RSBY, a poll plank
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 11, 2012:
Many candidates of the ensuing Panchayat and Zilla Parishad elections have been wooing voters by promising benefits of the Rashtriya Swastiya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
Incidentally, RSBY is a Central sponsored scheme under which BPL families are given Rs 30,000 for medical treatment in case of illness by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
In Manipur, BPL families in possession of smart cards can avail benefits of the scheme at five selected hospitals namely JNIMS, Langol View, Shija Hospitals, Public Hospital and Raj Polyclinic.
Notably, there were cases when some beneficiaries of this scheme drew the yearly amount entitled to them in cahoots with private hospital authorities even though they were not ill at all.