Over 6.3 lakh registrations have been made forChiranjeevi Health Insurance schemeat relief camps across the state in two days.
TheChiranjeeviSwasthya Bima Yojana has become popular among people after its coverage was increased to Rs 25 lakh annually this year. At these camps, people are coming in large numbers to register themselves under the scheme.
Private hospitals too are showing interest in the scheme and hospitals that had signed for de-empanelment as a mark of protest with regard to Right to Health Bill are also providing treatment under the scheme.
About 980 private hospitals have been empanelled under the scheme in state.
Earlier, the State Government had given coverage of Rs 10 lakh per family annually under the scheme, but in the budget announcement 2023-24, the coverage was increased.