Details
The scheme “Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” was launched by the Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Odisha. It is a health insurance scheme that covers the medical expenses of the journalists and their eligible family members comprising of spouse and 3 wholly dependent children upto the age of 25 years. The Scheme provides insurance to Working Journalists of Odisha and their family for indoor and outdoor treatments.
Benefits
- The scheme provides health insurance coverage to all the working Journalists of the state and their families comprising of spouse & 3 children age up to 25 years.
- Insurance coverage of ₹5,00,000/- only shall be provided to the family unit as defined above.
Note: The above limit shall be over & above the insurance coverage if any already taken by the employee.
Eligibility
- The applicant should be a Journalist.
- The applicant should be an Odisha-based journalist working either in Odisha or New Delhi for an Odisha-based newspaper.
- The Journalist should be working for a media house registered with the I&PR department, Odisha, New Delhi.