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Omar bringing entire poor population under health insurance

GNS New Delhi, February 09 :Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today discussed the issue of expanding the orbit of health insurance scheme Rashtriya Swasth Bhema Yojana (RSBY) to the entire poor population of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union Director General of Labour, Anil Saroop at a meeting here this afternoon.
The scheme is presently available to the BPL families in the two districts of Jammu and Srinagar but Omar Abdullah had taken up the issue with the Centre Government to bring entire poor population of all the districts of Jammu and Kashmir under the scheme.
As a result of Chief Minister’s initiative the Union Director General of Labour today discussed the issue with the Chief Minister here.
Omar Abdullah highlighted the need for covering entire poor population of the State under the scheme aimed at providing health insurance cover to the tune of Rs. 30000 per family. The scheme is sponsored by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment and will be executed by the State Health Department in the State.
Each beneficiary family will have to pay only Rs. 30 as registration fee to get benefits of the scheme for five members. The premium will be paid by the Centre and the State Governments.
Omar Abdullah said that the universalization of health care would get considerable boost by this scheme and the endeavours of the State to make health service accessible to entire poor population in the State would get a considerable push forward.

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