ESIC Extends the New Amnesty Scheme 2025 to 31 December 2026
ESIC has extended the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 by three months, to 31 December 2026, on unchanged terms.
- Document
- Circulars
- Dated
- 28 Oct 2026
- Effective
- 01.10.2026 to 31.12.2026
- Act by
- 31 December 2026
This page was written by Patron Accounting’s AI from the official release and reviewed before publishing. It explains the document in plain language. It is not the document itself. Where this page and the original differ, the original governs.
The short version
- The scheme now runs until 31 December 2026, not 30 September 2026.
- The extension covers 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026.
- Terms and conditions are the same as in the original scheme.
- The scheme covers withdrawal or settlement of criminal cases under Sections 75 and 82 of the ESI Act.
- ESIC has asked its field offices to publicise the extension in local newspapers.
In short
ESIC, the Employees' State Insurance Corporation, has extended the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025, which lets employers and insured workers seek withdrawal or settlement of certain criminal cases. The scheme was due to end on 30 September 2026, and this circular gives it three more months. The circular is an internal instruction to ESIC offices, asking them to tell employers and insured workers about the extension.
What has changed
How it worked before
The scheme ran from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. Employers and Insured Persons with cases under Sections 75 and 82 of the ESI Act had until that date to use it.
What has changed
The closing date moves from 30 September 2026 to 31 December 2026. The rules and conditions are unchanged from the original instructions issued on 24 July 2025.
Who this affects
Employers, and insured workers (Insured Persons), who face a criminal case under Section 75 or Section 82 of the ESI Act, 1948.
An example
A small garment unit with 40 workers has a criminal case under Section 75 of the ESI Act pending against it. Its owner wanted to settle the case but had missed the original 30 September 2026 cut-off. Under this extension, the unit can still seek withdrawal or settlement until 31 December 2026, on the same terms as before.
What you should do
If you are an employer or insured worker with such a case, check with your advisor whether you qualify, and act before 31 December 2026. The circular does not explain how to apply, so contact your nearest ESIC office for the procedure and read the full text using the link to the original.
Deadline · 31 December 2026If you do nothing
The circular does not say what happens to a case if the scheme is not used by 31 December 2026. It does not state any penalty for missing the date. The scheme's benefits are available only until that date.
The terms explained
- Insured Person
- A worker covered by ESI insurance. The scheme names insured workers alongside employers.
- ESI Act, 1948
- The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, the law that sets up ESI insurance for workers and the offences under it.
- Settlement of a case
- Ending a case by agreement, rather than letting it run to a final decision.
- Withdrawal of a case
- The case is dropped, so no further proceedings follow in it.
The original document
| Issued by | ESIC |
|---|---|
| Document | Circulars |
| Full title | Extension of The New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 – regarding |
| Issued on | 28 October 2026 |
| Effective | 01.10.2026 to 31.12.2026 |
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