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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGS workers set to get govt health insurance cover by Surabhi

NREGS workers set to get govt health insurance cover by Surabhi

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published Published on Feb 16, 2011   modified Modified on Feb 16, 2011
In a significant expansion of its health insurance scheme for the poor, the government has decided to bring workers under its flagship job guarantee programme as well as a host of workers from the unorganised sector, including rickshaw pullers and domestic workers.

The labour ministry has decided to include workers who have worked under the National Rural Employment Guarantee programme for a minimum of 15 days under the ambit of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).

The RSBY is another flagship scheme of the government which provides cashless health insurance cover to below poverty line families in the unorganised sector.

The scheme is extended to five members of the family, which includes the head of the household, spouse and up to three dependents, who are each given cash coverage up to Rs 30,000 for most diseases that require hospitalisation.

While finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had announced this as part of Budget 2010-11, the labour ministry will implement it from the fiscal starting April 1 this year.

“All those who worked under the NREGA for a period of 15 days in 2010-11, will be beneficiaries of our health insurance scheme starting 2011-12,” said a senior labour ministry official.

Further, the RSBY will make an exception and even cover those who are above the poverty line but have worked for the rural employment scheme.

Apart from this, the health insurance scheme will now also cover auto rickshaw drivers, rickshaw pullers, anganwadi workers, domestic workers, toddy tappers and rag pickers as well. “We expect another three to four crore workers to come under the scheme’s ambit now,” the official said.

The labour ministry had last year extended the scheme to include railway porters, street vendors and postmen. Till October 15, 2010, 27 states are in the process of implementation of the scheme. The scheme has been operationalised in 24 states and more than 1.95 crore smart cards have been issued covering more than seven crore persons.

The Indian Express, 11 February, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/NREGS-workers-set-to-get-govt-health-insurance-cover/748602


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