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CG
HS (P)/EHS
Government of lndia
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
EHS Section
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Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 1Lh1.n, ary,2O!7
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub:
Revision of rates of subscription under Central Government Health
Scheme due
to
revision
of pay and allowances of
Central
Government employees and revision of pension / tamily pension on
account of implementation of recommendations of the seventh
Central Pay Commission.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry's oM No.
s.11,01,1'/2/2008-ccHs(p) dated 2oth May, 2009 vide which orders were
issued revising the rates of monthly subscription for availing CGHS facility,
as also the entitlement for free diet, entitlement of accommodation in
private empanelled hospitals under CGHS, etc.
2.
Consequent upon revision of pay on the basis of the implementation
of the recommendations of the 7th central pay commission, it has been
decided to revise the rates of subscriptions, to be mode by employees
/
pensioners, for availing benefits under the cGHS, with effect
I't
from
January, 2017.|t has also been decided to revise the monetary ceiling limits
for various entitlements of the beneficiaries for availing CGHS facilities.
3.
ln supersession of all earlier instructions, the following revisions are
being made, in so far as it relates to the facirities mentioned below:
(A)
sl.
No.
Corresponding levels in the pay Matrix
as per 7th cpc
Contribution
(Rs. Per month)
1.
Level: L to 5
2s0
2.
Level: 6
450
3.
Level: 7
4.
Level: i.2 & above
to
1L
650
1000
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(B)
sl.
No.
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2.
3.
(C)
Corresponding Basic pay drawn by the
officer in 7th CpC per month
Up to Rs. 47,600/Rs.47,60L/- to Rs. 63,L00/Rs. 53,101/- and above
Ward entitlement
General
Semi-Private
Private
Monetarv Ceilinq for Free Diet:
The monetary ceiling for free diet for CGHS beneficiaries is revised to
pay/ pension / family pension of Rs. 44,gAOl- per month.
(D)
Monetorv ceilina for free diet for beneficiaries sufferina from
mentol diseoseJ:
TB
or
The monetary ceiling for free diet in case of beneficiary suffering
from TB or Mental disease is revised to pay / pension / family pension of Rs.
69,700/- per month.
(E)
Pav slab for determinina the entitlement of Nursinq Home
facilities in Government I State Government / Municipdl
Hospitols:
The monetary ceiling for determining the entitlement of nursing
home facilities in central Government / state Government / Municipals
Hospitals is revised to pay / pension / family pension Rs. 47,5001- per
month and above.
(F)
Monetdrv Ceilina for direct consultdtion with Specialists in Centrdl
Government /Stote Government / Municipal Hospitals:
The monetary ceiling for determining the entitlement for direct
consultation with Specialists in Central Government / State Government /
Municipal Hospitals will continue at the existing rates until revision of the
same after consultation with Ministry of Finance.
(G)
Pav slab for determinina the entitlement of accommodation in
AllMS. New Delhi.
The revised entitlement, as per the pay drawn by the officials, is as
follows:
tM'
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st.
No.
Corresponding Basic pay drawn by the
officer in 7th CpC per month
to
1.
Up
2.
63,101/- to Rs. 8O,9OO/Rs. 80,90L/- and above
3.
Rs. 63,1,00/-
Rs.
Ward entitlement
General
Private
Deluxe/Private
It is clarified that the reference to pay in this
order rerates to the pay
drawn in the level of pay.
5.
Pensioners have an option to get their
cGHS pensioner card made by
either making CGHS contribution on an annuar
basis (twerve months)
or by making contribution for 10 (ten) years
{120 (one hundred and
twenty) months) for getting a pensioner
cGHS card with
validity. tt is clarified that:
rife_time
(i)
contribution to be rnade by pensioners
/ famiry pensioners woutd be
the amount that they were subscribing at the
time of their
retirement or at the time of death of
the Government servant;
(ii)
Pensioner beneficiaries, who have
arready obtained cGHs car.d with
life time varidity by paying a rurnp
sum amount equivarent to r.0
years' contribution, wi, not be
required to pay any additionar
amount as a resurt of the revision
in the rates of contribution for
availing CGHS facility;
(
iii)
Entitlement of pensio ners farnily pensioners,
f
who have already
deposited their contribution for
rifl time cGHS facirity, wiil not be
changed.
(iv)
Pensioners / family pensioners
who are contributing to the cGHS
on
an annuar basis and wish to continue
to avair CGHS benefits wiil have
to contribute at the revised rates up to
the time of contribution
needed to cover a period of a
totar of ten years from the time
pensioner .GHS card was issued
for the first time to them. The
revised rate of contribution for
the remaining period wourd be with
reference to the rever of pay
that he / she wourd have drawn in
the
post held by him / her (at the
time of his / her retirement death)
/
had he / she continued to be in
service now but for his
/ her
retirement/ death; and
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(v)
Any pensioner / family pensioner who is entitled to avail CGHS
facility has not so far got his / her pensioner CGHS card made, the
rate of contribution in such cases will be with reference to the level
of pay that he / she would have drawn in the post held by him / her
(at the time of his
/
her retirement
/
death) had he
/
she continued
to be in service now but for his/ her retirement / death.
6.
This issues with the concurrence of the Department of Expenditure
vide their t.D. Note No. 18(1)/EVl2016, dated ?4fi,j,/207'.
7.
Hindi version will
follow.
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il Kurfra'r Gu pta)
Under Secretary to the Government of lnd ia
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All M in istries/Depa rtments, Government of lndia
Director, CGHS, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Addl.DDG(HQ, CGHS, MoHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
AD(HQ), CGHS, R.K.Puram, Sector-12, New Delhi
All Addl. Directorsfoint Directors of CGHS cities outside Delhi
Additional Director (Szll(cz)lGz)/(NZ)/(MSD), MCrC CGHS, New
Delhi
JD(HQ, JD (Grievance)/JD (R&H), CGHS, Delhi
DDG(M)/CMO(SRA), Dte.GHS, MoHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi
Registrar, Supreme Court of lndia, New Delhi
U.P.S.C. Dholpur House, New Delhi
Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, Bahadur Shah
Zalar Marg, New Delhi
Director, Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, Lok Nayak
Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi
L4. PPS to
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Secretary (H&FW)/Secretary
(AYUSH
)/Secretary
(HR)/Secretary (AIDS Control), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
PPS tO DGHS/AS&DG (CGHS)/AS&FAIAS&MD, NRHM/AS(H),
MoHFW, New Delhi
MS Section, MoHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
MG-ll Section, Dte.GHS, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Hospital Empanelment Cell, CGHS, MoHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New
Delhi
CGHS-l/ll/lll/lv, Dte. Gen of CGHS, MoHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New
Delhi
Estt.l/Estt.ll/Estt.lll/Estt.lv Section, MoHFw, Nirman Bhawan, New
Delhi
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New
Delhi
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New Derhi
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Deputy secretary (civil service News), Department
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