S.O. 2144(E)

What it says

Ministry of Labour and Employment notification S.O. 2144(E) of 30 April 2026, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary No. 2071, Part II Section 3(ii), under F. No. S-38013/04/2026-SS-I. Under the third proviso to the First Schedule of the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Central Government appoints 1 May 2026 as the date on and from which the contribution from employers and employees of establishments in the entire areas of the Andrott, Amini, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Chetlat and Kiltan Islands in the Union territory of Lakshadweep shall be payable under section 29, and any benefits under Ch

What was taken from it

The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: ESIC · Lakshadweep.

As.Printed

The gazette prints the Union territory's name as Lakshdweep, without the second a. Quoted as printed

Effect

Contributions become payable under section 29 by employers and employees of establishments in the entire areas of the named islands, and benefits under Chapter IV will be provided by the Corporation to their employees

File

F. No. S-38013/04/2026-SS-I

First.Time

This is the first time ESI reaches Lakshadweep. It arrives under the Code on Social Security, 2020 rather than the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948

From

1 May 2026

Notified.Count

6 of Lakshadweep's 10 inhabited islands

Notified.Islands

Andrott, Amini, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Chetlat, and Kiltan

Order

S.O. 2144(E) of 30 April 2026, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Gazette of India Extraordinary No. 2071, Part II Section 3(ii)

Other.Islands

Not stated. Four of the ten inhabited islands are not named by the order, and nothing is inferred about them here

Power

The third proviso to the First Schedule of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020) - not the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948

Where this is cited

• ESIC · Lakshadweep