The Punjab Government has set up collection counters at different places to facilitate Government employees and pensioners submitting forms under the newly-launched Cashless Health Insurance Scheme for the State Government employees and pensioners (PGEPHIS).
The Government has also issued directions to all the Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) in the State to submit forms of the employees and pensioners to the insurance company as per the schedule released by the State Government.
The State Government has announced extension of the last date of submitting of enrolment forms till December 15, an official spokesperson said. “Every employee or pensioner has to submit their duly filled forms or printout of online submitted form through their respective DDO,” he said.
The DDOs have been asked to present the forms to the insurance company so that the other formalities could be completed in time.
Releasing the schedule and the place for collection of enrolment forms from DDOs by Oriental Insurance Company, the spokesperson said that a special counter would be set up by the insurance company in the Main Secretariat where employees from the main secretariat, Vidhan Sabha and Punjab and Haryana High Court could submit their forms.
He said that the DDOs of different directorates have been directed to collect forms from the counter set up by the Oriental Insurance Company near Khukrain Bhawan in Sector 35 Chandigarh. Besides, special counters would be set up in all Suvidha Kendras at district level so that employees could submit their forms without any difficulty.