West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed happiness over successful implementation of the Rashtriya Swastha Bima Yojana in her state.
The chief minister said in her Facebook feed that the work on the programme had been highly appreciated by the World Bank and Global Alliances for Social Protection from GIZ (German Cooperation).
"I am very happy that Bengal has been invited to share its experience in social sector insurance in a global learning forum in Berlin being organised in June, 2015 by World Bank and GIZ," Banejee said on Facebook and congratulated the RSBY team.
The scheme, launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, provides cashless indoor treatment benefits upto Rs 30,000 per family annually through a network of 1,043 hospitals throughout West Bengal.
The state has the highest number of active RSBY smart cards compared to other states in India, which were issued to 60 lakh families and extended benefits of Rs 225 crore to 3.3 lakh insured persons in the last one year, she said.
The state also leads in coverage of RSBY amongst the BPL and vulnerable categories and "West Bengal is the first state to issue RSBY card in the name of Female as Head of the family," Banerjee explained.
