Eligible Criteria for family members to avail ESIC benefits

What are the eligibility criteria for insured persons' family members to avail ESIC benefits?

My father is a retired government employee. Can he avail benefits on my ESIC card?

Family - definition under ESI Act - ESI Scheme - RO, ESIC Mumbai India

Family means all or any of the following relatives of an insured person, namely:

- A spouse
- A minor legitimate or adopted child dependent upon the insured person
- A child who is wholly dependent on the earnings of the insured person and who is
(a) receiving education, until he or she attains the age of twenty-one years
(b) an unmarried daughter
- A child who is infirm by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury and is wholly dependent on the earnings of the insured person, as long as the infirmity continues
- Dependent parents

Is your father a pensioner from the government?

https://www.esic.nic.in/CIRCULARS/Bft190511parents.pdf

No. R.13/12/Policy/2001-Bft.11 Dated: 19.5.2011

To All RDs/Directors/Jt. Dirs (I/c),
Regional/Sub-Regional Offices,
ESI Corporation,

Subject: Eligibility condition for dependent parents for medical benefit

Sir/Madam,

Kindly refer to Sl. No. 5 of the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part-II Section 3-Sub Section (I) vide G.S.R. 229(E) bearing No. 5-38012/1/2009-SS-I dated 23.3.2011 regarding the insertion of Rule 61-A after Rule 61 in ESI (Central) rule. A copy of the said Notification has been sent to you via endorsement of letter No. X-11/14/1/2002-P&D dated 5.4.2011.

As per the said amendment, the income of dependent parents for eligibility for medical benefits under sub-clause (v) of clause (11) of Section 2 of the ESI Act from all sources should not exceed Rs. 5000/- (Rs. Five thousand) in a month. The above amendment has come into force w.e.f. 1.4.2011. You are requested to bring this to the notice of all concerned under your control for strict compliance.

Receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.

Kindly cross-check with the nearby ESIC clinic the income levels presently in force.