Principal Secretaries C.B.S. Venkataramana (Family Welfare), I.Y.R. Krishna Rao (Finance) and K. Raju (Rural Development), Director, Health P. Somasekhar Reddy and Director, Insurance Medical Services G.V.V.S.K. Bushanam, were also present for the meeting.
The concerned health officials have been instructed to give finishing touches to the draft before it can be approved by the Central Government. According to official sources, the plan would be approved before 19th April and would be put in place in the current fiscal. The minister has given the green signal to the ministers to launch a statewide campaign to sensitise and identify the BPL people.
Self-help groups would render their services to assist in the enrollment process. The Universal Health Insurance Scheme of the Central Government is found to be practicable, of all the available health insurance schemes.
