Consider the following: 1. Hotels and restaurants 2. Motor transport undertakings 3. Newspaper establishments 4. Private medical institutions The employees of which of the above can have the 'Social Security' coverage under Employees State Insurance Scheme?

1. The Employees' State Insurance Scheme (ESI Scheme), governed by the ESI Act, 1948, provides comprehensive Social Security benefits like medical care, sickness benefit, maternity benefit, disablement benefit, and dependents' benefit to insured employees and their families. 2. Initially applicable mainly to factories, Section 1(5) of the ESI Act allows the appropriate government to extend the scheme's coverage to other classes of establishments. 3. Over time, the coverage of the ESI Scheme has been extended notification-wise (by Central and State Governments) to various sectors beyond factories, subject typically to a minimum employment threshold (often 10 or more persons). 4. Statement 1 (Hotels and restaurants): Yes, the scheme has been extended to hotels and restaurants employing the specified number of employees in most areas. 5. Statement 2 (Motor transport undertakings): Yes, road motor transport undertakings are covered under the extended provisions of the Act in many areas. 6. Statement 3 (Newspaper establishments): Yes, newspaper establishments (as defined under relevant acts) are generally covered. 7. Statement 4 (Private medical institutions): Yes, the scheme has been extended to cover private medical institutions (like hospitals, diagnostic centres) and also private educational institutions in many states. 8. Therefore, employees of all the listed types of establishments can potentially have Social Security coverage under the ESI Scheme, depending on location, specific notification, and meeting the employment threshold.