New pension scheme to benefit 30 lakh
Thursday, 05/04/2018
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Chandigarh : Around 30 lakh people will be covered under the New Pension Scheme. Every single person living under the poverty line will get free health insurance cover.
Brahm Mohindra, Health and Family Welfare Minister, while chairing the Civil Surgeons’ conference organised here on Wednesday issued instructions to Civil Surgeons to make foolproof arrangements to implement this flagship health scheme so that needy persons could reap its full benefit.
The Health Minister said that under the National Health Protection Scheme, ‘Ayushman Diwas’ would be celebrated in the state on April 30. He said that on the same day, Gram Sabha Diwas would also be observed in panchayat ghars under the chairmanship of panchayat secretaries.
