The Union Cabinet has approved health coverage for all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, regardless of income, under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. This move will benefit around 4.5 crore families and aims to provide free health insurance cover of Rs five lakh to six crore senior citizens. Eligible beneficiaries…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, along with JKNC President Farooq Abdullah, announced five guarantees for the people of Jammu and Kashmir if the Congress-NC alliance is voted to power. These guarantees include interest-free loans for women entrepreneurs, health insurance, monthly financial support for women heads of families, rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandit migrants, and rights for OBCs….
The Namakkal District consumer disputes redressal commission ordered an insurance company to pay 80 lakh as compensation to the wife of a policyholder who died of Covid-19. The policyholder had taken a 75 lakh insurance policy with TATA AIG but the company denied the claim citing pre-existing conditions. The commission found the company’s refusal to…
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka proposed exempting GST on health insurance premiums for senior citizens and reducing or exempting premiums for middle and lower middle class groups to ensure access to quality healthcare. He made these suggestions at the 54th GST Council meeting chaired by Nirmala Sitaraman. He also proposed exempting GST on research…
The city police in T’puram have decided to transfer the investigation of a multi-crore insurance claim fraud to the district crime branch due to an increasing number of cases being registered by the medical college police. Four police officers are accused of being involved in the scam, where crores of rupees were siphoned off from…
The Medisep scheme in Thiruvananthapuram has provided over Rs 1,485 crore in treatment benefits over the past two-and-a-half years. Government employees, pensioners, and their dependents receive free inpatient treatment and insurance coverage. The scheme covers treatments in both private and government hospitals, as well as for critical illnesses and organ transplants. Membership is granted without…