Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY)
This post is my personal positive experience about Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana and how to get free medical benefits upto 1.5 lacs per year. I have clearly mentioned the process of registration below.
Please consider that I'm just sharing my personal experience to make people aware of this scheme. I declare that I'm not a government official & have no right to make statement on this scheme.
About Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogaya Yojana (RGJAY)
Its a great health scheme, initiated by Govt. of Maharashtra to help the needful. The scheme helps in fulfilling healthcare expenditure of below poverty line (BPL - Yellow Ration Card Holders) & above poverty line (APL - Orange Ration Card Holders), up to 1.5lakhs per year with zero expense to the patient.
Who can benefit from the RGJAY Scheme - Criteria
- Below Poverty Line residents of Maharashtra holding yellow rationing card
- Above Poverty Line residents of Maharashtra holding orange rationing card
Required Documents
- Yellow or Orange rationing card in which Patients name is mentioned
- Photo ID Proof - Aadhar Card / Pan Card. I'm not sure whether driving license is excepted
KEY BENEFITS OF RGJAY scheme
- Many Hospitals in Mumbai, Thane, Pune & Many other districts in Maharashtra runs the RGJAY scheme
Check the List of Hospitals for RGJAY SCHEME
- 972 surgeries, therapies, procedures are covered in this scheme
Check the list of covered surgeries/therapies/procedures
Instant Registration - Registration within 40 minutes per person depending upon the Queue.
- Quick Sanction - Sanction of amount will be released to the hospital once approved from main centre
Process of Registration & Admission Under the scheme
- First Search for list of hospitals in your district that has got RGJAY Scheme. You may also search Districtwise & Speciality wise.
- Once you have sorted your convenient hospital, visit the hospital with pre-diagnosed reports of your personal MD physcian / surgeon. This is not a condition for registration but it will save your time
- The volunteers of RGJAY will check the diagnosis report of the patient. Then they will scan & email the rationing card & Photo ID proof to their main centre. The main centre will verify the documents & immediately send a registration copy maximum within 30-40 mins, depending upon queue.
- Once registration is done, the volunteers will send the patient to OPD same day or may call on a particular date depending upon availability of doctor related to your health problem.
- After checkups & diagnosis the RGJAY Surgeon/Physian will give his written opinion about the required procedure or surgery.
- All related documents & Diagnosis reports (if required) are emailed by the volunteers to the main centre & sanction is released immediately. Normally they don't keep you waiting
- Important - There are only 3-4 beds alloted in each hospital for the scheme, therefore depending upon the availability you will be adjusted & addmitted accordingly.
Volunteers of RGJAY Society are real sincere & hardworking people. As per my experience they really take good care of patients & make keep the hospital authorities run on toes. But my advice to you is do not act in a commanding way or argue with the volunteers unnecessarily. If they ask you to wait then please wait, they are assigned to help you & they do their job well.
