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Indian Government Steps Up with Health Insurance

Posted by HannahSP on Mon, 18 Jan 2010

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A New Delhi official has said that India's state-run workers insurance agency is planning to establish 11 medical colleges and upgrade existing hospitals in the next five years.The Employee's State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) provides health insurance to over 10 million workers in the organised sector and has a corpus of Rs17,000 crore.ESIC also plans to offer health cover to unorganised sector labourers through the government's Rashtriva Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) programme. However, this pro... Read More

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