Health insurance ID cards issued to 13 sanitation workers
The Tirunelveli Corporation has issued health insurance ID cards to 13 sanitation workers under the NAMASTE scheme. This initiative provides cashless medical coverage and includes health screenings for workers and their families.
Why it matters
This reflects efforts to improve social security and healthcare access for marginalized workers in the sanitation sector.
Health insurance ID cards issued to 13 sanitation workers left A special eye camp for sanitation workers, organised by Tirunelveli Corporation, under way on Thursday (October 15, 2026). Special Arrangement Special Arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/5izhn4/article71589099.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/9865_15_10_2026_18_20_42_1_IMG_20261015_WA0259.JPG Special Arrangement A special eye camp for sanitation workers, organised by Tirunelveli Corporation, under way on Thursday (October 15, 2026). TIRUNELVELI Mayor G. Ramakrishnan and Commissioner Monika Rana handed over the medical insurance identity cards to 13 sanitation workers at a function held here on Thursday (October 15, 2026). With this card, they could avail themselves of cashless medical treatment up to ₹5 lakh under the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE). This scheme is being jointly implemented by the Ministries of Social Justice and Empowerment and Housing and Urban Affairs to provide health insurance coverage to sanitation workers and ragpickers under the Auyshman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
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