Registration/Renewal of Health Cards: Minister informs parliament

Written by Medical Dialogues Bureau Published On 2018-03-12T09:46:37+05:30 | Updated On 12 March 2018 9:46 AM IST

Registration/Renewal of Health Cards: Minister informs parliament

New Delhi: Recently, through a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State (independent charge) Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed about the Registration/Renewal of Health Cards.

Under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a smart card is issued to the beneficiaries for availing the benefits of the scheme in offline mode.

In the Budget speech of 2018-19, the Government has announced to launch a flagship National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) providing coverage upto Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospitalization. Once NHPS is launched, RSBY will be subsumed in it. The contours of the proposed scheme are yet to be finalized.

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