Labour Welfare Scheme (Health)
Ministry: Ministry Of Labour and Employment
The scheme aims to provide comprehensive health care and financial assistance for medical treatments. It offers hospital services, medical reimbursements, and subsistence allowances for beedi, cine, and non-coal mine workers and their dependants.
About This Scheme
Benefits
##### Mental Diseases
₹30
Financial assistance of ₹30/- per patient per day for indoor treatment and ₹6/- to ₹60/- per patient per day for outdoor treatment is provided for leprosy.
##### General Healthcare
Healthcare facilities are provided to workers and their dependants through a network of 10 hospitals and 285 dispensaries.
₹300
Financial assistance of ₹300/- is provided for the purchase of spectacles.
##### Heart Diseases
₹1.3 L
Reimbursement of expenditure up to ₹1,30,000/- is provided for the treatment of heart diseases.
##### Kidney Diseases
₹2.0 L
Reimbursement of expenditure up to ₹2,00,000/- is provided for kidney transplantation.
##### Cancer
₹7.5 L
Reimbursement of actual expenses on treatment, medicines, and diet charges, up to ₹7,50,000/-, is provided for cancer.
₹50
Travel allowance for a cancer patient and one attendant is payable at ₹50/- per day per person.
##### Minor Surgeries
₹30.0K
Reimbursement of expenditure up to ₹30,000/- is provided for minor surgeries like hernia, appendectomy, ulcer, gynaecological diseases, and prostate diseases.
##### Maternity and Family Welfare
₹1.0K
Grant of ₹1,000/- per delivery is provided to female workers as a maternity benefit.
₹500
Monetary incentive of ₹500/- per head is provided for undergoing sterilization under the family welfare initiative.
##### Tuberculosis
₹750 · monthly
Subsistence allowance of ₹750/- to ₹1,000/- per month is granted for tuberculosis patients.
₹600 · monthly
Maintenance allowance of ₹600/- to ₹750/- per month and medicine cost of ₹50/- per month are payable for domiciliary treatment of tuberculosis.
₹15
Daily food allowance of ₹15/- or a yearly grant of ₹20,000/- is provided per tuberculosis patient.
##### Leprosy
₹300 · monthly
Subsistence allowance of ₹300/- per month with dependants and ₹200/- per month without dependants is provided for leprosy patients.
₹180 · monthly
Maintenance allowance of ₹180/- per month for state beds and ₹900/- per month for independent beds for six months is provided for mental diseases.
₹600 · monthly
Maintenance allowance for dependants of mental disease patients is provided at ₹600/- to ₹750/- per month for nine months.
##### Conditions for Availment
_* Prior approval of the concerned Welfare Commissioner is necessary before beginning treatments for heart ailments, kidney treatment, and cancer._
_* The ophthalmic benefit for purchasing spectacles is given only to the worker and not to their dependants._
_* The maternity benefit is limited strictly to the first two deliveries._
Eligibility
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Required Documents
- ✦Valid Identity Card of the Worker.
- ✦Medical Prescription or Treatment Recommendation Letter (Required for Surgeries, Tuberculosis, Cancer, Heart, Kidney, Mental Diseases, Leprosy, and Spectacles).
- ✦Original Bills and Receipts of Medical Expenditure (Required for Treatment Reimbursement Claims).
- ✦Prior Approval Letter from the Welfare Commissioner (Required for Heart Ailments, Kidney Treatment, and Cancer Treatments).
- ✦Birth Certificates of Children (Required for Maternity Benefits and Family Planning Operation Scheme).
✦ Required ◦ Optional
How to Apply
Quick Info
- Level
- Central Government
- Max benefit
- ₹7.5 L