Ministry of Labour and Employment vide Gazette notification No. S.O.373(E), has appointed 1st February 2021 as the date on which the following provisions of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 shall come into force in the areas of, Dharmapuri district and Ranipet district in the state of Tamilnadu, namely:- (i) Section 38 (All employees to be insured), Section 39 (Contributions), Section 40 (Principal employer to pay contributions in the first instance), Section 41 (Recovery of contributions from immediate employer), Section 42 (General provisions as to payment of contributions), Section 43 (Method of payment of contribution) and Sections 45A to 45H (Determination of contributions in certain cases, Appellate Authority, Recovery of contributions, Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer, Recovery officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded, Validity of certificate and amendment thereof, Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof, Other modes of recovery, Application of certain provisions of the Income-Tax Act) of Chapter IV and certain other provisions of Chapter V and VI. Please refer to the notification for more details