Medical facilities for Retired Employees
Retired Employees Contributory Health Scheme
- Retired/Invalidated employees can avail medical facilities by joining RECHS at a nominal monthly contribution.
- No new members are allowed in the scheme.
- Existing members may continue indefinitely.
Contribution
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Monthly Contribution
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Gr A
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Rs. 36
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Gr B
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Rs. 27
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Gr C
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Rs. 18
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Gr D
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Rs. 9
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Retired Employees Liberalized Health Scheme
Eligibility
- Minimum 20 years service. Those resigning not eligible.
- For Ex. Casual Labour, 50% of temporary service rendered as Casual Labour shall be counted for calculating Qualifying Service.
Conditions
- One time contribution equal to last month Basic Pay to be made at the time of retirement.
- Members of existing RELHS scheme will automatically become member without any fresh payment.
- Option to join may be given 3 months before retirement.
- Retired employees and spouses of deceased retired Railway employees may by paying an amount equal to all monthly contribution due under RECHS from date of retirement to date of joining RELHS in addition to equalised Basic Pay at the time of retirement as per successive pay Commission’s recommendations.
Rate of Contribution for Pre 96 retirees
- 2 times of revised pension as on 01.01.1996 including commuted portion.
- For family pensioners it will be double the normal family pension as on 01.01.1996.
- For SRPF optees a one time contribution at twice the ex-gratia monthly payment may be deposited.
- Medical facilities will be available for self,spouse, widowed mother, dependent children who will get indoor/outdoor treatment as in case of serving empoyees.
- Benefits include special diet, reimbursement of claims for treatment in government or recognised non-Railway Hospitals. They will be eligible for ambulance services, medical passes, home visits, treatment of first two pregnancies of married daughters at concessional rates, treatment of servant etc.
Comments
Is it fact that RELH is made
Is it fact that RELH is made mandatory without any exit ? should I submit my unwillingness to join the said scheme before retirement
Now RELHS is mandatory for
Now RELHS is mandatory for all retiring employees.
My brother Sri R.Kumar who
My brother Sri R.Kumar who was in service since 1978 to 1998 in Railways . due to continued absence from duty he was removed from service in 1998. No compassionate allowance was extended and now RELHS is also not available. He is now 58 and now struggling for life
We are planning to put a review petion.
please inform whether he is eligible for RELHS . If their are any specific Railway board orders please furnish the same.
No, RELHS is not available
No, RELHS is not available for those who have been resigned from service.
My Father Shri Kishan Bansal
My Father Shri Kishan Bansal is retired form NW railway from account departement.He has Railway medical card issued for my parents at the time of retirement and registered in Ajmer.
Now for time being (three-four month)he is staying with me in Mohali near to chandigarh and wants to avail medical facilities like free medcines from CHandigarh dispensary. But when we asked for medicine they always denied and says that you are not eligible for this as you are registered in Ajmer and if you want to get the facility you have to transferred it here.
My job is transferrable and even my parents comes occasionally for few months.It is not possible to get transferred the card in chandigarh as my and parents stays is not fixed.
Please suggest how can we get this facility?
Thanks
Manish
Normally it can be availed in
Normally it can be availed in any Railway Hospital. But Medical Officer has to permit. Request to the DMO concerned.
whom should we contact to get
whom should we contact to get this facility.Any mail id or phone number will help us.
Thanks in advance.
Manish
You have to meet Railway DMO
You have to meet Railway DMO concerned.
what is the salary package
what is the salary package for C group and D group
employees....................plz tel me as soon as possible
See here:
See here: http://indianrailwayemployee.com/content/gross-and-net-salary-some-popul...
Dear Sir, My brother has
Dear Sir,
My brother has taken Voluntary retirement from northern railway in the year 2001. He was working as TXR (train examiner) at Amritsar . He is getting FDA. Please let me know whether he can join RELHS now as he requires medical facilities urgently. What is the procedure and to whom contact.
thanks
Janak Raj Sharma
He can join now RELHS. See
He can join now RELHS. See here: http://indianrailwayemployee.com/circular/retired-employees-liberalized-health-scheme-relhs-97-reopened-all-railway-pensioners
Sir, Thanks for the
Sir,
Thanks for the information. It is to state that while I was sending my query I got telephone from the family of my brother about his sudden death the due to cardiac heart arrest at private nursing home yesterday in the evening at Amritsar. This is very shocking news for me. Now my query is about his family, how the family get the benefit of RELHS and whom to approach for membership and family pension. He was getting FMA (fixed medical allowance).
regards.
janak raj Sharma
You have to approach
You have to approach Divisional Personal Officer from the Division where he retired. Widow can join RELHS also.
Dear Sir, My father is given
Dear Sir,
My father is given compulsory retirement worked in North-Central railway, Allhabad division not getting RELHS facility yet. Now, we are in Kolkata, west Bengal, nearest Railway office is Head quarters South Estern Railway. Is it possible to get issued medical card from the nearest railway office?
Regards,
arka Chakraborty
It wil be difficult without
It wil be difficult without going to Allhabad as SER has no records of your father.
Dear sir, yes sir, SER dont
Dear sir,
yes sir, SER dont have record but my father appeal for that, and SER gave a letter from public grivrance Dept. to my father. My father is unwell now, and unable to go Allahabad. So. sir can I go Allahabad for the reason? Is this fruitful to me to go North-central railway's office?
Regards,
Arka Chakraborty.
My fatheris retired from
My fatheris retired from Delhi division Northern Railways in 1983 but had not opted for any health scheme *(he has been operated for heart privately in 2004) can he join RELHS
what are the formalities & where one should contact
He can join RELHS now. He has
He can join RELHS now. He has to contact DPO office in Delhi .
Dear Sir My father Sh
Dear Sir
My father Sh Rabindra Nath Pal retires as Chief Parcel Supervisor from Durg Statiion in 1998. He had not opted for the RELHS at the time of retirement. Is it possible for him to opt for this now?
My Mother is a kidney patient and is on dialysis and intention is to get medical help for her treatment
thank You
Tamal
9320930721
Yes he can join RELHS now.
Yes he can join RELHS now.
My Mother Late Sunanda
My Mother Late Sunanda Shankar Walde has enrolled in the RELHS .She went in coma so I admitted her in private hospital (Orange City Hospital , Nagpur) .She expired in Hospital .Is it feasible to reimburse her medical expenses, which has run over two lacks and fifty thousand.
Regards
Trushant S Walde
Highly unlikely that you get
Highly unlikely that you get reimbursement though technically possible.
Sir, my friend Bacchan Singh
Sir,
my friend Bacchan Singh who retired as Senior Diesel chargeman in the year of 1996 from Rosa in Moradabad. Division, Northern Railway. Unfortunatly at the time of his retirement he could not deposit the money (Last pay drawn) for issuing the Medical Card. But now he is in need of Medical Card. Kindly suggest the proper procedure and to whom he should approach. At present he is living at Lucknow.
(M.D. SHUKLA)
09-08-12 Lucknow
Sir, my friend Bacchan Singh
Sir,
my friend Bacchan Singh who retired as Senior Diesel chargeman in the year of 1996 from Rosa in Moradabad. Division, Northern Railway. Unfortunatly at the time of his retirement he could not deposit the money (Last pay drawn) for issuing the Medical Card. But now he is in need of Medical Card. Kindly suggest the proper procedure and to whom he should approach. At present he is living at Lucknow.
(M.D. SHUKLA)
09-08-12 Lucknow
My father in law was working
My father in law was working in Western Railway, Mumbai and retired in 1992. Currently he is hospitalized. We are not sure whether he is covered in medical scheme. How to verify ?
Is it feasible to reimburse him medical expenses
Approach Western Railway,
Approach Western Railway, Mumbai divisional office with his pension papers and demand . IF he is not covered you can join RELHS now.
Medical reimbursement is allowed in theory, but practically very difficult to get.
Good day sir I retired as
Good day sir
I retired as goods supervisor in 1995 from umb. I have an unmarried daughter who is also a kidney transplant patient. Can i avail the medical facilities for her. Is there any specific income requirement for availing the same.
If she is dependant on you
If she is dependant on you yes. Dependant means her income doenst exceed 3500 plus DA.
Sir, My father in law was a
Sir,
My father in law was a SPECIAL A GRADE GUARD in Indian Railways. He remained posted in Moradabad , Ghaziabad and Saharanpur. He retired from Saharanpur in 1991. My mother in law gets family pension and pass for travel once in a year. The QUESTION I have is- she doesnot know how to avail the medical facility provided by railway hospitals. She does not have MEDICAL CARD or doesn't even have any idea how nd from where to get it. Can you please help us in this matter. THANKS .
you go to the divisional
you go to the divisional office of saharanpur rly division and meet the welfare inspector along with her
ppo ( pension payment order ) and the service certificate. he will do the needful
I am from Vadodara.Please
I am from Vadodara.Please provide the form here. or give any web-address or any other means from where we can find the application form. Reply Fast.
Dear Sir My father has
Dear Sir
My father has retired from Baroda house New Delhi from the post of Chief Draftsman in dec 1996. HE is pateint of Hernia and Having cataract in both eyes , also my mother is pateint of diabetics so she has to take medicines daily. Now recently, she was diagonised by Gallstone .
We are two brothers and Iam the eldest doing job in goa and my younger brother is mentally week,
a month back my father also had a hernia pain .
Therefore, please help me out is there any facility provide by the railways so that my mother got her surgery with minimal cost in good hospital and my father also get operated for cataract .
Sir , i am looking at you for a positive response. please guide me.
Regards
Gaurav
9325006919
Dear Gaurav , You have not
Dear Gaurav , You have not mentioned where your parents are staying. they can avail Post retirement medical benefits along with your brother provided they are eligible from nearby railway hospital. Please contact the settlement section of the personal department of the division from where your father retired & meet the welfare Offocer/ APO/ CWI chief Welfare Inspector.
If he has joined RELHS SCHEME
If he has joined RELHS SCHEME he can take treatment in Railway Hospital. If not he has to join the scheme now.
Sir, I am v.ratnakarnaidu and
Sir,
I am v.ratnakarnaidu and my father name is v.krishnamma,
he was retaired from CKP division (Orissa), on 2000. on that time he doesn't applied for medical card, but now he need it.
Is there any chance to get the medical card now. if there is any procedure please tell me,
because now it is more helpful to us.
thank you,
v.ratnakar
Yes, he can get it. Approach
Yes, he can get it. Approach Divisional Office from where he retired with all documents like PPO.
dear sir/madam, my mother in
dear sir/madam,
my mother in law is a family pensioner since jan 2011 and staying in a village of dist. bulandshahr (UP)
how she can avail facilities of relhs
how i will come to know that my father in law has joined relhs or not ?
prcedure to join relhs as it is reopened now and what all documents required ?
is there any closing date ?
warm regards,
Nootan Sharma
Approach divisional office
Approach divisional office with all the documents like pension book. So far no closing date has been proposed.
My father got retired from
My father got retired from Shimla and got his Medical I Card under RELHS scheme fro Amabala Division. He is setteled in Dharamshala District Kangra and Getting regular treatment from Pathankot Rly Health Unit and got himself registered in Pathankot.
Now his reimbursement case was sent by Sr. DMO Pathankot to CMS Firozpur and CMS further sent this case to Sr. DFM Firozpur. The case has been sent with objection that individual has not transferred his card to firozpur division and hence case of reimbursement may be sent to CMS Pathankot.
Can you please provide the order's copy in which it is written that reimbursement can be taken from any Division irrespective of the Card Issue Authority.
Regards,
Bhupinder Pathak
Hi Sir, My father retired
Hi Sir,
My father retired on June-2002 from Northern Railways (Kanpur Central) as ASM and did not registered himself in RELHS Scheme that time. I have following queries.
1. Can he join this scheme now?
2. Can we get the medical treatment in private/non-railway hospital? Will it be cash less or reimbursement type?
3. When can we start using this scheme?
4. My mother will be included into that?
5. Can we claim for ongoing treatment?
Thanks
-Hitesh
As per Railway board's letter
As per Railway board's letter no. 2011/H/28/1/RELHS/Court Case dated 31.05.2012 , those railway employees who are retired before march 2009, RELHS scheme is opened . Employee can take treatment in neraby railway hospital / referral centers / recognised centers provided referred by authotised railway doctor. Employee, spouse, unmarried dependent children & widow mother are entiltled for treatment. Please contact the Personal department of the division from where employee has retired.
RELHS is now open for retired
RELHS is now open for retired Railway employees. HE can join it now.
The medical cost will be reimbursed. But nowadays much time is taken for reimbursement. HE wont get reimbursement for on going treatment, as there is a a lock in period of six months for referral outside the Railway Hospital. See here:
http://indianrailwayemployee.com/circular/retired-employees-liberalized-health-scheme-relhs-97-reopened-all-railway-pensioners
My father retired from the
My father retired from the Railways in 1985. In 1989, he paid an amount of Rs 3100/- at New Delhi and joined the RELHS Scheme. This has been endorsed on his Identity Card with a stamp of Central Hospital, New Delhi. Is he automatically a member of RELHS-97? Do they give a separate Registration Card? If yes, can he apply for it now?
He shifted to Pune in 2003 permanently. Does he have to register at Pune afresh and get a new registration Card? Is the "Identity Card for Retired Railway Servants For Medical Treatment at Specified Railway Hospitals" still a valid document?
RELHS once joined is valid
RELHS once joined is valid till death. He doent have to register afresh. He can avail medical facility in Pune.
Sir/Madam My Father was
Sir/Madam
My Father was retired from Indian railways, he had the RELHS card but his wife both
kidneys get failed. In a week she has to go for 2-3 times for dialysis. Her treatment is going
on in a private hospital of Chandigarh , near to their house, but the treatment is expensive
as well as we are not able to afford it. can you just tell us , do my father (retired officer of
railway) is able to get compensation for this treatment?
Its urgent , please let us know, early response will be appreciable.
Thanks
Gurmeet
You have to approach Railway
You have to approach Railway Medical Officer concerned. Only if he recommend the case you get reimbursement.
Respected Sir/Madem, My
Respected Sir/Madem, My father retired on 2004 from South central railway ,we reside in Siliguri(W.B.) under N.F.Railway.Our nearest rly hospital is Bhakti nagar(NJP).Though a letter for issue of REHS card was issued to CMS N.F.RLY alongwith direction to deposit amount of Rs.6200/- on 2004 he could not deposit the amount ,.is it possible to deposit the same now and avail the REHS scheme, if so kindly give guidence.
Regards
RELHS is one based on one
RELHS is one based on one payment at the time of retirement only. There is a plan to reopen it. Once it is reopen for retired employees you can apply then.
dear sir I really do not
dear sir
I really do not understand why Railway should - 1st reopen the registration for the retired railway employees in 2010 and 2nd - keep it open for some time duration only.
REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ON INDEFINITELY. I really do not understand the logic.
anytime any retired employee goes to railway hospital, he should be given the treatment and if he has not paid 2 months basic, it should be asked to deposit then and there only.
pl advice me on whom should I approach in Railway Board/ minister to take up this matter. Shall I go to a court and demand the above which looks me - a right of the retired employee.?
pl advice
Thanks and Regards
Rahul
p.s. my father retired (took voluntary retirement) in 1994 and now there is no way he can go to Railway Hospital. He had served to Railways for years and gave his full life and now he can not avail the medical facility of a railway hospital.