 Attendees of the ‘Mega Awareness-cum-Outreach and Preventive Health Check-up Camp’ organised by Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), North-East Regional Office on August 12 in Dimapur. (Photo Courtesy: ESIC NE Office) Dimapur, August 14 (MExN): The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), North-East Regional Office, organised a ‘Mega Awareness-cum-Outreach and Preventive Health Check-up Camp’ in Dimapur on August 12 aimed at promoting awareness of the ESI Scheme and its benefits among stakeholders, employers, employees, and beneficiaries. Gracing the event, Chief Guest, Pranay Sinha, Insurance Commissioner (NE Zone), highlighted two key initiatives during the event. The first was SPREE 2025 (Scheme for Promotion of Registration of Employers and Employees), approved at the 196th ESI Corporation meeting chaired by Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya. Running from July 1 to December 31, 2025, the scheme offers a one-time opportunity for unregistered employers and employees, including contractual and temporary workers, to enrol under the ESI Scheme without the risk of inspections or penalties for past dues. The second was the Amnesty Scheme 2025, which will be in effect from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026. This scheme aims to resolve long-standing disputes, particularly those involving interest and damages, and empowers Regional Directors to withdraw cases once dues are cleared—thereby reducing the legal burden on employers Meanwhile, ESIC NE Regional Director Robert L Guite informed that the ESI Scheme is currently operational in eight Nagaland districts namely Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Chumukedima, Niuland, Tseminyu, Wokha, and Zunheboto. It covers 4630 insured persons and benefiting over 17,965 people. At the event, Avile Vitso, CEO of ESI Scheme, Nagaland, explained the scheme’s benefits, tie-up arrangements, and procedures for availing services. The programme provided a platform for knowledge sharing, grievance redressal, and feedback to improve service delivery, informed a press release from the regional office. The event saw active participation from employers, employees, and representatives of various employers’ associations and workers’ unions in large number, it added. |
