Health dept speed up SMART card distribution to BPL families
Friday, 03 August 2012 06:32
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The Times of India 03.08.2012 Health dept speed up SMART card distribution to BPL families
ALLAHABAD: Officials of district health department on Thursday speed up the distribution of SMART cards for BPL families.
In fact, the exercise has been initially taken to Kaurihar and Holagarh
blocks under the first phase and the department aims to complete the
exercise within two months in the district. A total of 3.44 lakh
BPL ( below poverty line) families including 23,643 in Bahadurpur,
26,111 in Bahria, 10,943 in Chaka, 17,136 in Dhanupur, 19,767 in Handia,
10,259 in Holagarh, 12,085 in Jasra, 16,677 in Karchana, 17,250 in
Kaudhiyara, 28,361 in Kaurihar, 30,102 in Koraon, 12,085 in Manda,
12,157 in Mauaima, 17,814 in Meja, 16,912 in Phulpur, 19,554 in
Pratappur, 16,302 in Saidabad, 9,842 in Shankargarh, 10,179 in Soraon
and 16,856 in Urwan blocks of the district would be given SMART CARD
under the Rastriya Swastha Vima Yojna (RSVY)). Chief Medical Officer,
Dr Padmakar Singh said " the scheme is meant to offer health insurance
cover to the families living under BPL (below poverty line) and
labourers working in unorganized sectors in both rural and urban areas".
He added " any beneficiary, who is living far from his native town,
will be given a separate SMART CARD and he or she and his\her family can
also avail the services of RSVY from duo places". A total of 41
districts of the state including Allahabad have been selected under the
scheme and SMART CARD would be given to the beneficiaries. The validity
of the card will be for one year from the issued date. Deputy
CMO, Dr. Vivek Srivastava told TOI " under the RSVY scheme, ground
health workers, known as ASHAs and ANMs, have been assisting insurance
company officers for the distribution of SMART cards . He added that the
exercise would be taken in all 20 primary and community health centers
and officials are working to get in completed at the earliest.
Under the scheme, the beneficiaries (insured families) would be able to
get an insurance cover ( Rs 30,000) annually and a smart card by the
insurance company, having detailed information of as many as members of
the family, their thump impression and photos. Dr Srivastava,
meanwhile, maintained that best hospitals having upgraded medical
facilities have been selected for empanelment. He maintained that the
insurance company may provide some relief to the hospitals according to
their wants. On the time of availing facility, a smart card
holder can approach the enlisted hospital to get the benefit of the
scheme. The person would first have to show his smart card and he would
have to be admitted to the hospital. The hospital authorities would
offer him all sorts of facilities including transportation.
Last Updated on Friday, 03 August 2012 06:35
Corporator demands inquiry into housing scheme for urban poor
Friday, 27 July 2012 09:08
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The Times of India 27.07.2012
Corporator demands inquiry into housing scheme for urban poor PUNE: Congress corporator
Sanjay Balgude on Thursday demanded an inquiry in housing projects
being built under the basic services to urban poor (BSUP) scheme."A number of land related issues have cropped up in housing projects
that are being built under this scheme. Some issues are related to
ownership of the land, while some issuesare related to the possession of the land," said Balgude, while addressing a news conference here.Balgude said the PMC has secured funds from the Union government for
this scheme. "Therefore, it is the duty of the civic administration to
be more vigilant while implementing the scheme. But, it seems a lot of
mistakes have taken place right from drafting the detailed project
report to the actual implementation of this scheme. So, the civic
administration should order an inquiry by a retired high court judge,"
he said.Right now, nearly 1,100 houses are available under the
BSUP scheme. Two major housing projects are taking place in Pune at
Hadapasar and Warje. The urban poor residents from the western parts of
the city will be shifted to BSUP buildings in Warje, while the residents
in the eastern zone will be shifted to Hadapsar.
Last Updated on Friday, 03 August 2012 06:34
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State government rolls out another sop for urban poor societies
Friday, 27 July 2012 08:56
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The Times of India 27.07.2012 State government rolls out another sop for urban poor societies VADODARA: With assembly elections round the corner, it is the season to
roll out goodies for the people. In a follow up to the scheme to
provide infrastructure like roads, streetlights and water to residential
areas of the urban poor with 10 per cent contribution from the
residents, the state government has directed that even this contribution
can be made from the local area development (LAD) grant of MLAs.
The state government had issued a circular in April this year that
works in such backward localities that have come up on land freed under
Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) Act or housing board projects can be carried
out with 70 per cent contribution from the state government, 20 per cent
from Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and 10 per cent from the residents of the area.
However, parliamentary secretary and Raopura BJP MLA Yogesh Patel had
made representations to the state government demanding that instead of
taking 10 per cent from the residents of such localities, the
contribution should be allowed from MLA's development grants. Patel had
proposed to take up such work in the city before this, but was unable to
do so as there was no provision for such contributions. Patel
said at times the residents were not able to make the contribution and
in such cases, the purpose of the scheme would be defeated. "Now, they
can get the facility without paying any contribution," Patel said.
With the scheme, the BJP will not only make inroads into the lower
middle class and poor localities, but also counter a problem that the Congress
had posed locally in Vadodara. The Congress was conducting agitations
demanding that registration of properties that have come up on ULC Act
should be allowed. While this is a difficult task under the present
rules, the facilities should pacify the residents for now.
Last Updated on Friday, 27 July 2012 08:58
Poverty marks to identify BPL families, says Ranchi Municipal Corporation
Wednesday, 25 July 2012 11:47
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The Times of India 25.07.2012 Poverty marks to identify BPL families, says Ranchi Municipal CorporationKelly Kislaya, TNN | Jul 25, 2012, 12.30AM IST RANCHI: The standing committee of the Ranchi Municipal Corporation
(RMC) has decided that those families who do not own a vehicle, live in
mud houses and do not have any earning members will be given particular
marks for every poverty factor. Mayor Rama Khakho said, "The
families will be allotted marks for every poverty factor and those
families with 70 marks and above will be considered BPL families. This
way it will be easy for the RMC to recognize the BPL families and make
sure they are benefited by various government plans." Another
major decision that was taken in the meeting was that the electric
crematorium at Harmu, which was lying neglected for many years, would be
redone. Khalkko said, "A committee has been made which will survey the
electric crematorium at Jamshedpur and will submit plans of renovation and restart on that basis."
It was decided in the meeting that the RMC would write to MP Parimal
Nathwani for the management of the RMC hospital which was renovated by
him in 2011. The mayor said, "The tender was released but there were not
many bidders. Also we think that Nathwani will be the best person for
operation of the hospital as he works for uplifting the poor."
The RMC will also be writing a letter to the forest department to plant
trees and flowers on the empty space near various parks, footpaths and
on the roadside of the city. Employment of the previous RMC daily wages employees who lost their jobs after A2Z Waste Management Company took charge of maintaining cleanliness of the city was also considered in the meeting. Deputy mayor Ajay Nath Shahdeo,
who raised the issue, said, "More than 500 daily wage earners have been
unemployed after A2Z Company took over. These workers should be
employed in A2 Z Company." RMC CEO Deepankar Panda assured Shahdeo that he would speak to the company about the matter.
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