Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 · Chapter VA: Scheme for Other Beneficiaries
Section 73A: Definitions
The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 was repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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.
In this Chapter,
(a) “other beneficiaries” means persons other than the person insured under this Act;
(b) “Scheme” means any Scheme framed by the Central Government from time to time under section 73B for the medical facility for other beneficiaries;
(c) “underutilised hospital” means any hospital not fully utilised by the persons insured under this Act;
(d) “user charges” means the amount which is to be charged from the other beneficiaries for medical facilities as may be notified by the Corporation in consultation with the Central Government from time to time.]
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.