Labour Welfare Scheme (Health)
State: Central
Ministry: Ministry Of Labour and Employment
Department: null
Category: Health & Wellness, Social welfare & Empowerment
Beneficiary Type: Individual

The scheme aims to provide comprehensive health care and financial assistance for medical treatments. It offers hospital services, medical reimbursements, and subsistence allowances for beedi, cine, and non-coal mine workers and their dependants.

Benefits:
##### ***General Healthcare***

- Healthcare facilities are provided to workers and their dependants through a network of 10 hospitals and 285 dispensaries.
- Financial assistance of ₹300/- is provided for the purchase of spectacles.

##### ***Heart Diseases***
Reimbursement of expenditure up to ₹1,30,000/- is provided for the treatment of heart diseases.
##### ***Kidney Diseases***
Reimbursement of expenditure up to ₹2,00,000/- is provided for kidney transplantation.
##### ***Cancer***

- Reimbursement of actual expenses on treatment, medicines, and diet charges, up to ₹7,50,000/-, is provided for cancer.
- Travel allowance for a cancer patient and one attendant is payable at ₹50/- per day per person.

##### ***Minor Surgeries***
Reimbursement of expenditure up to ₹30,000/- is provided for minor surgeries like hernia, appendectomy, ulcer, gynaecological diseases, and prostate diseases.
##### ***Maternity and Family Welfare***

- Grant of ₹1,000/- per delivery is provided to female workers as a maternity benefit.
- Monetary incentive of ₹500/- per head is provided for undergoing sterilization under the family welfare initiative.

##### ***Tuberculosis***

- Subsistence allowance of ₹750/- to ₹1,000/- per month is granted for tuberculosis patients.
- Maintenance allowance of ₹600/- to ₹750/- per month and medicine cost of ₹50/- per month are payable for domiciliary treatment of tuberculosis.
- Daily food allowance of ₹15/- or a yearly grant of ₹20,000/- is provided per tuberculosis patient.

##### ***Leprosy***

- Financial assistance of ₹30/- per patient per day for indoor treatment and ₹6/- to ₹60/- per patient per day for outdoor treatment is provided for leprosy.
- Subsistence allowance of ₹300/- per month with dependants and ₹200/- per month without dependants is provided for leprosy patients.

##### ***Mental Diseases***

- Maintenance allowance of ₹180/- per month for state beds and ₹900/- per month for independent beds for six months is provided for mental diseases.
- Maintenance allowance for dependants of mental disease patients is provided at ₹600/- to ₹750/- per month for nine months.

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##### ***Conditions for Availment***
_*  Prior approval of the concerned Welfare Commissioner is necessary before beginning treatments for heart ailments, kidney treatment, and cancer._
_*  The ophthalmic benefit for purchasing spectacles is given only to the worker and not to their dependants._
_*  The maternity benefit is limited strictly to the first two deliveries._
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Eligibility:
- The applicant must be a registered beedi worker, cine worker, or an iron, manganese, chrome, limestone, dolomite, or mica mine worker.
- The applicant must be a dependant of an eligible worker to claim dependant-specific medical benefits.
- The applicant must possess a valid identity card indicating their status as a recognized unorganised worker.

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***Post-Selection Conditions / Special Cases***

- _The applicant must be a female worker undergoing her first or second delivery to avail the maternity benefit._
- _The applicant must have exactly two children to avail the family planning operation scheme benefit._

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Application Process:
[Offline]
Step 1: The applicant must approach the nearest permanent dispensary, mobile dispensary, or empaneled hospital operated by the Labour Welfare Organisation in their respective region.
Step 2: The applicant must submit a formal request for the required medical treatment or financial reimbursement along with their valid worker identity card and relevant medical prescriptions.
Step 3: For major critical treatments such as cancer, heart ailments, or kidney transplantation, the applicant must submit a request and obtain prior administrative approval from the concerned regional Welfare Commissioner before commencing the medical treatment.
Step 4: The applicant must submit the final medical expenditure bills, receipts, and prescribed application forms to the regional Welfare Commissioner's office for the successful release of financial reimbursements and subsistence allowances.

Documents Required:
Valid Identity Card of the Worker.
Medical Prescription or Treatment Recommendation Letter (Required for Surgeries, Tuberculosis, Cancer, Heart, Kidney, Mental Diseases, Leprosy, and Spectacles).
Original Bills and Receipts of Medical Expenditure (Required for Treatment Reimbursement Claims).
Prior Approval Letter from the Welfare Commissioner (Required for Heart Ailments, Kidney Treatment, and Cancer Treatments).
Birth Certificates of Children (Required for Maternity Benefits and Family Planning Operation Scheme).