PM Narendra Modi to soon launch smart card for 40 crore unorganised workersPM Narendra Modi will soon launch a smart card scheme for over 40 crore unorganised workers in the country to provide them various social s...
10 Feb, 2016, 11.17 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi may roll out health cover for senior citizens todayIt is expected to be on the lines of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana’, the accident insurance scheme launched by the government.
15 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Chhattisgarh government initiates action against 13 private hospitals for allegedly failing to provide facilitiesThe registration of three hospitals of Durg district -- Suraj Nursing Home, Sahyog Hospital and Pragya Hospital were cancelled .
21 May, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Government shuts doors on private insurers in Rashtriya Swasthya Bima YojanaThis is set to happen in the next few months as part of the shift to a direct benefit model from one mediated by insurance firms in a bid t...
06 Jan, 2015, 10.51 AM IST
PDS, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna seeding process to be done with Aadhaar registrationThe seeding of beneficiaries in Chhattisgarh for Public Distribution System and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna will be done during the regis...
28 Nov, 2014, 05.07 PM IST
Budget 2014: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana may be shifted to Health MinistryGovt is weighing possibility of shifting Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, largest medical insurance programme globally which covers over 120...
07 Jul, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
Government to pay 50 pc premium for auto, taxi drivers under RSBYOscar Fernandes will address the health concerns of auto rickshaw drivers and taxi drivers, who form a vulnerable segment of the unorganise...
27 Feb, 2014, 04.33 PM IST
Haryana's domestic workers to get health insurance under RSBYDomestic workers in Haryana will get cashless health insurance under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, a scheme for providing health care to ...
06 Jun, 2013, 02.35 PM IST
- Haryana government to provide health insurance to domestic workers
Haryana government has decided in principle to bring domestic workers under the ambit of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
25 Jun, 2012, 06.27 PM IST
- Smart card: A solution for public distribution system problem
RSBY is just the beginning. The smart card has the potential to change the way we think and to transform the entire delivery system.
29 Sep, 2011, 05.27 AM IST
- Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: UPA's flagship, opposition's pride
The 13 states governed by UPA and 7 UTs, directly administered by the Centre, have enrolled a mere 25L households or 11% of the scheme's be...
19 Mar, 2011, 01.22 PM IST
- New India Assurance takes Orissa govt to High Court
The NIACL has moved Orissa High Court challenging the state government’s order unilateral cancelling a work order awarded to it to implemen...
12 Jan, 2011, 07.43 PM IST
- Global agencies offer help to promote insurance for poor
A number of international agencies have stepped in to help the government expand the scope and improve the performance of rashtriya swasthy...
06 Dec, 2010, 06.52 AM IST
- ESIC hospital facilities elude BPL families
The government’s much-hyped plan to extend health care facilities by Employees State Insurance Corporation hospitals to BPL families covere...
02 Jan, 2009, 03.31 AM IST
- Bartronics bags Rs 400 cr order from ESIC
Identification technology services provider Bartronics India on Monday said it has received an order worth Rs 400 crore from Employee State...
18 Aug, 2008, 02.31 PM IST
- Government launches health insurance scheme
The Central Government on Tuesday launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, a health insurance scheme, for workers in the unorganised se...
01 Apr, 2008, 09.09 PM IST
- Micro insurance products may escape service tax net
Micro insurance products may get exemption from service tax. A proposal to this effect is being considered by the finance ministry to reduc...
09 Jan, 2008, 01.46 AM IST