Extended Sickness Benefit is a Cash Benefit paid for prolonged illness due to any of the 34 specified diseases as mentioned below.

Tuberculosis
Leprosy
Chronic Empyema
Bronchiectasis
Interstitial Lung disease
AIDS
Malignant Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus-with proliferative retinopathy/diabetic footl nephropathy.
Monoplegia
Hemiplegia
Paraplegia
Hemiparesis
Intracranial space occupying lesion
Spinal Cord Compression
Parkinson's disease
Myasthenia Gravis/Neuromuscular Dystrophies
Immature Cataract with vision 6/60 or less
Detachment of Retina
Glaucoma
Coronary Artery Diseases
Congestive Heart Failure-Left, Right
Cardiac valvular Diseases with failure/complications
Cardiomyopathies
Heat disease with surgical intervention along with complications
Chronic Obstructive Long diseases .(COPD) with congestive' heart failure (CorPulmonale),
Cirrhosis of liver with ascitis/chronic active hepatitis, ("CAH")
Dislocation of vertebra/prolapse of intervertebral disc
Non union or delayed union of fracture
PostTraumatic surgical amputation of lower extremity
Compound fracture with chronic osteomyelitis
Schizophrenia
Endogenous depression
Maniac Depressive Psychosis (MDP)
Dementia
More than 20% Burns with infection/complication
Chronic Renal Failure
Reynaud's disease/Burger's disease

In addition, extended sickness benefit may also be sanctioned by the prescribed authority, in case of any rare disease or special circumstances on the recommendation of the specified authority.

Except in case of disability from administration of drugs/ injections, the insured person should have been in continuous employment for a period of 2 years and should have contributed for atleast 156 days in 4 preceding contribution periods.