The Ministry of Labour and Employment has said that Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, ESIC is working at expanding healthcare access to the workforce and their dependants, by converging the facilities of Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, AB-PMJAY with the Corporation.

The Ministry said in a release today that the initiative will benefit over 14.43 crore ESI beneficiaries and their families. It added that, the convergence will provide the employees with greater access to quality and comprehensive medical care across India and they will be able to avail the secondary and tertiary medical services at over 30 thousand AB-PMJAY-empanelled hospitals nationwide.

There will be no financial ceilings on treatment costs. The Ministry said, the charitable hospitals across the country will also be empanelled for treatment of the ESI beneficiaries.