Government’s Health Insurance Scheme Covers Seven Areas Of Disorganized
Insurance of India’s flagship health insurance soon be expanded to include more than seven non-unionized sectors, the government gradually expands its scope to include most workers in the informal appeal.
The Ministry of Labour in the cabinet of separate notes, proposals to extend the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana to include rag pickers, rickshaw, rickshaw and taxi drivers, miners, health workers and workers Grog.
“Our goal is to progressively cover all workers in the informal sector,” a ministry official. The Department distributes the Council of Ministers separate notes for different sectors to ensure that if differences arise between members of the Council of Ministers in a given sector does not retain the approval of other sectors.
ET had reported on Monday that the RSBY also pays the medical visits and medication, if the pilots to go to prove feasible.
RSBY offer of Rs 30 000 annual family health cover five crore received a registration fee of Rs 30 mark of states to provide 25% of the funds needed for the rest of the old system.
The system initially applies to all forms of poverty, families below the line, and later employee MGNREGA. Earlier this year, the Cabinet cleared the proposal to include domestic workers, beedi workers and street vendors as well. Labour Minister Mallikarjuna Kharg asked state governments to accelerate the implementation process of the executive departments. The Centre has already issued guidelines for states to identify the maids, street vendors and beedi workers.
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In his speech at this year’s budget, the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee also announced that several areas, including non-coal mines, would extend coverage RSBY.
A budget allocation of Rs 350 million rupees was made to RSBY in the year, but the Ministry of Labor wants an additional Rs 150 crore due to the increasing importance of the plan. The department may also take advantage of the National Social Security Fund to Rs 1000 crore has been allocated.
Some unions argue that the government should not choose the sectors and instead provide a social security coverage for all non-union workers. But the Labour Ministry said that universal health insurance to 360 million workers at a time would be no small task.
“We take care to ensure the proper implementation of the system so that the benefits reach the target groups, and losses are at least”, the official said.
Source: [ET]
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