Lok Sabha Question No. 2109 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Health Insurance under MGNREGA
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: C.R. CHAUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTAR RED  QUESTION NO. 2109 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH MAY, 2016

## HEALTH INSURANCE UND ER MGNREGA

## 2109. SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  cover  the  workers  working  under  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) under National Health Insurance Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Swasthya S uraksha Yojana (PMSSY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the premium, the workers have to pay under schemes; and
- (c) the number of workers of unorganised sector benefited by the said insurance schemes the last three years, Stat e/UT- wise including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a):      Government  is  implementing  Rashtriya  Swasthya  Bima  Yojana  (RSBY),  a  centrall sponsored  health  insurance  scheme,  since  2008  that  covers MGNREGA  workers  (who  have worked for more than fifteen days during preceding financial year) alongwith BPL familie 10 other categories.
- (b):     Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a centrally sponsored scheme to prov health  insurance  to  Belo w  P verty  Line  (BPL)  families  and  11  other  defined  categories  of Unorganized Workers namely Building & Other Construction Workers, licensed Railway porters Street  Vendors,  MGNREGA  workers  (who  have  worked  for  more  than  fifteen  days  during preceding financ ial year), Beedi workers, Domestic workers, Sanitation Workers, Mine Workers, Rickshaw pullers, Rag pickers and Auto/Taxi drivers.

Beneficiaries  enrolled  under  RSBY  are  entitled  for  health  insurance  coverage  of 30,000/ - per  annum  to  families  (a  unit of  five)  on  floater  basis  in  government  empanelled hospitals (includes both private and public). Pre -existing conditions are covered from day one and there is no age limit. Transportation cost upto Rs. 100 is also provisioned under this

- (c):        St ate/UT - wise  list  of  workers  of  unorganised  sector  benefitted  by  RSBY  includin Rajasthan during the last three years is annexed.

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| Annexure                               | Annexure                               | Annexure                               | Annexure                               | Annexure                               |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| State Wise Enrolment status under RSBY | State Wise Enrolment status under RSBY | State Wise Enrolment status under RSBY | State Wise Enrolment status under RSBY | State Wise Enrolment status under RSBY |
| S.No.                                  | State                                  | 2013-14                                | 2014-15                                | 2015-16                                |
| 1                                      | Andhra Pradesh                         | 2184                                   | Not implemented                        | Not implemented                        |
| 2                                      | Assam                                  | 1416919                                | 1421104                                | 1421104                                |
| 3                                      | Bihar                                  | 6102774                                | 818531                                 | 6888208                                |
| 4                                      | Chhattisgarh                           | 2265370                                | 2141822                                | 3442749                                |
| 5                                      | Gujarat                                | 1900903                                | 1876307                                | 1876628                                |
| 6                                      | Haryana                                | 465797                                 | 437850                                 | 437850                                 |
| 7                                      | Himachal Pradesh                       | 341818                                 | 481699                                 | 480588                                 |
| 8                                      | Jammu and Kashmir                      | 4988                                   | Not implemented                        | Not implemented                        |
| 9                                      | Jharkhand                              | 1923138                                | 1714552                                | 1682894                                |
| 10                                     | Karnataka                              | 29417                                  | 6050439                                | 6747113                                |
| 11                                     | Kerala                                 | 3662511                                | 2018764                                | 2021572                                |
| 12                                     | Madhya Pradesh                         | 608748                                 | 608748                                 | Not implemented                        |
| 13                                     | Maharashtra                            | 234252                                 | Not implemented                        | Not implemented                        |
| 14                                     | Manipur                                | 68140                                  | 70383                                  | 70925                                  |
| 15                                     | Meghalaya                              | 108321                                 | 65840                                  | 179185                                 |
| 16                                     | Mizoram                                | 145842                                 | 152983                                 | 152983                                 |
| 17                                     | Nagaland                               | 151806                                 | 128184                                 | Not implemented                        |
| 18                                     | Odisha                                 | 4238040                                | 4307538                                | 4462959                                |
| 19                                     | Pondicherry                            | 9486                                   | 6467                                   | Not implemented                        |
| 20                                     | Punjab                                 | 236764                                 | 232352                                 | 232352                                 |
| 21                                     | Rajasthan                              | 2511663                                | 2692626                                | 2769097                                |
| 22                                     | Tripura                                | 505327                                 | 505327                                 | 492022                                 |
| 23                                     | Uttar Pradesh                          | 5541225                                | 3839765                                | 1464242                                |
| 24                                     | Uttarakhand                            | 285435                                 | 285435                                 | 285229                                 |
| 25                                     | West Bengal                            | 5748689                                | 6063390                                | 6150716                                |
| 26                                     | Chandigarh                             | 5854                                   | 7865                                   | Not implemented                        |
|                                        | India                                  | 38515411                               | 35927971                               | 41258416                               |