Tuesday, 18 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The anger among the state government employees on the discrepancies in the State Government Health Scheme (SGHS) is increasing. The Uttarakhand Secretariat Association, the powerful association of secretariat employees has decided to return the golden cards of the SGHS. The President of the association Dipak Joshi said that on many occasions the State Health Agency (SHA) and the health department were informed about the discrepancies and problems faced by the employees in the golden cards but action has been taken to rectify the problems.
He said that a deduction from the salary and pension of the state government employees is being done for the scheme and it appears that the scheme has become a tool to collect money.
Joshi said that the association has decided that all the cards of the members and their families would be returned. “These cards would be collected in the office of the association from May 19 to 20 and after that these useless cards would be handed over to the CEO of the State Health Agency,’’ he said.
Joshi added that the employees would not accept the deduction for the scheme from their salaries now.
