Saturday, December 25, 2021
SETTING UP OF CGHS WELLNESS CENTRES:
RAJYA SABHA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1853
TO BE ANSWERED ON 14THDECEMBER, 2021
SETTING UP OF CGHS
WELLNESS CENTRES
1853. SHRI ABDUL WAHAB:
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that
there are only two or three CGHS Wellness Centres functioning in the States
other than big Metros;
(b) the details of CGHS
Wellness Centres, State-wise;
(c) whether it is also a fact
that the CGHS beneficiaries, retired/serving, across the country are subjected
to travel hundreds of kilometers to obtain medical facilities for want of
adequate Centres; and
(d) whether Government will
contemplate any action to set up more CGHS Wellness Centres at least in all the
district headquarters of all the States so as to contain the difficulties faced
by the beneficiaries including the Parliamentarians?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a) to (d): At present,
333 CGHS Wellness Centres are functional in 74 cities of the country covering
most of the States and Union Territories. State wise details thereof are at
Annexure.
In view of the country
wide network of CGHS Wellness Centres, a large number of serving Central
Government employees and pensioners are covered by it.
Serving Central Government
employees residing in non-CGHS areas are covered under CS (MA) Rules 1944.
Central Govt. Pensioners residing in non-CGHS areas have the following options:
1) Avail Fixed Medical
Allowance (FMA) in lieu of OPD facility or
2) Avail OPD & IPD facility from the nearest CGHS city on payment of
requisite subscription or
3) Avail FMA in lieu of OPD facility & avail IPD facility from the nearest
CGHS city on payment of requisite subscription.
Opening of new wellness
centres is subject to fulfilment of norms and availability of resources
including creation of posts with the approval of Ministry of Finance. Source: Rajya Sabha
Friday, December 24, 2021
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Monday, December 20, 2021
COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES & SCHEDULED TRIBES (2021-2022)
NINTH
REPORT
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pages)
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Saturday, December 18, 2021
PRESS NEWS
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions
Public
Awareness Initiatives aimed at Pensioners’ Welfare across the country
Posted On: 16 DEC 2021 3:39PM by
PIB Delhi
Union
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of
State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said,
during the last four years, Department of Pension & Pensioners’
Welfare has conducted 5 Pensioners’ Awareness Workshops towards the schemes
aimed at Pensioners’ Welfare across the country.
In a
written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, DrJitendra Singh informed
that apart from 5 workshops, 15 Pre-retirement Counseling (PRCs) Workshops and
8 Workshops for Training of Trainers (TOTs) were also conducted during the
period.
The
Department also utilizes the Social Media Platforms i.e., Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube. Awareness regarding important orders as well as pension rules are done
through social media for the benefit of pensioners. Theme-based series of
Tweets in Q & A form were carried on ‘Family Pension’ Rules, Know your
retirement benefits, Life Certificate Rules etc. Family Pension entitlements
and Doorstep Service for Digital Life Certificate (DLC) carried out through
short animated videos on YouTube.
The
Minister also informed that the Department of Pension & Pensioners’
Welfare, has been conducting online conferences/ interactions for the
pensioners. The conferences included the following:
- An online workshop covering Pensioners
from ten (10) different cities of Northern region was held on 07.09.2021.
Another workshop was held on 28.10.2021 which covered pensioners from
various cities in India.
- Pension Rules and use of Digital Life
Certificate (JeevanPramaan) were demonstrated during both the workshops.
- First ever on-line All India Pension
Adalat held in December 2020 by leveraging technology through Video
Conferencing.
- For ensuring preventive health care of
pensioners living in 20 Indian cities, an online programme was organized
during which Yoga professional gave a demonstration to Pensioners in order
to boost immunity during lockdown and to stay fit.
- To address the psychological health of
pensioners, this Department had scheduled an interactive session on the
topic “Power of Thoughts and Meditation in COVID-19 pandemic”.
The
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has released the following
e-publications for Ease of Pensioners:
i.
A handbook on Family Pension
ii.
Compendiums 2019 & 2020
iii.
Consolidated instructions on 7th CPC related orders
iv.
Clickable e-book on Retirement benefits.
vi.
Ease of Life for Pensioners-Digital Life Certificate.
SNC/RR (Release
ID: 1782230)
Friday, December 17, 2021
MOF :: GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES (PSE) POLICY FOR CPSES IN NON-STRATEGIC SECTOR' .
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR SUBMISSION OF POSTAL CIRCLE PREFERENCE
FROM SELECTED CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT AS POSTAL ASSISTANT / SORTING
ASSISTANT ON THE BASIS OF COMBINED HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL EXAMINATION, 2018
CONDUCTED BY SSC
https://utilities.cept.gov.in//dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=6189
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CGHS WEBINAR
CGHS, known for providing comprehensive health care services to
its beneficiaries, is conducting a series of short webinars of 60-90
minute duration with active participation of its beneficiaries to provide
information on common health related issues. These webinars are being
scheduled at 4.00 pm on 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.A 30-40
minutes presentation by a CGHS Doctor will be followed by 30 minutes of
answering of relevant questions from the beneficiaries.
It is expected that these webinars will provide useful
information to CGHS beneficiaries and create awareness on various health
conditions, provide guidance on promotive care, lifestyle modification and also
dispel many health-related myths and doubts.
The twenty-seventh in the series is being held on 14/12/2021
(Tuesday) at 4.00PM on "Prescription Practices in CGHS" for CGHS
beneficiaries by Dr. Amita Bali, Sr. CMO, Medical Store Depot and Dr. Preeti
Kumar , VP – Public Health System Support, Public Health Foundation of India.
The
link for attending the webinar is as follows: https://cghshq.webex.com/meet/adhq.dl
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https://cghs.gov.in/showfile.php?lid=6278
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Monday, December 13, 2021
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