GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 346
ANSWERED ON 06.12.2013
INCLUSION IN CGHS
346 . Dr. BALI RAM
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government has received a few proposals from the various institutions including Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited regarding inclusion of their employees under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS);
(b) if so, the details thereof, institution wise; and
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HEATH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) & (b): Government has been receiving requests from various institutions including Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) for the extension of CGHS facilities to their serving / retired employees. An illustrative list of institutions, who have requested for CGHS facilities, is at Annexure.
(c): Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) is primarily meant for the Central Government employees and pensioners drawing their salary / pension from Central Civil Estimates of Government of India. The Scheme is not available to the persons drawing their salary / pension from other sources. Although CGHS facilities have been extended to some statutory / autonomous bodies in the past, it is no more being extended to any new group of persons or organisation as a matter of policy. Government has expressed its inability to extend CGHS facilities any further to new institutions / organisations / Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) etc. on account of severe financial, logistic and human resources constraints. Moreover, it is primarily incumbent upon the autonomous / statutory bodies / PSUs to provide medical facilities to their employees by devising their own schemes as per their ways and means
ANNEXURE
| S.No. | Name of Institutions/Organisations |
| 1. | Employees Provident Fund Organization |
| 2. | Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh |
| 3. | Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha |
| 4. | Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan |
| 5. | Press Council of India |
| 6. | Delhi Public Library |
| 7. | National School of Drama |
| 8. | National Human Rights Commission |
| 9. | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth |
| 10. | National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development |
| 11. | Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts |
| 12. | National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur |
| 13. | Inland Waterways Authority of India |
| 14. | Institute of Hotel Management |
| 15. | Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun |
| 16. | Sahitya Akademi |
| 17. | National Green Tribunal |
| 18. | National Council of Rural Institutes |
| 19. | Central Detective Training School, Jaipur |
| 20. | Clinical Research Unit (Unani), Meerut |
| 21. | National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Chandigarh. |
| 22. | Pharmacy Council of India |
| 23. | Medical Council of India |
| 24. | Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal |
| 25. | Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited |
| 26. | National Institute of Technical Teacher Training and Research, Chandigarh |
| 27. | Khadi and Village Industries Commission |
Source: Lok Sabha Q&A
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