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Indian Railways: Launching Credit Card-like Medical Cards to Employees, Retirees
Indian Railways: Launching Credit Card-like Medical Cards to Employees, Retirees- Details, Features, Purpose, Benefits
The railway board recently passed an order, stating that the separate medical identity card with unique all India number will be issued to the employees as well as to their every dependent.
Indian Railways has decided to replace the medical cards issued to its employees and pensioners with credit card-like health cards carrying unique all-India number.
At present, the medical cards issued by the zonal railways are in the form of booklets.
The move is aimed to bring uniformity in the medical identity cards issued to employees and other beneficiaries of Indian Railways, the board has also approved that the card should be a plastic-based card, the size of which should be same as that of debit/credit cards issued by banks.
The colored strip will be printed on the top of each medical card. The color of the strip would help identify the category of the card-holder-serving, retired employees or dependents.
The medical cards for beneficiaries up to the age of 15 years should be issued with a validity of five years and after which they have to be renewed.
The beneficiaries above the age of 15 years will be issued cards which need to be renewed once they turn 40 and later when they retire
