Shillong: The Meghalaya government will implement Phase 6 of the Megha Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS) and the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) and has named Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. (RGICL) as the implementing agent.

The contract is awarded after a competitive bidding process, in which RGICL emerged as the successful bidder.

The state government will review the health benefits package and other terms in the Insurance Contract of MHIS 6 and has now decided to implement a revised MHIS 6 scheme in convergence with PMJAY, providing an insurance cover of Rs 5,30,000 for all eligible beneficiaries on a family floater basis.

This contract will cover over 7 lakh families in Meghalaya, providing them with comprehensive health insurance coverage that will meet their secondary and tertiary care hospitalization, outpatient care, diagnostic tests, and follow-up care.

RGICL is committed to providing quality healthcare services to the people of Meghalaya through its network of empanelled hospitals and healthcare providers across the state.

“We firmly believe that with the help of this contract, we will be supporting the state in bridging the much-needed gap of quality healthcare within the region, while increasing health insurance awareness and strengthening our foothold in the Northeast region,” RGICL CEO Rakesh Jain said.

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