PANAJI
The Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) policy year will coincide with the financial year, henceforth. In view of this, all the DDSSY cards have to be auto renewed and will be valid up to March 31, 2022, to coincide with the financial year.
The Goa government has issued directions to this effect to the Health Department.
“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,” states the letter.
The sum assured for the existing renewed cards will remain unchanged till August 31, 2021 however for the non-renewed cards which will be auto renewed the sum assured will be calculated on pro-rata for a period of four months (May 1, 2021, to August 31, 2021) as follows “ the sum assured of Rs 2.5 lakh per family will be updated to Rs 84,247 per family and the sum assured of Rs four 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 - the sum assured of Rs 2.5 lakh per family will be updated to Rs 1,45,205 per family and the sum assured of Rs four 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.
