ESI registration enrols your establishment with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation so that employees within the wage limit get medical care and cash benefits. You get a 17-digit employer code, each employee gets an insurance number, and contributions are paid every month. We prepare the application and employee data and file it with you.
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) runs a social security scheme that gives insured employees medical care and cash benefits for sickness, maternity, disablement and employment injury, and gives their dependants cover. An employer registers the establishment, receives a 17-digit employer code, and then enrols each eligible employee, who receives an insurance (IP) number.
Two tests: the establishment, then each employee.
The ongoing cost is the monthly contribution, not a registration charge.
An estimate for planning, using the limit and rates above.
Medical care: Medical treatment for the insured person and covered dependants through ESIC hospitals, dispensaries and empanelled facilities.
The establishment documents are the same for most applicants; the employee list is what takes time.
The official sequence, with how we help at each point.
Late payment carries interest and damages. A simple annual rate of interest was notified in 2026, and the basis of damages after the ESI Act was repealed is still settling, so we confirm both, and any registration time limit, for the month you are filing; we do not quote a number we have not checked.
Pick the last day of the wage month to see the date by which the contribution is due.
Employee count or wage data does not match what you filed elsewhere.
StampMitra is a filing assistance platform. We are not ESIC and not a law firm.
Establishments with 10 or more persons, under Chapter IV of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (one person for a notified hazardous occupation; seasonal factories are excluded). We confirm any state-specific position before filing.
Employees with gross wages up to ₹21,000 a month are covered, and the limit is ₹25,000 for persons with disability. A higher limit has been discussed but we have not seen it notified. We check the limit in force when you file.
The employer pays 3.25% of wages and the employee 0.75%, each rounded up to the next rupee (Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026). An earlier rule made the employee share nil up to ₹176 a day; we confirm whether it still applies, and the employer share is payable either way.
Registration is done online on the ESIC or Shram Suvidha portal. The ongoing cost is the monthly contribution. We confirm that no portal charge applies before we file. StampMitra's own fee starts at ₹7,899 plus GST.
By the 15th of the following month. The contribution periods are April to September and October to March.
The employer code is a 17-digit number for the establishment. The insurance (IP) number identifies each insured employee.
Often yes. They are separate registrations with separate codes: ESI is medical and cash benefits, EPF is retirement savings. We can guide you on both.
The employee is outside coverage on that limit. There are carry-over rules within a contribution period, so we check each case before you stop deducting.
Yes. Under the Code on Social Security, 2020 a person engaged through a contractor is an employee, and the principal employer pays the contributions, so they should be on your employee list.
There is no renewal. The obligation is ongoing, with monthly payments. We confirm how coverage continues if your headcount later falls.