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Ayushmann Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana: Farmers told to apply by July 24

Amritsar, July 20Scheme BenefitsThe scheme will ensure cashless medical treatment benefit of upto Rs5 lakh for 1,396 different ailments. The covered ailments include heart surgeries, cancer treatment, joint replacement procedures and the treatment in accidental casesThe district administration has appealed to the farmers to submit applications till July 24 in order to be able to derive benefit under the ‘Ayushmann Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana’ for the year 2020-21. Each beneficiary family under the scheme would get a cashless treatment upto Rs 5 lakh.Deputy Commissioner Shivdular Singh Dhillon said all farmers who had received the J-Form and those who have the ‘Sugarcane Weight Slips’, were eligible for the benefit under the scheme. He added that eligible farmers needed to submit their applications along with the required documents with their respective Market Committees or with their respective commission agents (Arhtiya) by July 24.He also added that the premium of the insurance of the farmers would be paid by the Punjab Mandi Board and the farming community would not have to pay any fee. Dhillon said the scheme would ensure cashless medical treatment benefit of upto Rs 5 lakh for 1,396 different ailments. The covered ailments include heart surgeries, cancer treatment, joint replacement procedures and the treatment in accidental cases.The DC said the farmers desirous of availing of the benefits in accordance with the scheme could get the self-declaration form from the concerned Market Committee office or the firm of the commission agent (Arhtiya) or can also be downloaded from the website www.mandiboard .nic.in. After receiving the applications from the farmers, the uploading would be done on the portal specially created for the purpose after which the eligible farmers would be issued the ‘Sehat Bima Cards’.Under this cashless scheme, all such ailments would be covered for treatment which requires hospitalisation for a period of more than 24 hours or are listed under the daycare treatment scheme.

The Tribune

2020-07-21