Jalandhar, February 18- To make Jalandhar a leading districtin enrolment and generation of E-cards under AB- Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna,Additional Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal today asked officials tofurther speed up enrolment procedure in the district.
Presiding over a meeting with several departments in theadministrative complex, Additional Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal saidthat presently district Jalandhar was ranked 7th in terms of E-cards generationand more efforts needs to be made to scale up the current ranking.
Divulging more, he said that with 63.43 percent ofbeneficiary coverage, the E-cards have been issued to 166573 families out oftotal 262609 eligible families. He further added that the remaining families tobe benefited at war footing to achieve the goal of hundred percent coverage.
He said that soon mobile Vans to be launched in to startawareness campaign in the district. He said that this will prove vital insensitization of the masses and will help to increase the spped of the e-cardgeneration.
The ADC said that already Common Service Centres (CSCs) andVidal Company are on the job for the card generation and now the people canalso enrol themselves in Suwidha Centre.
Sarangal directed the officials from Food, Civil and Supply,Mandi Board, Excise, Labour, rural development and panchayat departments toensure the targets can be achieved at the earliest by holding maximum camps inthe district as presently there are more than 50 camps taking place at variouslocations every day.
He called upon people to carry their Aadhar cards whilevisiting these camps especially the healthcare establishments to take thebenefit of on-spot enrolment and E-card generation facilities.
The additional deputy commissioner said that people can seekcashless treatment up to Rs. Five lakh under the scheme. Further, he mentionedthat the list of empanelled hospitals and eligibility of the beneficiaries canbe viewed at sha.punjab.gov.in
The scheme offers 1579 packages to the beneficiariesincluding 180 packages reserved for public hospitals of which 25 packages werereferable to private hospitals, said the ADC.
He added that the Punjab Government has appointed VidalHealth Insurance TPA to carry out enrollment and E-card generation tasks. Thecompany was holding mobile camps at various locations in the district.
The company has also set up exclusive camps for J-formholder farmers at the premises of market committees across the district, hementioned.
He said that the scheme covers beneficiaries holding NFSAration cards, construction workers, SECC beneficiaries, small traders, theyellow cardholder or accredited Journalists, J-farm holder farmers, and allPMJAY families (Blue card holder families).
The additional deputy commissioner also directed all theofficials to work in a coordinated manner to make this scheme a mega success inthe district.