GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 702 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

ESIC DISPENSARY-CUM-BRANCH OFFICE

702. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

(a)whether the Government proposes to open ESIC Dispensary-cum- Branch Office in every district of the country; (b)if so, the details thereof alongwith the districts wherein the said ESIC Dispensary-cum-Branch Office are proposed to be set up, State/UT-wise; and (c)the extent to which this will strengthen the medical services provided by ESIC? ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The ESI Corporation in its 174th Meeting held on 29.05.2018 approved a proposal to open ESIC Dispensary-cum- Branch Office (DCBO) in every district irrespective of whether a district has been partially or fully implemented or whether a state run dispensary exists in the area or not, so that ESIC has presence for service delivery in each of the notified districts. A statement showing the State-wise details of ESIC DCBO to be set up in the first phase is at Annexure.

(c): ESIC is providing medical services through State Government. Setting up of Dispensary cum Branch Office (DCBO) will help in strengthening the delivery of medical and other benefits to insured persons. * ********

ANNEXURE

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 702 FOR 23.07.2018 BY SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN REGARDING ‘ESIC DISPENSARY-CUM-BRANCH OFFICE’

Sl. No. Name of the State No. of Dispensary Cum Branch Name of the places/District Office West Singhbhum Hazaribagh Garhwa Palamu Latehar Lohardaga Simdega Khunti Gumla 1 18 Chatra Jamtara Pakur Godda Sahebganj Dumka Ghatshila Patratu Katra Udhampur 2 J&K 4 Sambha Srinagar Kurukshetra Jhajjar Mahendergarh 3 Haryana 6 Fatehabad Kaithal Mewat Bidar Chamarajanagar Chikkaballapura Haveri 4 Karnataka 8 Kodaguru Yadgir Uttara Kannada (Karwar) Chikkamagaluru Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal 5 Uttarakhand 2 New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal Bhadoi, Sant Ravidas Nagar Amethi Amroha Bijnaur Chandauli Etawah Farrukhabad Fatehpur Gazipur 6 Uttar Pradesh 19 Hapur Hardoi Hathras Kanpur Dehat Mirzapur Muzaffarnagar Rampur Sant Kabeer Nagar Shahjahanpur Sitapur Munnar Sulthan Bathery Ranni 7 Kerala 6 Balussery Thazhekode Kanhangad Chhabda Boondi Churu 8 7 Karoli Sawai Madhopur Pratapgarh Jalore Birbhum Murshidabad Malda 9 West Bengal 6 Jalpaiguri Coochbehar Jhargram Adilabad 10 Telangana 17 Jagtial Janagaon Jaya Shankar Bhupalpally Jogulamba Gadwal Kamareddy Karimnagar Khammam Nagarkurnool Rajanna Sirisilla Suryapet Wanaparthy Warangal Rural Medak Ranga Reddy Dist. Vikarabad Mahabubabad Muktsar 11 Punjab 3 Nawanshahr Derabassi, Mohali Kangra Bilaspur 12 Himachal Pradesh 4 Mandi Shimla Khargon Reewa Khandwa Neemach Hoshangabad Guna Tikamgarh Balaghat Jhabua Singrauli 13 Madhya Pradesh 34 Chhindwada Sivni Mandla Shajapur Damoh Chhatarpur Narsinghpur Seedhi Vidisha Dindori Panna Sihore Badwani Rajgarh Baitul Sheopur Ashoknagar Alirajpur Harda Shivpuri Aagar Malwa Anooppur Datiya Umaria Jayamkondacholapuram Palacode Kilvelur Perambalur Bus Stand Thirvadanai 14 Tamilnadu 10 Thirupuvanam Thiruvannamalai Chinnasalem Yercaud Musiri Araria Arwal Aurangabad Banka East Champaran Gopalganj Jamui Jehanabad Kaimur 15 Bihar 38 Khagaria Kisanganj Lakhisarai Madhepura Madhubani Nawada Purnea Saharsa Sheikhpura Sheohar Siwan Supaul West Champaran Begusarai Bhagalpur Bhojpur Saran Darbhanga Buxar Gaya Katihar Munger Muzaffarpur Nalanda Patna Rohtas Samastipur Sitamarhi Vaisahli Colaba Borivali Tarapur Murbad Alibaug Chakan Shirval Kagal Islampur Chincholi Wardha 16 Maharashtra 22 Tirora Khamgaon Kalmeshwar Akola Amaravati Chandrapur Sinner Paithan Bhuswal Shirpur Nanded Majuli (Assam) Chirang (Assam) Goalpara (Assam) Dhemaji (Assam) Golaghat (Assam) Hojai (Assam) Baksa (Assam) Jantia Hills (Assam) East Jantia Hills (Meghalaya) West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) South West Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) 17 North East 22 Wokha (Nagaland) Zunheboto (Nagaland) Tuensang (Nagaland) Kolasib (Mizoram) Mamit (Mizoram) Champhai (Mizoram) Serchhip (Mizoram) Senapati (Manipur) Churachanpur (Manipur) Thoubal (Manipur) Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) 18 Chhattisgarh 17 Balod Mungeli Balrampur

Surajpur Suraguja Jashpur Bastar Bijapur Dantewada Kanker Kondagaon Mahasamund Narayanpur Sukma Kabirdham Bemetara Koriya

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