Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday instructed the e-card generation agency to issue e-cards under Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna Scheme to the entire beneficiary population within next six months.The instructions were issued during a meeting between the e-card generation agency and departments under the Scheme such as Punjab Mandi Board and Labour Department who are participating in Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna.Reviewing the plan of the e-card generation agency, the Minister instructed them to issue e-cards to the entire beneficiary population within next six months and gave a minimum target of generation of at least 10,000 e-cards per day to the agency.During the meeting, it was informed that till date 45 lakh e-cards have been generated under the Scheme and 4.66 lakh beneficiaries have availed cashless treatment worth Rs 528.08 crores in the empanelled hospitals across the State.”Till now, the top five districts leading in e-card generation are Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala, Fazilka and Jalandhar,” said Sidhu.

The Minister emphasized that Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna is a flagship health insurance programme of the State and hence it is to be assured that each and every beneficiary is issued a health card.

To make them aware of their eligibility under the Scheme and empower them with the right to avail benefits of the Scheme.

He advised the representative of Punjab Mandi Board to involve the Secretaries of Market Committees, who should coordinate with the e-card generation agency, for stationing of their operators in every Market Committee, so that e-cards can be generated for all eligible farmer families.

Sidhu desired that all departments should proactively participate in e-card generation drive for creating awareness amongst their respective beneficiaries to come out and get their e-cards generated.