ESI scheme records 18 lakh new workers in Dec 2022

New Delhi, Feb 21 (KNN) According the provisional payroll data of the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme (ESI Scheme), 18.03 lakh new employees have been added in the month of December, 2022.

Year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 14.52 lakh employees who paid contribution in ESI Scheme in December 2022 as compared to December 2021.

As per data revealed on Monday, around 27,700 new establishments have been registered in the month of December, 2022 under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation ensuring social security cover to their employees.

Of the total 18.03 lakh employees added during the month, the number of employees aged up to 25 years is 8.30 lakhs. 

It shows that the youth of the nation are getting good employment opportunities in the country.

Gender-wise analysis of payroll data indicates that enrolment of net female members has been 3.44 lakh in December, 2022. 

The data shows that a total 80 transgender employees have also got registered under ESI Scheme in the month of December.  (KNN Bureau)