Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme

With the aim to alleviate financial hardships due to hospitalization expenses and to prevent inaccessibility to medical care on account of unaffordability, the State government initiated the Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) Nagaland. CMHIS is one among the first State-specific welfare scheme wherein every citizen of the State shall be entitled to free and cashless treatment for various ailments. The scheme would be instrumental in mitigating the risk of impoverishment resulting from hospitalization expenses and promote access to quality & affordable healthcare and accelerate State’s progress towards Universal Health Coverage.  

The Scheme will cover (1). State government employees and pensioners including ex-legislatures and their dependents, which is categorized as CMHIS (EP) and (2). all the indigenous and permanent residents of the State who are not covered by AB PM-JAY and are not State government employees and pensioners including ex-legislatures, which is categorized as CMHIS (GEN).

Beneficiary:

Every Citizen of Nagaland

Benefits:

is a public Health Insurance scheme by the Government of Nagaland to provide free Health insurance Cover of ₹5 Lakhs per family per year.