Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

DHS-16 Establishment of De-addiction Centres in the State
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Outlay – Rs. 70.00 lac
11.5.57 Drug abuse is rampant in the State especially among youths (15-25 yrs) and
farmers. Being a border state, four border districts i.e. Ferozepur, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn
Taran and Malwa belt are seriously affected by drug abuse.
11.5.58 The state government intends to establish 20 and 10 bedded District Drug Deaddiction
Treatment Centres(DDTC) in all districts of the State in the existing infrastructure
of 100 and 50 bed Civil Hospital respectively to combat drug abuse. The aim of these DDTCs
is to provide free de-addiction treatment rehabilitation of drug abuse and bringing them back
to the mainstream of life. 11 De-addiction centres are functional in 9 districts of the State.
The remaining 11 districts of the state are not covered with proper Drug De-addiction centre.
There is a proposal to cover these districts with the services of de-addiction in such a way that
areas far off from Civil Hospitals and important subdivisions are also covered. There is a
proposal to construct 15 De-addiction centres in 13 districts of the State of Punjab, out of
which 11 are at District level and 4 are at Sub division level.
11.5.59 An outlay of Rs. 330.00 lac is provided for the 11th Five Year Plan. An outlay
of Rs. 200.00 lac had been provided for the Annual Plan 2008-09. An outlay of Rs. 450.00
lac as ACA had been provided in the Annual Plan 2010-11, against which an expenditure of
Rs. 14.52 lac was incurred. An outlay of Rs. 70.00 lac is provided for the Annual Plan 2011-
12 for establishment of 15 DDTCs in the state.
DHS-20 Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna for workers covered under BPL(75:25)
Outlay -Rs. 265.00 lac
11.5.60 The Ministry of Labour & Employment, GoI, had launched RSBY (Rashtriya
Swasthya Bima Yojna) with effect from 1/4/2009 to facilitate health insurance cover for
workers covered under BPL. Under the insurance policy, indoor and selected out door
treatment will be provided to the BPL families upto the extent of Rs. 30,000/- in a year per
family(unit of five) on floater basis. The GoI is providing 75% of estimated annual premium
subject to a maximum of Rs. 500/- per family per annum. The GoI is also bearing the cost of
smart cards. 25% of the premium is borne by the State government along with administrative
cost and the beneficiary would pay Rs.30/- per annum as annual fee for registration.