Applies to this profile · 10 or more employeesCovers employees earning up to ₹21,000 a month (ceiling continued under the Code's transitional provisions; will be updated when a new ceiling is notified).

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Applicability + contribution.

The Code, not the Act

Both instruments are made under the Code on Social Security, 2020 rather than the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 — among the first operative uses of the Code this desk has recorded. The first, S.O. 2144(E) of 30 April 2026, is made by the Ministry of Labour and Employment under the third proviso to the First Schedule of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020) and appoints the 1st day of May, 2026 as the date on and from which the contribution from the employers and employees of establishments in the entire areas of the said islands shall be payable under section 29, and any benefits under Chapter IV relating to the Employees State Insurance Corporation will be provided by the Corporation to the employees of such establishments. The second, No. N-17011/1/Lakshadweep/2026-P&D of 18 May 2026, is made by the Employees' State Insurance Corporation under Section 32(2) of the Code on Social Security, 2020 and Regulation 95-A of the Employees' State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950 read with section 164(2)(b) of the Code: the Director General has fixed the 1st May, 2026 as the date from which the medical benefit as laid down in the said Regulation 95-A shall be extended to the families of insured persons in all the areas of the said islands. Both gazettes print the Union territory's name as “Lakshdweep”, without the second “a”. Quoted as printed.

Employees' State Insurance reached Lakshadweep for the first time on 1 May 2026, in 6 of its 10 inhabited islands, by two central gazettes made under the Code on Social Security, 2020.

Not yet verified against an official source

The 6 islands covered

Islands: Andrott, Amini, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Chetlat, KiltanThe notifications cover the entire areas of these islands. Lakshadweep has 10 inhabited islands, so the remaining four are not covered by either instrument and nothing is said about them here.S.O. 2144(E)
Contributions payable from: 1 May 2026Under section 29 of the Code on Social Security, 2020. File F. No. S-38013/04/2026-SS-I, signed by Ashutosh A. T. Pednekar, Jt. Secy..S.O. 2144(E), The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3 — Sub-section (ii), No. 2071 of 30 April 2026
Medical benefit to families from: 1 May 2026Under Regulation 95-A of the Employees' State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950. Signed by Ratnesh Kumar Gautam, Insurance Commissioner (P&D).No. N-17011/1/Lakshadweep/2026-P&D, The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III — Section 4, No. 384 of 9 June 2026
How the Union territory's name is printed: “Lakshdweep”Both gazettes print the Union territory's name as “Lakshdweep”, without the second “a”. Quoted as printed.The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3 — Sub-section (ii), No. 2071 of 30 April 2026

Applies from: 10 employees, in notified areasCode on Social Security, 2020
Wage ceiling: ₹21,000 a monthESI regulations
Contributions: Employee 0.75%, employer 3.25% of wagesESI regulations