Health cards to all is K Chandrasekhar Rao's festival gift to government employees

Hyderabad: The Telangana government serving and retired empl-oyees will get new, premium health cards for free as a Diwali gift.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will formally launch the new health cards on Wedn-esday. The health cards are going to cover over three lakh serving, and 2.5 lakh retired employees.

Meanwhile, on the request of TNGOs, the Telangana government has removed the cap of Rs 2 lakh on treatment and also monthly contribution from employees for the new health card.

The government will bear the entire premium, which will cost the exchequer about Rs 240 crore annually.

Mr Rao held a meeting with Telangana employees’ JAC president Deviprasad, MLA Vittal, leaders Srinivas Goud and Mamatha and others on the issue and approved the same.

He also promised a new Pay Revision Commission (PRC) soon.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr T. Rajaiah, Chief Secretary Dr Rajiv Sharma and other senior government officials were present.

“The Chief Minister will formally launch the issue of new health cards from Wednesday. We are grateful to the CM for accepting our request which will go a long way in improving government-employee relationship,” Mr Devi Prasad said.

Mr Rao, it is learnt, urged government employees to put their heart and soul for the development of Telangana, ensure effective implementation of welfare schemes, plug seepages in revenue collection and ensure targeted collection of taxes.

He will convene a meeting of the employees’ union soon on the PRC issue, whether to have a zonal system or not, type of zonal system, cadre system etc. He has asked employees’ leaders to submit detailed proposals on the issue to him at the earliest for taking necessary action.

The employees’ leaders were later felicitated by the employees’ JAC.