Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 · Chapter II: Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council
Section 8: Constitution of Standing Committee
The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 was repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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.
A Standing Committee of the Corporation shall be constituted from among its members, consisting of—
(a) a Chairman, [appointed] by the Central Government;
(b) three members of the Corporation, [ [appointed] by the Central Government]; [(bb) three members of the Corporation representing such three State Governments thereon as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify from time to time;]
(c) [eight] members elected by the Corporation as follows:— * * * * *
(ii) [three] members from among the members of the Corporation representing employers;
(iii) [three] members from among the members of the Corporation representing employees;
(iv) one member from among the members of the Corporation representing the medical profession; and
(v) one member from among the members of the Corporation elected by [Parliament]; [(d) the Director General of the Corporation, ex officio.]
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.
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