ESIC extends date for filing February contributions

New Delhi, April 14

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) today enhanced relief measures for business entitites and workers, including further extension of deadline for filing ESI contributions for the month of February.

The period for filing ESI contributions for February and March was earlier extended to April 15 and May 15, 2020, respectively.

The Union Labour Ministry said now the period for filing ESI contributions for February has been extended to May 15, 2020. The period for filing contribution for March is also May 15, 2020. No penalty or interest or damage will be levied on establishments during the extended period. Around 3.49 crore insured persons and 12,11,174 employers will get relief with the extension of period for filing the return.

To ease hardship of ESI beneficiaries, purchase of medicines by them from private chemists during the lockdown period and its subsequent reimbursement by the ESIC has been permitted. A provision has also been made for providing medical services to insured persons at tie-up hospitals, if an ESIC hospital is declared a Covid-19 hospital. — TNS