Archive · 1 Jan 2026
SPREE 2025 Deadline Extended to January 31, 2026
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has extended the deadline for the SPREE 2025 scheme to January 31, 2026.
This scheme helps employers and employees who were left out of the ESI coverage to register without worrying about past penalties.
So far, 71,199 new employers and 87.60 lakh employees have registered.
The extension was requested by employers, employers’ associations, and state governments.
Employers who register by the new deadline will not have to pay past contributions or face inspections.
If they don’t register by January 31, 2026, they will have to pay past contributions, damages, interest, and may face legal actions and penalties.
The scheme aims to increase social security coverage in India.
The SPREE 2025 scheme deadline has been extended to January 31, 2026, from December 31, 2025.
The scheme allows employers and employees to register without retrospective coverage or punitive action.
71,199 new employers and 87.60 lakh employees have been added to the ESI coverage so far.
Employers registering by the new deadline will not have to pay past contributions or face inspections.
Non-registration after January 31, 2026, will result in penalties, including past contributions, damages, interest, and legal actions.
- Who
- Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and Ministry for Labour and Employment
- What
- Extension of the SPREE 2025 scheme deadline
- When
- Extended until January 31, 2026
- Where
- India
- Why
- To expand social security coverage and promote voluntary compliance
- Scheme Name
- Scheme for Promotion of Registration of Employers and Employees (SPREE 2025)
- Original Deadline
- December 31, 2025
- Extended Deadline
- January 31, 2026
- New Employers Registered
- 71,199
- New Employees Registered
- 87.60 lakh
- Benefits of Registration
- No retrospective coverage, no punitive action, no demand for past contributions, no inspections, no requirement of prior records
- Penalties for Non-Registration
- Past contributions, damages, interest, legal actions, and penalties
- Registration Portals
- ESIC, Shram Suvidha, and MCA portals