(a) whether a large number of posts are lying vacant in Employees State Insurance Corporation which is causing great difficulty to the beneficiaries in receiving proper service;
(b) if so, the details of vacancies in different parts of the country in ESIC particularly in Delhi recorded as on date;
(c) whether the vacancies are proposed to be filled up in near future; and
(d) if so, the time by which all the vacancies are likely to be filled up?
MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI K. CHANDRASEKHAR RAO)
(a) & (b): The details of vacancies in the medical wing of ESI Corporation are Annexed. Besides this, there are 2005 vacancies on the non-medical side of ESIC.
The beneficiaries are not facing any problem because the medical services are being provided by appointing Sr. / Jr. Residents and other staff on contractual basis till regular incumbents are posted. On the non-medical side, the services are being provided by redeployment / rationalization of staff.
(c) & (d): The filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and recruitment is done on a periodical basis because vacancies occur almost on a regular periodicity.
Annexure referred to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2724
Vacancy Position in ESI Scheme as on 31.03.2005
Sl. State Medical Para Medical Others No. Vacant Vacant vacant 1. Andhra Pradesh 285 414 430 2. Assam 17 27 4 3. Bihar 59 171 178 4. Chandigarh 7 26 16 Admn.
5. Chhatisgarh 10 14 16 6. Delhi 413 723 377 7 Goa 03 3 5 8. Gujrat 216 607 401 9. Haryana 32 129 207 10. Himachal - 8 17 Pradesh 11. Karnataka 144 282 260 12. Kerala 190 303 148 13. Madhya Pradesh 49 160 91 14. Maharashtra a) Mumbai 85 338 720 b) Pune 22 31 57 c) Nagpur 20 95 132
15. Meghalaya - 5 4 16. Orissa 53 46 80 17. Pondicherry 10 16 1 18. Punjab 17 281 19. Rajsthan 58 134 65 20. Tamilnadu 116 625 779 21. Uttar Pradesh 107 279 158 22. Uttaranchal 6 6 2 23. West Bengal 215 933 1090 24. Jammu & Kashmir 3 6 10 25. Jharkhand 100 191 347
Total 2208 5555 5966