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Sarma on Monday formally launched the much-awaited Mukhya Mantri Lok Sewak Arogya Yojana, an online medical bill reimbursement scheme for Government of Assam's employees, pensioners, and their dependents...
Medical bills under the scheme shall be reimbursed at rates equivalent to that of Central Government Health Schemes (CGHS) and these shall be credited directly towards the accounts of the claimant employees within a stipulated time-frame..
Sarma exuded confidence the Mukhya Mantri Lok Sewak Arogya Yojana shall be able to do away with bureaucratic red-tapism to a great extant and shall provide huge relief to government employees by simplifying the process of reimbursement of medical bills...
Paperwork to make medical treatment benefits under the scheme cashless in as many hospitals as possible is going on, he said, adding that from coming April 1, treatments for government employees at medical colleges across the State and AIIMS at Changsari shall be made cashless..
The old system of medical reimbursement shall continue to be operational for those employees unwilling to shift to Mukhya Mantri Lok Sewak Arogya Yojana, Sarma said.. Sarma, as part of Swacch Bharat Divas being celebrated ceremonially transferred first instalment an amount of Rs. 9,000 each to the bank accounts of 1 lakh beneficiaries under the Individual Household Latrine (IHHL)...
