“Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” is a health insurance scheme initiated by the Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Odisha. It is designed to provide financial coverage for the medical expenses of Working Journalists in Odisha and their eligible family members.

The scheme extends coverage to Working Journalists in Odisha and their eligible family members. Eligible family members include spouses and up to three wholly dependent children, with coverage available for children up to the age of 25 years.

The health insurance scheme provides coverage of ₹5,00,000/- (five lakhs only) exclusively to the defined family unit, which includes the working Journalist, their spouse, and up to three dependent children under the age of 25 years. This coverage is aimed at addressing various medical expenses for the family.

The eligibility criteria specify that the applicant must be an Odisha-based Journalist.

To qualify, the Journalist should be based in Odisha or New Delhi and actively working for an Odisha-based newspaper.

Yes, the Journalist should be associated with a media house registered with the Information & Public Relations (I&PR) Department, Odisha, or New Delhi.

The eligible applicants need to visit and apply through the official web portal of the “Odisha Working Journalist Welfare Scheme Application”. i.e. https://owjws.odisha.gov.in/