Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana: Odisha’s Health Insurance Scheme for Journalists
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▪️Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana is a new Health Insurance Scheme for the journalists launched by the state government in Odisha. This scheme provides Rs. 2 Lakh per annum health insurance cover to all working journalists of the state.
✔️ Key Facts
▪️Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana has come into effect from June 1, 2018 and will initially cover around 3200 journalists and their family members from various media groups.
▪️The insurance coverage will be applicable for cashless treatment in government and private hospitals.
▪️The scheme will also cover the injuries and illness faced by journalists while performing their duties.
✔️ Name of Scheme
▪️The scheme has been named after Gopalbandhu Das (1877-1928) a prominent social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist of Odisha.
▪️His contribution to art, culture and society to Odisha earned him the epithet of Utkalmani (jewel of Odisha).
▪️His contribution to journalism in the state was short but remarkable. In the decade of 1910, he had launched a monthly literary magazine called Satyabadi through which he tried to educate the masses.
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▪️Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana is a new Health Insurance Scheme for the journalists launched by the state government in Odisha. This scheme provides Rs. 2 Lakh per annum health insurance cover to all working journalists of the state.
✔️ Key Facts
▪️Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana has come into effect from June 1, 2018 and will initially cover around 3200 journalists and their family members from various media groups.
▪️The insurance coverage will be applicable for cashless treatment in government and private hospitals.
▪️The scheme will also cover the injuries and illness faced by journalists while performing their duties.
✔️ Name of Scheme
▪️The scheme has been named after Gopalbandhu Das (1877-1928) a prominent social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist of Odisha.
▪️His contribution to art, culture and society to Odisha earned him the epithet of Utkalmani (jewel of Odisha).
▪️His contribution to journalism in the state was short but remarkable. In the decade of 1910, he had launched a monthly literary magazine called Satyabadi through which he tried to educate the masses.
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