Indiramma Health Insurance To Benefit 4.51 Lakh Families In Nizamabad
Scheme to provide ₹5 lakh health cover to every ration cardholding family, with enrolment scheduled from November 19 to 30.
The Telangana government will launch the Indiramma Health Insurance scheme on November 19, providing health insurance cover of `5 lakh to every ration cardholding family, District Congress Committee president Nagesh Reddy said.
Speaking at a programme after paying tributes to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary on Saturday, Nagesh Reddy said the scheme would benefit nearly 1.18 crore families across the state, including 4,51,188 families in Nizamabad district.
He said the Congress government, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud, was extending health insurance coverage beyond farmer families to all ration cardholders.
City Congress president Bobbili Ramakrishna said the scheme would provide financial security to families facing medical emergencies. He urged eligible households to participate in the enrolment process from November 19 to 30 and provide the required details when officials approached them.
Earlier, Nagesh Reddy, Ramakrishna, Telangana Urdu Academy chairman Taher Bin Hamdan and Mayor K. Uma Rani garlanded Nehru's portrait and statue.
State Toddy Tappers' Cooperative Federation chairman Chandrasekhar Goud, District Library Corporation chairman Antireddy Rajareddy, former TPCC secretary Narala Ratnakar, Congress leaders and corporators attended the programme.