ESI Registration (Employee State Insurance)

How It Works

1. 1

   Assess Applicability

   Determine whether the establishment meets the threshold of ten or more employees and whether employee wages fall within the ₹21,000 ceiling. Identify the correct ESIC regional office jurisdiction.

2. 2

   Employer Registration on ESIC Portal

   Create an employer account on www.esic.in by entering establishment details including legal name, PAN, address, nature of business, and bank particulars. Submit the form to obtain the seventeen-digit Employer Code Number.

3. 3

   Employee Enrolment

   Add each covered employee on the portal with name, date of birth, gender, Aadhaar number, wage details, and nominee information. The portal generates individual Insurance Numbers and Permanent Account Numbers.

4. 4

   Aadhaar Seeding and Verification

   Link each employee's Aadhaar to their ESIC Permanent Account Number on the portal. Resolve any biometric or demographic mismatches in coordination with the local UIDAI Aadhaar centre.

5. 5

   Compute and Deposit First Contribution

   Calculate the employer's contribution at 3.25% and employee's contribution at 0.75% of gross wages. Deposit the combined 4% by the fifteenth of the following month using the challan generated on the ESIC portal through any authorised bank.

6. 6

   Monthly Return Filing and Ongoing Compliance

   File monthly contribution returns in Form 5 on the ESIC portal before the prescribed due date. Maintain registers of employees, wage records, and accident registers as required under the ESI (General) Regulations, 1950.