ESIC Extends New Amnesty Scheme 2025 to 31 December 2026
ESIC has extended its New Amnesty Scheme 2025 for employers with ESI disputes until 31 December 2026.
- Document
- Press releases
- Dated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Effective
- Extension period 01.10.2026 to 31.12.2026
- Act by
- 31.12.2026
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 New Amnesty Scheme 2025 window now closes on 31.12.2026.
- The extension adds three months, from 01.10.2026 to 31.12.2026.
- Terms and conditions are unchanged from the original scheme.
- The scheme lets employers settle ESI disputes with ESIC out of court.
- The document does not say who qualifies or how to apply.
In short
ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation) has extended its New Amnesty Scheme 2025 by three months. The scheme lets employers and Insured Persons settle pending ESI Act disputes with ESIC out of court. It is a one-time route aimed at reducing the backlog of court cases.
What has changed
How it worked before
The scheme ran from 01.10.2025 to 30.09.2026. Employers with pending ESI disputes could settle out of court only within that window.
What has changed
The window is extended by three months, to 31.12.2026. The terms and conditions are the same as before.
Who this affects
Employers who have an ESI dispute or court case pending against ESIC, and the workers insured under ESI who are involved in such a case. The document does not list eligibility criteria.
An example
A small garment unit has a dispute with ESIC over contributions that is still in court. Before this extension, it had until 30.09.2026 to settle out of court under the scheme. Now it has until 31.12.2026, on the same terms, to decide whether to settle. The document gives no figures, so the settlement amount must be checked with ESIC.
What you should do
If you have a pending ESIC dispute or court case, check whether the scheme fits your case and apply for settlement before 31.12.2026. The application steps are not in this document, so use the ESIC flyer linked in the original release. If you have no pending ESIC case, no action is needed.
Deadline · 31.12.2026If you do nothing
If you do not apply before 31.12.2026, the scheme's window closes and the out-of-court settlement option under it ends. The document does not say what happens to a pending case after that date. Check the ESIC flyer or speak to your adviser for the position on your case.
The terms explained
- Insured Persons
- The workers who are covered by ESI, the employee health insurance scheme run by ESIC.
- erstwhile ESI Act
- The former version of the law on ESI, which governs the disputes this scheme covers. Erstwhile means former or earlier.
- out-of-court settlement
- Settling a dispute by agreement with ESIC without going through a court hearing to a final decision.
- backlog of court cases
- The large number of old legal disputes still waiting to be decided in court.
The original document
| Issued by | PIB |
|---|---|
| Document | Press releases |
| Full title | ESIC Extends the New Amnesty Scheme 2025 till 31 December 2026: More Time for Employers and Insured Persons to Resolve Pending Cases |
| Issued on | 29 October 2026 |
| Effective | Extension period 01.10.2026 to 31.12.2026 |
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