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Ensure Proper Covid-19 Care To ESI Beneficiaries: RSS Affiliated Workers’ Union To Centre
The letter by Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) general secretary Binoy Kumar Sinha, was addressed to the Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) alleged that workers and their families insured under the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme are not getting treatment. (Representational image.) Jayanta Bhattacharya 2021-04-26T10:04:48+05:30 Ensure Proper Covid-19 Care To ESI Beneficiaries: RSS Affiliated Workers’ Union To Centre outlookindia.com 2021-04-26T10:08:15+05:30
In a letter to the Union labour minister seeking his intervention, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) alleged that workers and their families insured under the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme are not getting treatment, vaccination, or admission to designated COVID-19 hospitals.
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh (File photo)
CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed the health department to order 30 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, from the Serum Institute of India for vaccination of the 18-45 age group.
He also gave directions to use the chief minister Relief Fund for meeting the vaccine requirements of the poor.
Singh asked the department to immediately place an order for the 30 lakh doses with the Serum Institute of India so that the supplies can start coming in at the earliest, even though as per information provided by the central government for delivery of vaccines for the 18-45 age group is not expected before May 15, according to a government statement.
Punjab CM write to Centre, demands increase in oxygen quota; to order more vaccines
This is the second time in as many days when the chief minister has written to the Centre, highlighting depleting supplies.
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, urging for an increase in the state s medical oxygen quota.
This is the second time in as many days when the chief minister has written to the Centre, highlighting depleting supplies.
Currently, the daily consumption of medical oxygen in the state is around 200 metric tonnes (MT), which is expected to rise to around 250-300 MT in the next two weeks.
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AAA Around 11.58 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in February 2021 as against 11.78 lakh in the previous month, official data showed on Friday, giving a perspective on formal sector employment in the country. The latest data is part of a report released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). Gross new enrolments with the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 8.87 lakh in June 2020, 4.89 lakh in May and 2.63 lakh in April, showing the increase in enrolments after easing of the lockdown, the latest data showed. In July 2020, gross enrolments dipped to 7.63 lakh but improved to 9.5 lakh in August, 11.58 lakh in September and 12.11 lakh in October 2020. It again dipped to 9.56 lakh in November 2020.