New Delhi: According to official data released on Friday, almost 12.84 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security plan in January 2021, compared to 15.34 lakh the previous month, providing insight into formal sector employment in the country. The latest data can be found in a report published by the National Statistical Office (NSO).

As per latest data, gross new enrolments with ESIC were 10.78 lakh in April, 8.91 lakh in May, 10.68 lakh in June, 13.42 lakh in July, 13.47 lakh in August, 13.57 lakh in September, 12.47 lakh in October, and 10.44 lakh in November 2021. After governments eased COVID-induced limitations following the second wave of the epidemic, which reached the country in mid-April last year, enrolments increased in June, July, and August.

According to the NSO data, gross enrolments of new ESIC subscribers were 1.15 crore in 2020-21, up from 1.51 crore in 2019-20 and 1.49 crore in 2018-19.  Around 83.35 lakh new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme between September 2017 and March 2018. ESIC has 6.21 crore gross new enrolments from September 2017 to January 2022.

The NSO report is based on payroll data from new subscribers to ESIC, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), and the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority's various social security schemes (PFRDA).

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