The Employees State Insurance Corporation vide its notification dated 29th June 2020 has ordered to make the mobile number and bank account details of an employee mandatory for registering as an insured person which shall in force from 1st July 2020.
While registering a new insured person, the mobile number should be mandatorily filled. It should be available in the ESIC database. The number should be unique or it should be accessed through OTP.
Further, the Bank details of existing insured persons shall be filled by the employer by logging into employer portal accessing “Update particulars of existing persons” link and the cash benefits will be settled only if the correct bank account details are available in the system.
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