M’lore: Union Minister Kodikunnil Suresh inaugurates ESIC Sub-Regional Office in City
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Mangalore, 24 Oct 2013: The union minister of state for labour and employment Kodikunnil Suresh inaugurated ESIC sub-regional office here on Thursday October 24 at 11.00am.
Karnataka minister for labour (independent charge) P T Parameshwar Naik presided the function.
The state minister U T Khader and Ramanath Rai, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mangalore south MLA J R Lobo, Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat president Koragappa Naik, vice president Rithesh Shetty, local corporator Rajendra Kumar and others were present on the occasion.
ESI Corporation set up the sub-regional office here to ease the difficulties of employers and the insured persons. This office exercises jurisdiction over 12 centres spread in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Around 2,000 factors/establishments have been covered under ESI Scheme and around 2,20,000 insured persons are getting the benefit under the Scheme.