Guidelines regarding printing and issue of CGHS Plastic Card
F.No. FTS 1127429/2015
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Dte. General of CGHS
Office of the Director,
CGHS Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 8th June 2015
OFFICEMEMORANDUM
Subject-
Guidelines regarding printing and issue of Plastic Card- regarding
The issue regarding pendency of issue of CGHS plastic cards has been
reviewed by the competent authority and with a view to clear the
pendency expeditiously, it has now been decided that:
1. The work of Updating/ Uploading of the Data for plastic cards
shall hereinafter be outsourced to two private agencies, viz., M/s
Synapse Solutions Private Ltd., and M/s Madras Security Printers
Pvt.Ltd., which are already engaged for printing of plastic cards
through NICSI. The work order for Data entry has been issued directly to
the agencies at the existing rate contracts for this purpose in order
to avoid delays in completion of formalities with NICSI and submitting
work orders through NICSI.
If felt required, CGHS authorities in cities may deploy local
agencies to get the data uploading done at the same NICSI approved rate
contract.
2. CGHS has already issued work order directly to the empanelled
private agencies to print CGHS plastic cards at the existing rates as
per the contract with NICSI( copy enclosed).
3. Plastic Cards shall hereinafter be distributed directly through
concerned CGHS Wellness Centre in order to avoid crowding at the CGHS
administrative offices and possible misplacing of the cards when sent
through speed post. The concerned CGHS wellness centres and CGHS
authority would provide wide publicity of this system so as to avoid
keeping the cards in the wellness centres unnecessarily. The centres
would keep an authenticated record of the cards received, issued and
pending for issue. Every week this report should be sent to the CGHS
authority of the city. CGHS wellness centres would take extra effort to
contact the beneficiaries about the receipt of the CGHS Plastic cards.
Lists must be kept in the notice boards prominently for every body’s
notice. The cards must be issued to the beneficiaries after verifying
the authenticities of the receiver of the cards. CGHS authority would
upload the information of printing of CGHS cards and dispatch details in
the website on regular basis.
4. CMO I/Cs would motivate the CGHS beneficiaries to link their
database to the Aadhar number by logging in to the CGHS database. The
in-charges are also required to enter the Aadhar numbers whenever
possible. The CMO i/c of CGHS Wellness Centres shall be responsible to
link the CGHS database to Aadhar numbers of beneficiaries.
5. Printout of CGHS Index Card, which shall be valid for availing all
CGHS facilities including investigations I treatment from empanelled
diagnostic centres and hospitals till Plastic cards are issued through
the CGHS wellness centre. In addition all the empanelled private
hospitals and the laboratories shall continue to provide medical
facility at CGHS terms and conditions to the CGHS Beneficiaries
irrespective of the printed date of validity in their plastic cards.
However, they shall verify the validity of the card in the CGHS database
at the link – http://www.cghs.nic.in/welcome.jsp and extend the
investigation /treatment facilities.
6. A copy of this OM shall be displayed prominently in the notice board at CGHS Wellness Centres.
7. These instructions are valid till further orders.
This issues with the approval of competent authority and concurrence of IFD vide FTS Rl27429 dated 3/6/2015
(Dr.D.C.Joshi)
Director,CGHS
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