https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=111435 The document notes an elevated wage threshold for ESI deduction effective 1 January 2017 and records no formal amendment to existing contribution rates; it also describes a government proposal to temporarily lower employer and employee contribution shares in areas where the scheme is being newly established to account for limited initial medical infrastructure, while confirming that workers below the entitlement wage remain eligible for medical and related benefits and that the Employees' State Insurance regime applies to factories with ten or more workers and specified other establishments. en-us Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:31:10 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:56:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=111435 The document notes an elevated wage threshold for ESI deduction effective 1 January 2017 and records no formal amendment to existing contribution rates; it also describes a government proposal to temporarily lower employer and employee contribution shares in areas where the scheme is being newly established to account for limited initial medical infrastructure, while confirming that workers below the entitlement wage remain eligible for medical and related benefits and that the Employees' State Insurance regime applies to factories with ten or more workers and specified other establishments. Discussion-Forum Indian Laws Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:31:10 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=111435