The Punjab Government is all set to launch universal health insurance scheme “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana” (SSBY) on Tuesday.
The government had extended the Prime Minister’s Sehat Bima Yojana beyond BPL families to a total of 42.5 lakh families with effect from July 1, 2019.
Sources said the Chief Minister would launch the scheme at a function in Mohali. To make the launch a mega show, all ministers have been instructed to go to different districts for launch events.
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Officials said nearly 4,000 common service centres, which would enrol the beneficiaries and extend other help, had already been established. Another 5,000 centres would be established in the coming days.