Taking strong note of alleged irregularities in issuance of e-cards under Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday directed all the Civil Surgeons to conduct a comprehensive audit check to weed out spurious beneficiaries across the State.
Already, the State Health Agency has cancelled 37 fake e-cards issued under the scheme acting on the Minister’s directives.Directions have been issued to the civil surgeons to conduct thorough investigation of Common Service Centres under their jurisdiction. With detection of fake cards in Fatehgarh Sahib, the Minister has reiterated for comprehensive audit check of all centres across the State to weed out any spurious beneficiaries.
The Minister said that criminal proceedings had also been initiated by District Health Authorities against those responsible, including the village level entrepreneur (VLE) of Common Service Center (CSC) from whose login ID, these wrong cards have been generated.