Central Government has extended ESI Act, 1948 to establishments located in Andaman and Nicobar

The Central Government vide notification dated 28th March, 2022 has extended the provisions of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 to the following classes of establishments located in areas of the Union territory of Andaman
and Nicobar lslands, where the provisions of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948) have already been
brought into force under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act.

(i) Shops;
(ii) Hotels;
(iii) Restaurants;
(iv) Road motor transport establishments;
(v) Cinemas including preview theatres;
(vi) Newspaper establishments as defined in clause (d) of section 2 of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper
Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955);
(vii) Educational Institutions (including public, private aided or partially aided) run by an individual, trust, society or other organisation;
(viii) Medical institutions (including corporate, joint sector, trust, charitable and private ownership hospitals), nursing homes, diagnostic centres and pathological labs.

The objections and suggestions may be addressed to Shri Madan Chaurasia, Under Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001 (E-mail: madan.c@nic.in) within a month of publication of this notification.

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