Chief Minister Kamal Nath thanked for health insurance scheme like Sanjeevani

Officers and employees who have retired from government service have expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Kamal Nath, describing the Chief Minister’s Employees Health Insurance Scheme as ‘Sanjeevani’ (Life Giving). They said that most of the money of pension of retired government servants is spent on health care. This scheme will provide relief to a large section of pensioners.
Ganesh Dutt Joshi is a retired Assistant Statistics Officer who retired in 2007 and is working as Senior Regional Vice- President in Pensioner Association Madhya Pradesh. Besides, he is also well playing the role of a member of Pensioners Welfare Board of Madhya Pradesh Government. Joshi says “Government service may come to an end, but the work continues. The series of good works must go on. Therefore, at present I extend cooperation in redressing the grievances of pensioners.”
Joshi says that “CM Kamal Nath is the first Chief Minister, who gave concrete shape to the Chief Minister’s Employees Health Insurance Scheme by considering the health and medicine of the retired servants of the state in its entirety. Treatment is most needed in old age. At first glance this scheme looks simple and easily implementable. Every point of the scheme is effective.
Joshi says that, “ it has been learned that the Chief Minister’s Employees Health Insurance Scheme is likely to begin from April 2020. Therefore all serving and retired servants should be given the option of joining the scheme by March 25, 2020 so that their share amount can be deducted on time.” He also believes that, “retired government servants settled outside Madhya Pradesh in Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh etc. should also be included in this scheme.”
Shankarlal Soni retired from the Municipal Council in the year 2015. He runs a Sunday school and teaches poor children. He is very sensitive to the environment and distributes saplings and flower pots free of cost while giving environmental education to those interested. Thanking the Chief Minister, Soni says that, “such a concrete scheme will benefit thousands of families like us.”
G.S. Khare, Vice-President of Pensioners Association Chhatarpur, retired from the post of Civil Engineer in Public Health Engineering Department, Chhatarpur in 2010 is actively involved in social service activities. He says, “Insurance Scheme is a good scheme for pensioners. This scheme is a welcome step of the government.” Shankar Sharan Khare, who retired from the post of R.I. (Revenue) in the year 2018 said that “after very long time the government has taken note of old people from the health point of view. For this the thinking of the Chief Minister is laudable.”
Lakhan Singh who retired from S.D.O.’s post from the Public Health Engineering Department is Treasurer of Pensioners Association. He is highly enthusiastic about the scheme and says that this scheme will prove to be ‘Sanjeevani’ (Life Giving) for our pensioners community.
Majeed Mohammed, who retired from Forest Department Chhindwara as Assistant Grade II in 2017, says that the scheme is easy to be implemented. This will benefit many families. The best thing is that this scheme will be very beneficial for the employees retiring from small posts.
G.V. Navghare, who retired from the Public Works Department is the President of the Chhindwara branch of Pensioners Association Madhya Pradesh Bhopal. He says that CM Kamal Nath is a Chief Minister who takes everybody with him. He only loves work and likes to encourage people who work. This scheme reflects his inclusive thinking. This will benefit a large section of the retired people. He termed the plan as a “very practical plan”.
It is noteworthy that the decision to implement the Chief Minister’s Employees Health Insurance Scheme has been taken on the initiative of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. This will benefit about 12 lakh 55 thousand officers and employees. This includes all regular government employees, all contractual employees, teacher’s cadre, retired employees, home guards, full-time employees getting salary from contingency head and employees working in the self-governing institutions of the state.
Free treatment and medicines worth Rs 10 thousand will be made available every year for the treatment in Out Patients Department under Chief Minister’s Employees Insurance. Free general treatment facility worth Rs 5 lakhs and free facility for serious ailments worth Rs 10 lakhs will be provided per family per year.