GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1775
ANSWERED ON 28.08.2012
Health insurance for CGHS beneficiaries
1775 SHRI BASHISTHA NARAIN SINGH
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to satate :-
a) whether it is a fact that in the year 2010, Government mooted a plan to
provide health insurance scheme to its serving and retired employees;
(b) if so, the present status of that scheme;
(c) whether it is also a fact that beneficiaries including Members of
Parliament are not getting required medicines from dispensaries specially
Ayurvedic dispensary of North Avenue and elsewhere; and
(d) if so, by when Government would seriously consider providing health
insurance cover to CGHS beneficiaries in order to provide better healthcare?
ANSWER
(a) & (b): There is a proposal for introduction of a health insurance scheme for central government employees and pensioners on pan-India basis with special focus on pensioners living in non-CGHS areas. As per the directions of the ‘Committee of Secretaries’, a proposal for inclusion of this scheme in the 12th Five Year Plan has been sent for consideration of the Steering Committee of the Planning Commission, before placing the same for approval of the competent authority.
(c) : No.
(d): No specific time frame can be given for introduction of the proposed health insurance scheme.
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