Employees Health Care Trust Board to manage EHS

The Telangana government has vested the Employees Health Care Trust (EHCT) with full powers to administer and manage the Employees Health Scheme (EHS) for government employees, pensioners and their eligible dependents, following the reconstitution of the Trust’s Board of Trustees.

In an order issued on Thursday, the Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department said the reconstituted Board comprises representatives of government employees’ associations and pensioners’ associations. The order follows the recent implementation of a 1.5% contribution to the EHS fund from the basic pay of serving employees and the basic pension of retirees.

The government said the Board of Trustees would henceforth exercise all powers and discharge responsibilities relating to the implementation, administration, management and operation of the Employees Health Scheme.