Proposal cleared at cabinet meeting chaired by CM Yogi

Adityanath at 5-Kalidas Marg

1.22 lakh employees and dependents of basic education

schools and 48,000 employees of secondary and Sanskrit schools will get free

treatment in private and government hospitals

Yogi government to bear annual financial burden of over Rs. 51

crore; cashless IPD treatment at Ayushman Bharat rates through 'Sachis'

Lucknow, Oct 27 (HS): A historic decision was taken in the

larger interest of the non-teaching staff of the Basic and Secondary Education

Department of the state in the Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday under the

chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the Chief Minister's official

residence at 5-Kalidas Marg. The Yogi government has formally approved the

proposal to provide cashless medical facility to more than 1.70 lakh non-teaching

staff and their dependent family members serving in the Basic Education

Council, non-government aided schools, unaided schools, Sanskrit schools and

the Samagra Shiksha Project, in government and affiliated private hospitals.

State Minister of State for Basic Education (Independent

Charge) Sandeep Singh said that the Yogi government has always been dedicated

to the welfare, respect, and social security of employees. Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath's announcement on Teachers' Day on September 5, 2025, to provide

cashless medical benefits to the Basic Education family has been fulfilled

today by passing a resolution in the cabinet. Our 1,22,304 non-teaching

colleagues working in council primary and upper primary schools,

non-government-aided junior high schools, unaided schools, and the Samagra

Shiksha Pariyojana will directly benefit from this historic decision. The Yogi

government will bear the entire financial burden of approximately Rs. 36.69

crore (Rs. 3,669.12 lakh) for this scheme, at an annual premium of Rs. 3,000

per employee.

Minister of State for Secondary Education (Independent

Charge) Gulab Devi said that the role of non-teaching staff is like the

backbone in keeping the secondary and Sanskrit education system running

smoothly. Non-teaching staff of non-government aided secondary schools, unaided

secondary schools, non-government aided Sanskrit secondary schools, Sanskrit

colleges and unaided Sanskrit secondary schools had demanded health security.

The Yogi government, showing sensitivity towards them and their families, has

provided a cashless medical security cover to a total of 48,062 non-teaching

staff. For this, the state government will bear the annual financial

expenditure of Rs 14.4186 crore based on an annual premium of Rs 3,000 per

staff.

Additional Chief Secretary for Basic and Secondary

Education, Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma, stated that a total of 170,366

non-teaching staff and their dependent family members, across both the Basic

and Secondary Education departments, are being provided cashless treatment in

the Inpatient Department (IPD). The state government will bear an annual

financial burden of Rs. 51.11 crore for this. The scheme will be implemented

through the State Agency for Comprehensive Health and Integrated Services

(SACHIS). Effective immediately, all staff will be provided transparent,

cashless, and quality medical care at government hospitals as well as private

hospitals affiliated with SACHIS, at rates approved by the Pradhan Mantri

Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) and the National Health Authority

(NHA).

Key highlights of the Cabinet decision include an annual

budget provision of Rs. 36.69 crore to benefit 1,22,304 personnel of the Basic

Education Department and their families. Additionally, an annual budget

allocation of Rs. 14.42 crore has been made to benefit 48,062 non-teaching

personnel and their dependents of the Secondary and Sanskrit Education

Department. Indoor treatment in government hospitals as well as empanelled

private hospitals will be completely cashless. The implementation of the scheme

will be managed 100% digitally and cashlessly through Sachis at authorized

Ayushman Bharat rates.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi