Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 11 2010:
Official processes for issue of Smart Card to families below poverty line (BPL) under Thongju Part II Gram Panchayat has begun today with the taking of photographs of those individuals who would be extended benefits under the National Rural Immunisation Scheme.
It is informed that 588 (BPL) families within the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat, which is under Keirao Bitra CD Block would be covered in the first phase of the Scheme.
The photography session that began from the residence of Pradhan Chirom Romio will continue till November 14 at different locations of Thongju Part-II .
Under the Scheme workers in the unorganised sector and BPL families would be provided Rs 30,000 assistance in a year in case one of the family members require medical treatment.
Moreover, transportation cost of Rs 100 per trip or a maximum of Rs 1000 would be provided under the Scheme to an individual.
Treatment should be only at Government hospital, an informed source added.