DHANUSA: The Madhes Province Government has launched the health insurance programme with the goal of improving the health of the family members of the martyrs.

Addressing a press conference here today, Minister for Home, Communications and Law, Raj Kumar Lekhi, said the health insurance programme targeting the martyrs’ families has been implemented since December 24.

According to him, the health insurance programme aims to provide free of cost health services to the martyrs’ family members. He expressed the belief that this programme will assist in the treatment of health problems of the targeted population, as it has the objective of relieving the beneficiaries of the burden of health expenses.

Minister Lekhi also informed on the occasion that a taskforce has been formed under the convenorship of the Home Minister for making amendment to the laws related to the local services and structures.
He added that this taskforce will prepare the draft for reformation in the local level structure.

Apart from this, the Madhes Province Government cabinet meeting has also passed some important work procedures related to the Ministry of Education, Health and Transport.