Odisha Govt Launches BSKY Nabin Card In 3rd Phase; 90% Of Population To Get Medical Benefit

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday launched the third phase of its flagship health scheme Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) with plan to cover 90 per cent of the state’s population by including all left out rural families.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who also announced the launch of new ‘BSKY Nabin Card’ for the beneficiaries, said, “We are now launching the third phase of BSKY, where all left out families of rural areas of our state will be assured of cashless care in private hospitals, for critical ailments.”

In this phase of expansion, all rural families of the state (except regular government employees and income tax payees), who are presently not covered under BSKY, will be eligible to receive the “BSKY Nabin Card”, he said.

This will entitle them to cashless care of Rs 5 lakh per annum (up to Rs 10 lakh for women members), in empanelled private hospitals both inside and outside the state, for identified critical illnesses, the CM said.

“With this third phase of expansion, it is estimated that over 1.10 crore families, covering nearly 90% of the population of the state, will be provided health assurance under BSKY,” said Naveen.