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Thursday, October 23, 2025
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Topic: ESIC

EPFO doubles withdrawal limit to Rs 1 lakh for exigencies, govt working to hike salary ceiling for PF

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Other change include relaxation of norms to allow a contributor to withdraw in the first six months of new job, says Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

ESIC recruits 1221 doctors, boosting healthcare services

ThePrint Team -
General duty medical officers, assistant professors, and specialists join the team.

Senior Jharkhand IAS Officer takes charge as ESIC Director General

ThePrint Team -
Shri Kamal Kishore Soan assumes additional responsibilities in the Ministry of Labour & Employment.

A govt health scheme soon for Uber, Ola, Zomato & other gig and platform workers in India

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The scheme being firmed up will be funded by the Social Security Fund, where gig companies will have to put aside 1-2% of their annual turnover. 

Modi govt’s Jan Arogya scheme looks at group health insurance plans to cover the uninsured

Abantika Ghosh -
NHA invites expressions of interest from insurance firms. It will not offer monetary aid but provide them with IT systems, hospital networks among other support under PMJAY framework.

ESIC health insurance scheme is flush with funds but that isn’t helping low-wage workers

Mahua Venkatesh -
ESIC has been battling several wars on different fronts — jump in subscriber base, poor infrastructure and bureaucratic processes.

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Opinion

It doesn’t matter who rules Delhi — AAP or BJP. Diwali madness is now an annual ritual

Vir Sanghvi -
There’s a definition of madness that seems well suited to today’s Delhi: doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result.

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

In China, Ashley Tellis’ arrest is proof that US-India trust was always fragile

Economy

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

Sampurna Panigrahi -
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

Defence

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

National Interest

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Shekhar Gupta -
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.

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