DC sets target of 2k enrolments daily

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, September 6

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ghanshyam Thori on Monday directed all officials to enrol at least 2,000 new beneficiaries daily under the AB-Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana in Jalandhar to cover maximum population of the district.

Chairing a meeting with the stakeholders here at the district administrative complex, the DC said only with the collective efforts, success in this Herculean task could be achieved. He added Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna could empower people, especially the underprivileged sections of the society with the benefit of the robust social security system. Motivating the operators, the deputy commissioner said the top performer CSCs to be felicitated with cash awards for driving the scheme on a mission mode. He asked all SDMs to personally monitor the progress of this scheme in their respective jurisdictions while exhorting BDPOs, EOs, AFSOs to work in tandem to realise this goal. He stated that mobile camps to be held across the district to enrol beneficiaries at construction or PDS distribution sites.

Thori said under the scheme beneficiaries could avail the benefit of cashless treatment up to Rs 5 lakh from various empanelled private hospitals adding the CSCs could play a pivotal role in achieving this goal. He said there are about 200 CSCs in the district and with concerted efforts of each one of them enrolments and e-cards generation could be done easily.

The deputy commissioner said that all 13 government health institutions and 57 private hospitals were empanelled in the district.

Further, he mentioned that the list of empanelled hospitals and eligibility of the beneficiaries can be viewed at sha.punjab.gov.in.

The scheme offers 1,579 packages to the beneficiaries including 180 packages reserved for public hospitals of which 25 packages were referable to private hospitals, said the deputy commissioner.

He called upon people to avail the benefit of the enrolment and e-card generation services at Sewa Kendras just by paying nominal fee of Rs 30.

The DC said the scheme covers beneficiaries holding NFSA ration cards, construction workers, SECC beneficiaries, small traders, the yellow cardholder or accredited Journalists, J-farm holder farmers, and all PMJAY families (blue card holder families). He also directed all SDMs, SMOs, BDPOs to work in a coordinated manner to make this scheme a mega success in the district.