An employee was getting a salary of Rs.16,000 in the month of August 2016. Based on the older limit, that employee wasn't being covered under ESI then. How will that employee be benefitted with this revision? Will the revision have an effect on the employ

With this revision, that employee will now be covered under the ESI limit as the limit has now increased to Rs. 21,000.

The employee will be covered under the ESI limit, from October 2016 onwards. This revision does not have any effect on your salary for months prior to October 2016, that is August and September, 2016.