EXTRACT OF ESIC ACT
1. Short title, extent, commencement and application. — (1) This Act may be called the
Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to 2
[the whole of India 3
[***]].
(3) It shall come into force on such date or dates as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different
provisions of this Act and 1
[for different States or for different parts thereof].
(4) It shall apply, in the first instance, to all factories (including factories belonging to
the 2
[Government]) other than seasonal factories.
3
[Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to a factory or
establishment belonging to or under the control of the Government whose employees are
otherwise in receipt of benefits substantially similar or superior to the benefits provided under this
ACT
This makes it clear that welfare measures are officially difficult to circumvent.