DC fixes daily targets of all departments for generation of -ecards under Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana

Ludhiana: To ensure that maximum e-cards under the Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana are generated in the district so that a large number of residents can be benefitted, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma has set daily targets for the heads of all concerned government departments. The Deputy Commissioner said that he would review the progress of all departments on a daily basis as the state government is very clear that a maximum number of people are benefited from this scheme. 

The District Administration has chalked out a multi-pronged strategy for stepping up the enrolment under the ambitious cashless health insurance program of the state government by involving beneficiaries, residents, elected representatives and all stakeholders.

Under the scheme, cashless treatment up to Rs 5 lakh is being offered to the beneficiaries. The beneficiaries can avail treatment at both government and private hospitals. E-smart Ration Cardholders, farmers who have been issued J-Forms by Punjab Mandi Board and their family members, traders registered with Excise and Taxation Department and construction workers registered with the construction worker’s welfare board and all journalists accredited to the state government or holding yellow cards are eligible under the scheme.

He said that cashless secondary care & tertiary care treatment of 1396 packages in public and empanelled private hospitals of Punjab is being given to the people under the scheme. Further, he mentioned that the list of empanelled hospitals and eligibility of the beneficiaries can be viewed at sha.punjab.gov.in.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that the district administration is already holding several enrolment camps in rural Ludhiana and for the urban population, the Sewa Kendras, Common Service Centres (CSCs) and Suvidha Kendras are already on the job to maximise the coverage of targeted beneficiaries.

He added that the eligible beneficiaries could get their e-card generated through a network of Common Service Centres, Sewa Kendras and Suwidha Centres across the district at Rs 30 and the same service can be obtained in the government hospitals in the district free of cost.