Assistance is provided to the poor persons living below poverty line for getting specialized treatment for life threatening diseases. The State/District illness assistance funds would be established under the Societies Registration Act. The societies will be registered with the registrar, cooperative society, and will be responsible for identifying the life threatening illness, for which the assistance is to be provided to the poor. It will also be responsible for fixing a criteria for identifying the poor, to whom this assistance is to be provided, and to what extent. The society will monitor the activities of the District society funds from time to time to evaluate the successful implementation of the scheme. The scheme is essential in public interest, and will serve the rural population of the State of Haryana.
Schemeis to provide financial help/Facility for the Treatment of the persons living below poverty line in the state, assistance is being given for the specialized treatment. The Fund is established in the name of “AROGYA KOSH”. This is a sharing scheme and Central Govt. contributes the 50% of the assistance made by the State Govt.
Objectives:
To provide financial assistance/reimbursement for specialized/super specialty treatment to the patients below poverty line along with one attendant for the treatment of the diseases from the govt. approved institutions.
State Health Society will be the nodal agency for the implementation & monitoring of this “AROGYA KOSH” In the financial year 2005-06 State Government had released its share of Rs. 100 lacs and Rs. 50.00 lacs were contributed by Government of India .
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