Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 · Chapter II: Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council
Section 4: Constitution of Corporation
The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 was repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
The Corporation shall consist of the following members, namely:— [(a) a Chairman to be [appointed] by the Central Government;
(b) a Vice-Chairman to be [appointed] by the Central Government;]
(c) not more than five persons to be [appointed] by the Central Government ***;
(d) one person each representing each of the [ [States] in which this Act is in force] to be [appointed] by the State Government concerned;
(e) one person to be [appointed] by the Central Government to represent the [Union territories];
(f) [ten] persons representing employers to be [appointed] by the Central Government in consultation with such organisations of employers as may be recognised for the purpose by the Central Government;
(g) [ten] persons representing employees to be [appointed] by the Central Government in consultation with such organisations of employees as may be recognised for the purpose by the Central Government;
(h) two persons representing the medical profession to be [appointed] by the Central Government in consultation with such organisations of medical practitioners as may be recognised for the purpose by the Central Government; *** [(i) three members of Parliament of whom two shall be members of the House of the People (Lok Sabha) and one shall be a member of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) elected respectively by the members of the House of the People and the members of the Council of States; and
(j) the Director General of the Corporation, ex officio.]
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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