LUCKNOW, Oct. 27 -- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved cashless medical treatment for 1,70,366 non-teaching staff members serving under the Basic Education Council, non-government aided schools, unaided (self-financed) schools, Sanskrit schools and the Samagra Shiksha project, along with their dependent family members. The state government will incur an annual expenditure of Rs.51.11 crore on the scheme.

The facility will cover inpatient (IPD) treatment at government hospitals and private hospitals empanelled with the State Agency for Comprehensive Health and Integrated Services (SACHIS), at rates approved under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) and the National Health Authority (NHA).

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