About ESIC Delhi:
The promulgation of Employee's State Insurance Act, 1948(ESI Act), by the Parliament was the first major legislation on social Security for workers in independent India.It was a time when the industry was still in a nascent stage and the country was heavily dependent on an assortment of imported goods from the developed or fast developing countries.The deployment of manpower in manufacturing processes was limited to a few select industries such as jute, textile, chemicals etc.The legislation on creation and development of a fool proof multi-dimensional Social Security system, when the country's economy was in a very fledgling state was obviously a remarkable gesture towards the socio economic amelioration of a workface though limited in number and geographic distribution.India, notwithstanding, thus, took the lead in providing organized social protection to the working class through statutory provision.