Context:
Centre Notifies Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme, 2025
Key Provisions of the Cashless Treatment Scheme for Road Accident Victims (2025):
- Eligibility: Covers all victims of road accidents involving motor vehicles on any road.
- Coverage: Provides cashless treatment up to ₹1.5 Lakhs at designated hospitals, valid for 7 days from the accident date.
- Nodal Agency: The State Road Safety Council oversees implementation.
- Hospital Selection: States must ensure all capable hospitals are onboarded, including those empanelled under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, for trauma and polytrauma care.
- Payments to Hospitals: Hospitals can submit claims, which the State Health Agency verifies, ensuring funds from the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund are disbursed within 10 days.
- Monitoring Mechanism: The scheme is supervised by a dedicated committee, chaired by the Secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
Source: IE
Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements:
1. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the first regulatory body set up by the Government of India.
2. One of the tasks of PNGRB is to ensure competitive markets for gas.
3. Appeals against the decisions of PNGRB go before the Appellate Tribunals for Electricity.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2019 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (b)