Odisha Health Dept Asks Officials to Sensitize BSKY Beneficiaries to Curb Fraudulent Activities

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday asked the officials to sensitize the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) beneficiaries to curb fraudulent activities.
Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Health Department Shalini Pandit wrote a letter to Collectors, Municipal Commissioners, SPs, DCP Bhubaneswar/Cuttack, CDMs and PHOs in this regard.
Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana is a path breaking scheme to provide universal health coverage, with special emphasis on the health protection of economically vulnerable families & women. Under component 2 of the scheme, all 96.5 Iakh families of Odisha having NFSA/SFSS card are provided with BSKY annual health coverage of Rs. 5 Iakh per family and additional Rs. 5 Iakh for the women members of the family, at empanelled private hospitals, the letter reads.

In view of recent incidents reported regarding exploitation of beneficiaries by nefarious elements, all concerned may be sensitized on the following points:-

(1) BSKY Smart Health Card -once issued to a beneficiary does not require renewal, as it is auto renewed annually through BSKY IT platform.

(2) The beneficiary does not have to pay anyone or go to any office for renewal of the card as the same is auto renewed by the IT platform at the back-end.
(3) All NFSA/SFSS beneficiaries having valid ration card can avail benefit under BSKY at empanelled private hospital, without BSKY card.
(4) Recharge of the balance in the card is also done automatically on the 1° of September every year through BSKY IT platform.

Hence, all field workers and beneficiaries may be sensitized on these points, so that nefarious elements do not exploit beneficiaries in the name of renewal of BSKY card or recharge of balance in the BSKY card, the letter stated.