Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 31: “Inspite of deduction of annual premium of Rs 6081 in the month of March, 2014, the ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited has not issued the Health Insurance Cards in favor of the concerned beneficiaries till date and the University employees are suffering very badly as treatment is cashless in the Panel Hospitals up to the ceiling of Rs 5.00 lakh”, said SKUAST-Jammu Teaching Association president Dr Vikas Sharma while chairing the 5th Executive Committee Meet of SKUAST-TAJ.
Dr Sharma further pointed out that 5 months have passed, but Finance Department of Government and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company both are silent on the subject and University Scientists and Officers are facing hardships as they are also not entitled for mediclaim reimbursement upto the said cap. University authorities have communicated many times with the J&K Government Finance Department and ICICI Lombard regarding the matter, but both are not responding, he added.
“The Health Insurance Cards in favour of University Scientists should be issued immediately covering period of one year from the date of issuance of such cards on most urgent basis within a month otherwise the matter will be taken with Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah”, stated Dr Vikas Sharma.
Dr Vivak M Arya, general secretary of SKUAST-TAJ, said that Government has made this policy compulsory for all gazetted employees of the State for a period of three years on annual premium of Rs 6081, but if the Health Insurance Cards will not be issued in a month’s time, the association will pass a resolution in the forthcoming General Body Meeting (GBM) to boycott this policy for future (other two consecutive years).
Expansion in the executive committee, amendments in constitution of association and transfer policy were the other issues discussed in this 5th Executive Committee Meet of SKUAST-TAJ.
The meeting was attended by Dr PK Rai, Dr Devinder Sharma, Dr Rajeev Bharat, Dr Poonam Parihaar, Dr Vinod Gupta, Dr AC Jha, Dr Jai Kumar, etc.
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