Project on Evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthaya Bima Yojana in Haryana: Ensuring health for poor in India- implementation and challenges

The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a targeted health insurance scheme for below the poverty line households employed in the unorganized sector with the aim to improve access of BPL families to quality medical care for treatment of diseases involving hospitalization and surgery through an identified network of public and private health care providers through a Biometric Smart Card with all India validity.The scheme was launched on 1st April 2008 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India in the three states of Haryana, Rajasthan and New Delhi on pilot basis. Coverage under the scheme was provided for BPL workers and their families, comprising the household head, spouse, and up to three dependents.It was therefore decided to explore the benefits in terms of exclusion and accessibility. So a study was done with the following objective.The evaluation of the impact of the scheme through gender, age and social profiling of the enrollees and beneficiaries in the two districts of Yamunanagar and Faridabad in the state of Haryana has been done .