PUDUCHERRY, August 29, 2015
ESIC asks members to seed Aadhaar number with insurance
- STAFF REPORTER
All persons, who have been insured under the ESI Act 1948 and those in possession of the Pehchan Card and those who are yet to register their particulars for issuance of the Pehchan Card have been asked to furnish their Aadhaar numbers so it can be seeded with their insurance numbers, according to a note from the Puducherry regional office of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation.
The note said that dependents of insured persons would not have to visit the Pehchan camps for their registration at ESIC once the Aadhaar numbers have been linked to the insurance number as all details available in the Aadhaar registration can be downloaded for Pehchan registration as well.
Entrepreneurs having factories and establishments under the jurisdiction of the Puducherry regional office of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation have been asked to obtain the Aadhaar numbers of all insured employees and submit them to the Regional Director, ESIC, Puducherry, added the note.
Dependents of such linked numbers need not visit the Pehchan camps as all details will be available in the Aadhaar registration