Ayushman Bharat e-card services begin at 26 Sewa Kendras in Jalandhar district

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 21

Accelerating the pace of the ongoing drive to cover all eligible beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Sunday launched e-card generation services at all 26 type-2 Sewa Kendras of the district.

While unveiling the e-card programme at the District Administrative Complex Sewa Kendra, the DC said as many as 2,62,520 families in the district were eligible to avail the benefit of cashless treatment up to Rs5 lakh under the scheme.

He called upon people to get them enrolled under the scheme by visiting Sewa Kendras, CSCs, and government healthcare institutions along with their Aadhar cards. He said the e-card generation services have been launched in all 26 type-2 Sewa Kendras including one near BDPO office Adampur, near bus stand Alawalpur, backside Patwarkhana Phillaur, behind bus stand Nakodar, Bara Pind road Goraya, Basti Mithu, Bhogpur, Dasehra Ground Shahkot, EOCP Noormahal, Gonse Mohalla, Nakodar, Guru Amardass Colony, Kartarpur, Major Rohit Sharma Government School, Model Town, near tube well No. 2 Goraya, New Sabji Mandi, Maqsoodan, opposite Parminder Hospital Hoshiarpur Road, Phull Road Lohian, Primary Health Centre Mehatpur, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences Garha Road, Suwidha Centre SDM office Nakodar, Suwidha Centre SDM Officer Phillaur, Sewa Kendra under ROB Domoria Bridge, Dhilwan village near elementary school, village Khurla Kingra road, opposite Government High School Kot Sadiq village and Ladhewali village.

The DC said these e-card generation services would start at the remaining six Sewa Kendras of the type-3 category as well from February 26 onwards. He directed Sewa Kendra operators to put their maximum efforts to make this scheme a great success besides making Jalandhar a leading district in e-card generation. The DC also announced reward and honor for top performing operators generating the highest number of e-cards, adding he asked the officials of the governance reform department to develop a system to analyze the performance of every operator.

Meanwhile, he also reviewed the pendency of Sewa Kendras and expressed satisfaction over the current pendency rate of 0.02 per cent, which is the lowest in the state.

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