Telangana launches Health Scheme for govt employees, pensioners and their family members
The Telangana government has launched the 'New Employees Health Scheme' providing cashless medical services to over 1.7 million government employees, pensioners, and their families. The initiative includes a digital portal for health card management and covers 1,816 medical packages across nearly 1,000 private and public hospitals.
Why it matters
This scheme significantly expands healthcare access and digitizes administrative processes for a massive public sector workforce, setting a precedent for state-level welfare governance.
Telangana Government has launched ‘New Employees Health Scheme’ for the State government employees , retired personnel and their family members, on Friday (July 17, 2026). A total of 1,816 medical and surgical packages are part of it. Cashless health services would be offered at 886 private hospitals and 114 government hospitals.
There are a total of 17,88,336 beneficiaries of the scheme, including 4,38,594 government employees, 3,61,955 pensioners and nearly 9.38 lakh of their family members, said Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha.
The Health Minister along with Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka launched the scheme and its portal ( https://nehs.telangana.gov.in/ ) at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat in Hyderabad.
The beneficiaries can download digital health cards from the website. The process of claiming insurance, from pre-authorisation to claims settlement, is digitised, said Mr. Raja Narasimha.
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