Badal launches health insurance scheme for poor

Fazilka: 11th November 2013

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal launched the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna amid much fanfare at a state-level function here today. Balbir Singh of Katehra, the native village of Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani, was the first to be given a smart card under the scheme. About 15.5 lakh blue ration card-holders will be enrolled for cashless healthcare facilities up to Rs 30,000 per family (of five) at the state's government hospitals and private notified hospitals under the scheme.

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