ESIC launches SPREE 2025 to expand employer-employee registration and strengthens healthcare infrastructure
ESIC launched SPREE 2025 (July 2025–January 2026) to enrol organised-sector employers and employees left out of ESI coverage and upgraded healthcare delivery for insured persons.
- ESI coverage is a social security system; ESIC runs the health and cash benefits for eligible insured workers.
- SPREE 2025 gives a one-time chance for organised-sector employers and employees who were missed for ESI coverage to register without fear of retrospective action.
- ESIC upgraded outpatient department (OPD) appointment systems to improve how insured patients get appointments.
- ESIC uses Aadhaar-based authentication to verify eligibility while delivering ESI benefits.
What happened: ESIC launches SPREE 2025 and reports enrolment additions
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) launched the Scheme to Promote Registration of Employers/Employees (SPREE 2025) from July 2025 to January 2026. SPREE 2025 provided a one-time opportunity for organised-sector employers and employees who may have been inadvertently left out from ESI coverage to register without retrospective coverage concerns or punitive action.
ESIC reported the following additions during SPREE 2025 (up to 31.01.2026):
UPSC can frame SPREE 2025 as an administrative strategy that improves social security coverage while simultaneously expanding ESIC healthcare infrastructure and digital delivery processes for insured persons.
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