The administration of Medical Benefit under the ESI Scheme is the statutory responsibility of the State Government except in the Union Territory of Delhi where the ESIC has taken over direct responsibility to administer the same with effect from 1.4.1962. The Corporation has also taken the responsibility of directly administering the existing Occupational Disease Centres at Delhi. Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai and Nagda as well as the Scheme in the Industrial pocket of Uttar Pradesh i.e., Noida and Greater Noida.