Govt to implement Mukhya Mantri Karmchari Swasthya Bima Yojana
   Date :05-Jan-2020

Govt to implement Mukhya
 
Staff Reporter :
 
All Government-Retired including other employees to be benefitted
 
 
In a Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Kamal Nath at Mantralaya on Saturday, a decision has been taken to implement Mukhya Mantri Karmchari Swasthya Bima Yojana in the State. About 12.55 lakh employees/officers of the State will be benefitted under the scheme. All regular Government Employees, Contractual employees, teacher cadre, retired employees, Home Guard, full-time employees getting salary from the contingency fund and employees serving in autonomous institutions of the state will be benefitted by the scheme.
 
The scheme will be optional for the employees of corporations/boards and for the officers of the all India service. Under the Mukhya Mantri Karmchari Swasthya Bima Yojana, upto Rs 10,000 per annum for free medical treatment in OPD will be provided or free medicines will be distributed. For general medical treatment, free medical facility upto Rs 5 lakh per annum and upto Rs 10 lakh per annum for serious illness treatment to each family will be provided. A special permission can be given by the State-level Medical Board for treatment over Rs 10 lakh.
 
560 New Posts: The Cabinet has granted approval to continue the 100 percent aided ‘One Stop Centre’ Scheme of the Government of India, operated by the Women and Child Development Department in 51 districts of the State. An approval to create new 560 posts has also been given for this scheme. Discretionary Fund of Ministers now enhanced to Rs 1 crore: The Cabinet has granted approval to enhance the discretionary fund of the Ministers from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore per annum.
 
Similarly, the discretionary fund of the Ministers of State has been raised to Rs 60 lakh from Rs 35 lakh annually. CM Kamal Nath releases Government calendar and diary for the year-2020: Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Saturday released the diary and calendar for the year 2020 of Madhya Pradesh Government. Members of the Cabinet were present on the occasion. The subject matter of the official calendar focused on the work done by the Government in public interest in the last one year. The state and its citizens have benefited from these achievements.