Eligibility of permanently disabled son of a CGHS beneficiary to avail CGHS facility



Eligibility of permanently disabled son of a CGHS beneficiary to avail CGHS facility.

       The undersigned is directed to refer to the Office Memorandum, of even number, dated the 31st May, 2007 and 29th August, 2007, vide which the entitlement of the son of a CGHS beneficiary beyond the age of 25 years was conveyed. As per the two Office Memoranda under reference, it was indicated that a son of a CGHS beneficiary suffering from any permanent disability of any kind (physical or mental) will be entitled to CGHS beneficiary even after attaining the age of 25 years. It was clarified that the following will be the disabilities, as defined in Section 2(i) of "The persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (No.1 of 1996)" to entitle a son of a CGHS beneficiary to avail CGHS facility irrespective of his age:-

(i) Blindness:
(ii) Low-vision
(iii) Leprosy-cured
(iv) hearing impairment
(v) locomotor disability
(vi) mental retardation: and
(vii) mental illness

2.        Subsequent to the issue of the Office Memoranda under reference, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been receiving requests for inclusion of ailments like renal failure, autism, etc., within the definition of "disability" so that sons of CGHS beneficiaries could avail CGHS facility irrespective of the age of the son.

3.       After careful examination of the matter, it has been decided that the definition of permanent disabilities, of sons of CGHS beneficiaries, to avail CGHS facility be expanded as below:-

(i) Blindness:
(ii) Low-vision
(iii) Leprosy-cured
(iv) hearing impairment
(v) locomotor disability
(vi) mental retardation: and
(vii) mental illness

(ii) Disabilities defined in Clause (i) of Section 2 of National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (No.44 of 1999), which presently covers a person suffering from any of the condition relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from several multiple disability.

it is clarified that Permanent Disability" means a person with eighty per cent or more of one or more disabilities. In order for the son of the CGHS with permanent disability to avail CGHS facility, the other normal condition of dependency and normally residing with the CGHS beneficiary will continue to apply.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I would like to bring it to the notice of the anomaly committe that Clerks' (LDC,UDC) are doing the important jobs of a govt. office. clerks' plays a vital role in smoothly running the office works. Yet they are treated as very low level employee and their Grade Pay is very low. Even they hardly getting promotion. In the office of the Press Information Bureau, the clerks' are known as C.G.II and C.G.I, is not it very pecculiar designation. The Group "C" staff of this office can not entitled to sit in departmental exmination held by various departments. Will the anomalies committee look into their grieavances sympathetically.
Anonymous said…
All should get increment after completion of 12 months. Not on 01 Jul every year. There should not be any unfair to one who appointed on 01 Feb and 01 Dec of the same year. If one appointed on 01 Feb 2011 and another man appointed on 01 Dec 2011 ie both after completion of 18 years. If both of them retire after completion of 30 years. Those who retire on 31 Dec getting one more increment. That means he will get more pension. This discrepancy is not correct as per fundamental rights. This should be avoided.

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