Rs 5 lakh free insurance scheme starts for farmers
Informs District Mandi Officer Jasbir Kaur
cityairnews
Mar 4, 2020 05:58
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Ludhiana: The Punjab government, through the Punjab Mandi Board have started Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana for all the farmers of the state. The farmers, who have sold their produce in year 2018 or 2019, those farmers would be able to avail free health treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh under this scheme.
District Mandi Officer Mrs Jasbir Kaur informed that the farmers who want to avail benefit of this scheme should contact their respective Market Committee Offices along with their J Form/Sugarcane Weight Slip. She stated that the already registered farmers should also contact the Market Committee offices for verification of their name, for getting e-card made, get names of their family members added, information regarding government and private empanelled hospitals etc. She informed that the state government has also started a toll free number 104 for this purpose, besides the farmers can also visit websites, mandiboard.nic.in or shapunjab.in for further details.
