Central Government Health Scheme – CGHS Registration Process, Eligibility, Beneficiaries

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Central Government Health Scheme – CGHS Registration Process, Eligibility, Beneficiaries – cghs.gov.in: The Central Government Health Scheme is introduced for the eligible beneficiaries to provide comprehensive medical care to the Central Government employees and pensioners. People who have enrolled under CGHS can be facilitated with special health benefits. Whereas, there are few particular areas that are covered under this scheme like Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi & NCR, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Meerut, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram, and Jammu. However, the medical services are facilitated for the beneficiaries through Wellness Centres or clinics under Allopathic, Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sidha, and Homeopathic systems of medicines.

Furthermore, if you are interested to register for the Central Government Health Scheme, you can refer to this page and can know the CGHS Registration Process. Also, at the end of this page, we have attached the Central Government Health Scheme Registration Link. Hence, to get more latest updates on Central Government Health Scheme, kindly follow us @ FreshersNow.

Central Government Health Scheme – Overview

Components of CGHS

• Dispensary services including domiciliary care
• Consultation facilities
• Hospitalization
• X-rays, ECG, and other Lab Examinations
• Medication Supply
• Health education to beneficiaries
• Maternal child health and family welfare services

Eligibility for Central Government Health Scheme

All the following persons are eligible for CGHS facilities

• 1. All Central Government employees paid from the Central Civil Estimates (except Railways and Delhi Administration), including their dependant family members residing in CGHS covered areas
• Pensioners of Central Government (except pensioners belonging to Railways and the Armed Forces) and their families
• Central Government Pensioners retiring with Contributory Provident Fund benefits and their families
• Widows of Central Government pensioners, in receipt of family pension
• Delhi Police personnel and their families, in Delhi only
• Railway Board employees
• Civilian employees of Defence paid from Defence Service Estimates
• Child drawing pension on death of a Central Government employee including minor brothers and sisters of such child
• Ex-Governors and Lt. Governors and their families
• Ex-Vice Presidents and their families
• Central Government servants who are deputed to semi-government and autonomous bodies receive a substantial grant from or financed by the Central Government
• Central Govt. employees on deputation to statutory or autonomous during the period of deputation
• Military Officers while on deputation to city departments and getting their emoluments from Central Civil Estimates
• Families of Governments servants transferred to a non-CGHS area, for a maximum period of six months on deposit of CGHS contribution (for the period of 6 months) in advance
• Families of IAS Officers on North-Eastern Cadre, who continue to stay back in Delhi even after the repatriation of the IAS Officer to the North-Eastern Cadre, provided that they continue to occupy Government accommodation in Delhi or New Delhi, on deposit of CGHS contribution in advance (one to three years). The same also applies to families of IAS Officers of J&K Cadre
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the Central Government and their families
• Members of Parliament and their families
• Ex-Members of Parliament
• Sitting Judges of Supreme Court and High Court of Delhi and former Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts
• Work Charged and Industrial Staff working in establishments run by various Ministries or Departments of Central Government, immediately from the date of their joining the service
• Employees of Kendriya Vidyalays Sangathan stationed at Delhi and NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Bengaluru
• Employees of Ordnance Factory Board Headquarters, Kolkata and Ordnance Equipment Factories Headquarters, Kanpur
• All India Service pensioners who retire while serving under the State at their option
• Freedom Fighters and members of their families receive Central Pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme
• Family members of the Deceased Ex-Members of Parliament
• Pensioners of Ordnance factories
• Members of Staff Side of the National Council of the Joint Consultative Machinery, even though not serving as Central Government employees
• Persons employed in semi-government and autonomous bodies who are permitted to join the CGH Scheme
• An Accredited Journalist who produces a certificate from the Press Council of India stating that he is a member of the Press Association, New Delhi (for OPD and at RML Hospital)
• Retired Divisional Accountants of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department and those whose pay and pension are entirely borne by the State governments.
• PSU absorbers who had commuted 100 percent of their pension and have been restored one-third portion of their pension after 15 years
• Absorbees of Statutory Bodies or Autonomous Bodies of Central Govt. (including those who proceeded on deputation initially or were on deemed deputation and then absorbed), who are in receipt of Central Civil Pension
• Serving and retired Railway Audit Staff
• Serving and retired Divisional Accounts Officers and Divisional Accountants posted in the Office of Accountant Generals in States
• CISF personnel (and their families) and CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) personnel posted in CGHS cities
• Employees of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
• Employees of India Pharmacopoeia Commission, and their families
• Family and dependent members of a Central Govt. employee (a CGHS beneficiary) who stay back in CGHS covered area after posting of the employee to N.E. region (including Sikkim), Andaman and Nicobar Lakshadweep or Ladakh region and CAPF personnel posted in Left Wing Extremist areas, on payment of annual CGHS contribution in advance
• Defence Industrial Employees of Naval Dockyard Central Ordnance Depot and AFMSD, in Mumbai.

Eligibility Criterion

Residence alone (and not the Headquarters) is the criterion for determining the eligibility of a Central Government servant for availing medical facilities under the Central Government Health Scheme. Thus, Central Government employees and their family members etc. residing in any of the notified cities are covered under the Scheme.

Central Government Health Scheme Beneficiaries

• The current working employees of Central Government and their dependent family members
• Existing and Former members of the Indian Parliament
• Former & Lieutenant governors of India
• Freedom fighters of India
• Formers Vice Presidents of India
• Qualified PIB journalists (Delhi)
• Police personnel (Delhi)
• Railway board workers
• Current & Former judges of the Supreme Court and High court of India
• Pensioners and workers of selective autonomous organizations in Delhi

Facilities available under CGHS

• OPD Treatment includes the issue of medicines
• Specialist Consultation at Polyclinic/ Govt. Hospitals
• Indoor Treatment at Government and Empanelled Hospitals
• Investigations at Government and Empanelled Diagnostic centers
• Cashless facility is available for treatment in empanelled hospitals and diagnostic centers for Pensioners and other identified beneficiaries
• Reimbursement of expenses for treatment availed in Govt. /Private Hospitals under emergency
• Reimbursement of expenses incurred for the purchase of hearing aids, artificial limbs, appliances, etc. as specified
• Family Welfare, Maternity, and Child Health Services
• Medical consultation and dispensing of medicines in Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani and Siddha system of medicines (AYUSH)

Medical Systems covered in CGHS

• Allopathic
• Homeopathic
• Indian system of medicine: Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Yoga

CGHS Registration Process

The registration of the beneficiaries is done online. This registration is either self-registration (seeking prior appointment) or walk-in registration (coming to the Wellness center and getting registered at the Registration Counter).

The registration starts on the opening of the Centre and is stopped 15 minutes before the scheduled closing time of the Centre. However, no serious patient is returned back unattended.

• Open the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) official website @ cghs.gov.in
• Click on the option Book Appointment available on RHS of the screen
• Enter beneficiary ID and click on Generate OTP.
• An OTP (One Time Password) will be sent on the registered mobile no. of the beneficiary or to the main cardholder mobile if that is the only registered number
• Enter OTP and click on Proceed
• Select the required fields that asked
• On clicking the button Proceed to Book Appointment, beneficiary details and the appointment details are displayed on the screen for confirmation
• Click on the option Confirm to Book Appointment, Confirmation status page is displayed
• Finally, take a print of the confirmation slip for later references

CGHS Registration Link

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