ECHS Membership to Disabled/Married Disabled Son: Clarification

ECHS Membership to Disabled/Married Disabled Son: Clarification

Central Organisation ECHS

Adjutant Generals Branch

IHQ of MoD (Army)

Maude Lines

Delhi Cantt- 110 010

08 January 2018

B/49701-PR/AG/ECHS/2018

lHQ of MoD (Navy)/Dir ECHS (N)

Air HQ (VB)/DPS

All Comd HQ/s (A/ECHS)

AMA ECHS, Embassy of India, Nepal

Director General of lndian Coast Guard

Director General NCC

Director General SFF

ADG TA/TA-S

All Regional Centres, ECHS

ECHS MEMBERSHIP TO DISABLED SON

1. Ref the fwg :- 

(a) This Org letter No B/49701-PR/AG/ECHS dated 18 Dec 2007 i l
(b) This Org letter No B/49701-PR/AG/ECHS/2017 dated 28 Apr 2017
(c) This Org letter No Bl49701-PR/AG/ECHS/2017 dated 31 May 2017

2. It is clarified that the son of ECHS member suffering from any permanent disability of any kind (physical/mental) subject to disability under Person with Disability (PWD) Act – 1995 being 40% or higher is eligible for ECHS benefits irrespective of age limit and irrespective of the fact that he is married or not. The person should not be in a condition to earn his livelihood as stipulated.

3. In this connection, copy of GOI, MoD (DoESW) letter No 22D(15)/2017/WE/D (Res-1) dated 05 Dec 2017 is enclosed herewith (Para 7 is relevant).

(B S. Sisodia)

Col

Dir (Ops & Coord)

for MD ECHS

Encls :- Two

No.22D(15)/2017/WE/D(Res-1)

Government of India

Ministry of Defence

Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

Sena Bhawan, New Delhi

Dated the 05 December, 2017

To

The Managing Director

Central Organisation

Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme

Maudi Line

Delhi Cantt 

Subject: ECHS Membership to Married Disabled Son

Sir,

CO, ECHS may please refer to their proposal on the above subject submitted to this department vide noting No. B/49701-PR/AG/ECHS/2017 dated 9th June 2017 and subsequent notes dated 14-07-2017, 22-8-2017,  12-9-2017, 26-09-2017, 04-10-2017, & 23-11-2017.

6. The amount of disability in which case the dependent son will be eligible for CGHS benefits has been decided at 40% or more of one or more disability as defined in section 2(i) of Persons with Disabilities (equal opportunities Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 and clause (j) of Section 2 of National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disability Act 1999 provided the dependent son are financially dependent on the CGHS members.

7. From the above it is clear that as per existing rules the son of ECHS member suffering from any permanent disability of any kind (physical/mental) subject to disability being 40% or higher in terms of the relevant Acts mentioned above is eligible for ECHS benefit irrespective of age limit and irrespective of the fact that he is married or not.

8. Hence there is no need for any further order as proposed in the DGL. 

9. It is stated that the order of the Department No. 2(03)/2010 D(Pen/Policy) dated 17-01-2013 relates to grant of pension. These norms cannot be made applicable mutatis-Mutandis to medical matters. For medical matters we need to go by the eligibility criteria framed by CGHS.

10. In case CO, ECHS desires that CGHS should amend its orders in line with the DGL now proposed by them. CGHS may be approached with the suggestion.

Yours Faithfully,

(A.K. Karn)

Under Secretary(WE)

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