Narsana village is first in Rajasthan with 100% health insurance cover
The ₹10 lakh cashless health insurance insurance is implemented under the Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna, which is a flagship scheme of the Rajasthan government. The Jalore district management completed 100% insurance with the assist of donors and the fitness department.
The Yojna started on 1st May, 2021 with ₹5 lakh health coverage however later it became elevated to ₹10 lakh. Over 12 lakh people have benefited under this scheme, and a sum of ₹1,400 crores has been spent.
Presenting a completely unique model, the district administration, with the assist of donors and the health department, has covered all the families of the Narsana gram panchayat under this scheme.
Jalore district collector, Nishant Jain said the gram panchayat has 1,235 families, and all are covered under the Yojna. “There were 428 families, which were not covered automatically under the Yojna as they were not under categories covered free of cost. On being effectively convinced by the sarpanch, block development officer and others, 248 of 428 families paid ₹850 each and got covered,” he said.
Jain stated for the remaining 180 families, Sarpanch, Santosh Kanwar and others approached nearby donor Tej Raj, who has paid a premium of rupees 1.53 lakh for the remaining, and with that the whole village were covered.
“Working at the same model, we’ve got recognized 20 gram panchayats in 10 blocks and are targeting ‘100% medical health insurance coverage’ of the families by the end of the month,” stated Jain.
The insurance premium is free for the eligible beneficiary families who are under the Food Security Act (NFSA) of the State registered in the free category, Socio Economic Census (SECC) 2011, contract workers who are working in all departments / boards / corporations / government organizations of the state, small and marginal farmers and pastoralists. The destitute and helpless families who are receiving the ex-gratia for the year Covid-19 are included
The insurance premium is free for eligible beneficiary families under the Food Security Act (NFSA) of the state registered in the free category, Socio Economic Census (SECC) 2011, contract workers working in all departments/boards/corporations/government companies of the state, small and marginal farmers and pastoralists. The destitute and helpless families receiving the ex-gratia amount for the year Covid-19 are included.