Bhubaneswar: With the approval of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the duration of Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana, the health insurance scheme for the working journalists has been extended from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025, Information and Public Relations Department informed.
In this context, the scheme has been renewed. An annual premium of 8 crore 55 lakh 76 thousand 314 has been paid to the Oriental Insurance Company and a bilateral agreement has been signed between the insurance company and the Information and Public Relations Department.
Initially, 7041 working journalists have been included in this insurance scheme for the next year. The portal of the Information and Public Relations Department will open in the first week of September for journalists applying to register under the scheme. The process of application will be valid for one month, stated a release issued by the Information and Public Relations Department.
