Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)

Subject – Governance

Context – Revamped CGHS website, app launched

Concept –

For the last six decades Central Government Health Scheme is providing comprehensive medical care to the Central Government employees and pensioners enrolled under the scheme.
In fact CGHS caters to the healthcare needs of eligible beneficiaries covering all four pillars of democratic set up in India namely Legislature, Judiciary, Executive and Press.
CGHS is the model Health care facility provider for Central Government employees & Pensioners and is unique of its kind due to the large volume of beneficiary base, and open ended generous approach of providing health care.
Presently approximately 38.5 lakh beneficiaries are covered by CGHS in 74 cities all over India and the endeavour is to include more cities to improve the accessibility of the services.
CGHS provides health care through following systems of Medicine
Allopathic
Homoeopathic
Indian system of medicine
- Ayurveda
- Unani
- Siddha and
- Yoga