Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

Section - 28 - Purposes for which the fund may be expended

Purposes for which the fund may be expended.

28. Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any rules made by the Central Government in that behalf, the Employees’ State Insur­ance Fund shall be expended only for the following purposes, namely :—

(i) payment of benefits and provision of medical treatment and atten­dance to insured persons and, where the medical benefit is extended to their families, the provision of such medical benefit to their fami­lies, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and defraying the charges and costs in connection therewith;

(ii) payment of fees and allowances to members of the Corporation, the Standing Committee and the Medical Benefit Council, the Regional Boards, Local Committees and Regional and Local Medical Benefit Councils;

(iii) payment of salaries, leave and joining time allowances, travelling and compensatory allowances, gratuities and compassionate allowances, pensions, contributions to provident or other benefit fund of officers and servants of the Corporation and meeting the expenditure in respect of offices and other services set up for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act;

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