Free health insurance for literary writers and artists

GANDAKI, Feb. 13: The Gandaki Academy has decided to provide free health insurance facilities to literary writers and artists substantially contributing to the enrichment of art, literature, and culture.

In this connection, the task of identifying literary writers and activists and collecting their details was being carried out, the Academy shared.

According to Academy Chancellor Surya Khadka 'Bikharchi', free health insurance facilities would be provided to 200 literary writers and artists this year. 

"We have come up with a free health insurance scheme targeting the lifetime literary writers with low income and chronic disease", he said, adding, "Literary writers and artists from all 11 districts of the Gandaki province would be covered in the scheme". 

The Academy has issued a public notice calling for applications from the writers and artists interested to get included in the scheme. 

Chancellor Khadka said the selection would be done as per the procedural guidelines of the institution. The literary writer insurance facility has been designed in line with the criteria and standards of the government-announced health insurance program. The Academy would bear an insurance premium of Rs 3000 per person to the Health Insurance Board. With this, the insurance covers the annual health expenses of five members of a family up to Rs 100,000.