The Telangana Cabinet, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, has given the green light to an accident insurance scheme and a cashless health scheme for all state government employees and pensioners. The accident insurance scheme aims to provide complete financial security to these individuals without any premium payments or financial burden on the government. It will cover a total of 7.57 lakh beneficiaries, including both employees and pensioners.
Minister for information and public relations, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, disclosed that the accident insurance scheme will offer ₹1.2 crore in compensation for accidental death and ₹10 lakh for natural death up to the age of 60, in addition to regular benefits. Additionally, a Cashless Employee Health Scheme has been approved to fulfill a longstanding demand of employees, covering a total of 17.07 lakh beneficiaries, including employees, pensioners, and their dependent family members. Treatment under this scheme will be cashless in government hospitals and 652 empanelled private hospitals, encompassing 1,998 medical procedures.
The scheme will require employees to contribute 1.5 percent of their basic pay, with a corresponding contribution from the government, totaling an annual outlay of ₹1,056 crore by both parties. Furthermore, the Cabinet has initiated health sector reforms by transforming the Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (TVVP) into the Directorate of Secondary Health (DSH) to enhance the procurement of medicines and surgical supplies, salary disbursement, and healthcare delivery. A special committee under Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha will delve into structural reforms in hospital administration, focusing on segregating medical and administrative services.
