Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Government’s move to convert Medical Services section of ESI (Employees State Insurance) into a Society, the INTUC (Indian National Trade Union Congress) expressed concern that such a conversion will severely inconvenience the beneficiary employees.
Addressing a press meet here recently, INTUC State General Secretary V. Venkatesh said that the ESI is running from funds that are cut from wages of over 45 lakh employees of the State. Pointing out that over 30 percent of the population is benefitted from this scheme, Venkatesh contended that the conversion of ESI into a society would mean that the Government would be losing a key department that bears a direct influence on the population.
