ESIC weekly summary

ESIC updates 7-13 September 2026: claim SMS alerts

ESIC introduced claim-status alerts and issued operational directions covering estates, budgets, medicines, staffing and IT.

Week
7-13 September 2026
Source records reviewed
14

The week in brief

What changed

  1. 01

    Insured persons will receive automatic SMS updates when claims are submitted, approved or rejected.

  2. 02

    ESIC units must prepare three-year repair plans and verify ERP figures for the 2026-27 revised estimates and 2027-28 budget.

  3. 03

    Engineering and medical-officer transfers were ordered, while the Kakinada walk-in interview moved to 28 September.

  4. 04

    Hospitals were asked to redistribute slow-moving or short-expiry medicines; 17 Chennai drug samples remained under testing.

  5. 05

    IT vendors were invited to discuss Panchdeep operations, support and cybersecurity before the planned RFP.

Complied AI condensed the week's ESIC records into the points above. Use the inline links to check each underlying update.

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