The Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), non-responsive for 8 months, comes calling after an RTI application filed with the help of PCGT. - Pcgt

The Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), non-responsive for 8 months, comes calling after an RTI application filed with the help of PCGT.

Shri Ashok S. Pawar, an employee of ESIC, Thane committed suicide (21-1-2017) alleging harassment by his superiors. Even though a police case was registered in this regard, no visible action was evident from the department (ESI) with the office remaining silent till November 2017 when the widow of the deceased approached PCGT who guided her to file an RTI application seeking to know the status of action by the ESIC on the suicide note of the deceased, alleging harassment and corruption and irregularities by some seniors. ESIC HQ., replied in December 2017 that a departmental inquiry was going on and further progress would be updated soon after completion of the inquiry.