Hon’ble Minister of Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India, Shri Bhupender Yadav, today inaugurated the new building of Directorate Insurance Medical Services, ESI Scheme, Haryana at Panchkula along with Shri Manohar Lal, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Haryana and laid the foundation stone of 03 doctors dispensaries at Rai and Barhi, Sonipat district, Haryana from, Panchkula.

Union Minister, Shri Bhupendra Yadav said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Manohar Lal, the activities of ESI are being accelerated in Haryana.  He said that the foundation stone of Panchkula's ESI building was laid by Chief Minister,  Shri Manohar Lal in the year 2018 and today in the year 2023 this building has started functioning.  He said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to provide benefits to the person standing in the last row in the target time.  He said that with the construction of administrative building of ESI, the administrative work of the registered persons of ESIC in North Zone would be better looked after.  He thanked Chief Minister Manohar Lal for better running the ESI activities in the state.  He said that with the cooperation of the Haryana Government, the construction work of ESI hospitals in Manesar and Bawal is going on at a fast pace.  Apart from this, ESI hospitals will also be established in Rohtak, Ambala, Sonipat and Hisar.

The new building of Directorate, ESI Scheme, Haryana has been constructed at Sector 14, Panchkula with a total project cost of Rs.8.38 crores.  The new Directorate building will help in better administration of ESI Scheme in Haryana, besides providing services to workers at ease. 

The ESI Dispensary at Barhi is to be constructed at Plot ED-1, Phase 1, Industrial Estate, Barhi (Sonepat). It will cater to 32000 beneficiaries within the catchment areas of Barhi Industrial area, Ganaur and full stretch of NH44 up to Samalakha Insured Persons & their beneficiaries and to meet their primary medical care needs.
The ESI Dispensary at Rai will be constructed at ED1 at Sector 38, Phase II, Industrial Estate, Rai (Sonepat). It would cater to 106440 number of beneficiaries.  

Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon’ble Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India, Shri Gian Chand Gupta, Hon’ble Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Haryana, Shri Anoop Dhanak, Hon’ble Minister of State for Labour (Independent Charge), Revenue and Disaster Management, Industries & Commerce, Food, Civil Suppliers & Consumer Affairs, Govt. of Haryana Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, Hon’ble MP, Ambala, Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Hon’ble MP, Sonipat. Sh. Mohan Lal Badoli, Hon’ble MLA, Rai, Sonepat and Ms. Nirmal Rani, Hon’ble MLA, Ganaur, Sonipat were also present on the occasion. During the event at Panchkula, a health check-up camp for the workers and their family members was also organised.

Backgrounder:

ESI Scheme was introduced in Haryana Region in the year 1953, while it was a part of composite state of Punjab with its Regional Office at Chandigarh. Initially it covered around 20,000 employees & 100 employers. Further, in the state of Haryana there are 04 ESI Scheme Hospitals, 03 ESIC Hospitals and 85 Dispensaries providing Health care to the Insured Persons and their dependants. Additonally, to provide Super Specialty Treatment, ESI Corporation has collaborated with 56 tie-up hospitals and to provide Secondary Care treatments to around 89,06,957 lakh beneficiaries.

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