I am a private school teacher, I was an insured person from 2016-2019. Then I changed my job and there was not ESIC option for employees though my salary was less than 21000. Now I am again getting benefits of ESIC from April 2021. Is my ward eligible under IP ward quota in ESIC Medical College.

Hello sir

The minimum eligibility for obtaining IP ward certificate is

“The ‘Insured Person’ shall be an ‘employee’ as defined in the ESI Act; and he/she should have been in continuous insurable employment for a minimum period of five / four / three years as on, and immediately preceding the 1st January of the year of admission; and contribution in respect of him/her were paid/payable for not less than 78 days in all the 9/7/5 contribution periods immediately preceding 1st January of the year of admission with the proviso that the return of contribution as provided under Section 44 of the ESI Act read with Regulation 26(a) of the ESI (General) Regulations be filed within 42 days of termination of contribution period to which it relates, during this five / four / three year period. However, if the IP does not fulfill the requirement of minimum 78 days of paid or payable contribution as above in the specified CPs on account of exigency beyond control of IP, 78 days of paid / payable contribution shall be allowed to reckon from among the 02* contribution periods shown in the tables in Para (4.5) during the five / four / three year period for determining eligibility. The five / four / three year period along with extended period of one year for the purpose eligibility should lie between recorded date of entry into the scheme and critical date for eligibility, i.e. 1st January of the year of admission.

so it is clearly mentioned that you should be continuous employee for minimum of three years. So as you have just started getting benifit this year,I think your child will not be eligible for IP ward certificate.

hope this information helps you

All the best