The scheme ‘Gopabandhu Sambadik Swasthya Bima Yojna’ (GSSBY) announced for working journalists by the State Government was enforced from Friday (June 1).
The Chief Minister approved the health scheme on Thursday, said a release issued by the CMO. In the first phase, total of 3, 233 working journalists from across the State have been covered. Under the scheme, scribes and five of his/her family members would get insurance cover up to Rs 2 lakh.
The enlisted journalists would be provided health insurance cards by respective DPROs.
They can use identification numbers to avail the facility.
A team of senior journalists working in the capital city on Friday met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat and thanked him for introducing the health insurance scheme for scribes.
They also urged Patnaik to introduce a pension scheme for them while apprising him about operation of such schemes in other States.
The Chief Minister assured them that the Government would consider the proposal in sympathetic way.