Organisation : Blind Persons’ Association
Scheme Name : Swavlamban, Health Insurance Scheme for Persons with Disability
Scheme Details here : https://bpa.org.in/
Website : http://bpa.org.in/
Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme
A Health insurance Scheme for Persons with Disabilities was launched by The New India Assurance Company limited, in Association with Ministry Of Social Justice, Dept of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on 2nd October 2015.
Related : Micro Financing Scheme National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation : www.statusin.in/20167.html
Persons with blindness, low vision, leprosy-cured, hearing impairment, loco-motor disability, Mental-Retardation and mental illness may apply for health insurance under the Swabalamban scheme.
KEY FEATURES:
** Sum insured of Rs. 2 lacs on family floater for a period of 12 months.
** Family size up to 1+3. Primary member is Person with disabilities. In case of minor being PWD, parent/legal guardian of such minor can also be covered under the scheme.
** Age band 0 – 65 years.
** Available for persons with disabilities with family annual income of Rs. 3 lacs and below on declaration basis in proposal form.
** No premedical tests.
** Uniform premium contribution of Rs. 357 per person / family ( incl tax).
** OPD cover for corrective therapy up to Rs. 10,000 a year for person with disability. For persons with mental retardation and mental illness, OPD cover is Rs. 3000 per annum.
** No exclusion of pre-existing conditions. However corrective surgery for existing impairment can be done with consent of insurer/TPA.
** Pre-post hospitalization expenses covered sub to limits.
** Rest of terms as per standard New India Flexi Floater Group Mediclaim Policy.
** Persons with multiple disabilities, Cerebral Palsy & autism are not covered under this scheme.
A person with disability, Spouse & up to two Children has to pay just 10% of the premium (Rs. 357) for a sum of Rs. 2 lac. Visit this New India Assurance Company’s page for enrolment form and other details.
About Us :
Exiled from the world of light and colours shut up into a dungeon of dayless gloom, looked down upon by the general society as cursed creatures for sins committed in the previous births, the blind persons of India went a-begging from door to door singing doleful songs.
Such was the common lot of sightless men and women of India till the last quarter of the nineteenth century. In the meantime, a revolutionary change had taken place in Europe in the world of education of the blind.
Monsieur Louis Braille of France, himself blind, invented a tactile code for reading and writing of the sightless, which came to be named after him.
Projects for Donation :
We conduct three blind schools and a Braille press and library in different districts of West Bengal. Besides, we record talking books for blind students and people with some form of print disability. Your charity will help us in maintaining these services.
You may also consider making a donation to our corpus fund. This contribution to corpus fund will be reserved as laid down under Section 11(1)(d) of Income Tax Act, 1961 .
Contact Us :
Blind Persons’ Association
6B Panchanantala road, 2nd Floor,
Kolkata 700029.