Press Information Bureau
Government of India Ministry of Labour & Employment
17-December-2012 14:02 IST
Smart Cards under RSBY
As on 30.11.2012, RashtriyaSwasthyaBimaYojana(RSBY) is
being implemented in 26 States/UT, namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
West Bengal, Pondicherry and Chandigarh Administration. As on 30.11.2012, more
than 3.31 crore smart cards have been issued in these States/ UTs.
Under RSBY the premium is shared in the ratio of 75:25 between Center and State
except in case of NER States and Jammu & Kashmir where it is
in ratio of 90:10. The cost of smart card preparation @ Rs 60/- per card is
included in the premium quoted by the Insurance Companies and this amount is
entirely borne by the Central Govt. Total amount of central share of premium,
including cost of smart card, released to States/UTs during last 3 years and
the current year under RSBY is as under:
Rs. in crore
As on 30.11.2012 total 33196142 .smart cards are active in
the country. The scheme is at present not being implemented in Tamil Nadu State.
In case of Chhapra,Siwan and Maharajganj Districts in Bihar the
no. of smart cards and premium rate per family including smart card cost, is as
under:
*Maharajganj is a block which comes under Siwan District
so number of smart cards are included in Siwan District and
premium rate is the same.
As on 30.11.2012 total 12538 Hospitals
(both public & private) have been empaneled under RSBY to provide
hospitalization services.
The process of issuing the smart cards to
all eligible BPL families is carried out by the enrolment teams by visiting the
concerned villages/areas with proper awareness compaigns conducted in
this regard. The enrolment process normally goes on for four months and in this
duration, efforts are made to complete maximum enrolment. Once the enrolment
completes, the remaining beneficiaries can be added only in the next round of
RSBY policy enrolment, The cards are printed and handed over to the
beneficiary at the enrolment station itself. As per estimated BPL data for
2009-10 about 6.00 crore BPL families are in the country and RSBY has
been able to cover so far only about 3.3 crore families in 26 States/
UTs.
The total number of hospitalization cases reported under
RSBY (including in Tamil Nadu which has implemented RSBY till 2010-11) in last
3 years and current year (as on 30.11.2012) are as under:
The
Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri K. Suresh
gave this information in reply to a written question in
the Lok Sabha today .
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