While presenting the budget in Lok Sabha ( Indian Parliament ) on July 6,2009 Mr. Pranab Mukherjee ,Finance Minister made the following statement
"Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was operationalised last year. The initial response has been very good. More than 46 lakh BPL families in eighteen States and UTs have been issued biometric smart cards. This scheme empowers poor families by giving them freedom of choice for using health care services from an extensive list of hospitals including private hospitals. Government proposes to bring all BPL families under this scheme. An amount of Rs 350 crore, marking 40% increase over the previous allocation, is being provided in 2009-10 Budget Estimates."
This means during this year the number of those covered will increase to 65 lakh BPL families.Taking an average of 5 family members this means number of persons covered will be 230 lakhs(2.30 million)'
The recent study of Earnst & Young shows that Indian Health Insurance Industry will touch the figure of Rs 30,000 crores by 2015 seems to be very realistic as RSBY in itself is acting as advertising for health insurance in India.Every person who gets claim settled under RSBY makes 5 other persons aware of the concept of health insurance.
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Monday, 6 July 2009
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