being run by ESIC, hospital and category – wise
Sl. Name of ESIC
Group A equivalent Officers
No. Hospital
Sanctioned* In-position*
UR OBC SC ST EWS
1 Kakinada 38 6 8 4 3 1
2 Tinsukia 38 1 1 0 2 0
3 Bhillai 62 2 8 2 0 1
4 Raigarh 62 2 3 0 0 0
5 Kala Amb 38 3 0 1 0 0
6 Maithan 36 4 1 1 0 0
7 Bhopal 52 5 3 5 2 2
8 Bikaner 36 5 4 1 1 0
9 Kota 52 4 1 4 4 0
10 Tirrupur 62 12 7 3 1 0
11 Korba 38 3 3 0 0 0
12 Raipur 43 5 3 3 3 1
13 Pudducherry** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 557 52 42 24 16 5
*Being All India Cadre, reservation of post is maintained on All India Basis and hospital wise.
** Taken over from the State Government on 19.05.2025
UR: Unreserved, OBC: Other Backward classes, SC: Schedule Caste, ST: Schedule Tribes,
EWS: Economically Weaker Section
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