Company should bear the premium amount of the Group Health Insurance Policy, on behalf of the employees – BSNLEU writes to the CMD BSNL.

The BSNL Group Health Insurance Scheme has been implemented w.e.f from 01.05.2022. More than 10,000 BSNL employees have joined this Scheme. The annual premium for the Rs.5 lakh policy comes to Rs.16,041/-. The employees have been compelled to join the Group Health Insurance Scheme, because they face difficulties in getting cashless treatments under BSNL MRS, due to the financial crisis of the Company. When 10,000 employees joined the Group Health Insurance Scheme, naturally the medical expenditure of the Company would have also come down considerably. It will be appropriate on the part of the Company, to share this benefit with the employees. Hence, BSNLEU has written to the CMD BSNL today and has demanded that, the Company should pay the premium amount of this Group Health Insurance Policy, on behalf of the employees. BSNLEU has also stated that, this can be implemented temporarily for 2 or 3 years, till the Company’s financial position improves and employees start getting cashless treatment under the BSNL MRS. While making this demand, BSNLEU has also stated that BSNL MRS should continue.