PANJIM: The policy year of the Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana Kendra (DDSSY) scheme will now coincide with the financial year, henceforth.
The State government has issued directions to this effect to the Health Department.
In view of this all the DDSSY cards will be auto renewed and will be valid up to March 31, 2022 to coincide with the financial year.
“All the DDSSY cards which were renewed along with the non-renewed cards for the current policy year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021) will be auto renewed and valid up to March 31,2022 to coincide with the financial year,” stated the government’s letter.
The sum assured for the existing renewed cards will remain unchanged till August 31.
However, for the non-renewed cards which will be auto renewed, the sum assured will be calculated on pro-rata for a period of 4-months (May 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021) as follows – sum assured of Rs 2.5 lakh per family will be updated to Rs 84,247 per family and the sum assured of Rs 4 lakh per year per family will be updated to Rs 1,34,795 per family.
However, for the seven months from September 1, 2021 till March 31, 2022, the sum assured will be calculated on pro-rata as – sum assured of Rs 2.5 lakh per family will be updated to Rs 1,45,205 per family while the sum assured of Rs 4 lakh per year per family will be updated to Rs 2,32,329 per family.
The next policy year will commence from April 1, 2022 till March 31, 2023.
