The Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, decided to extend cashless medical facilities to non-teaching employees working under the Secondary and Basic Education Departments of Uttar Pradesh and their dependent family members. The decision will benefit non-teaching staff working in aided and unaided schools, Sanskrit schools and institutions under the Samagra Shiksha Project.
Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said, “The facility would be extended to non-teaching employees and their dependents working in non-government-aided secondary schools, unaided secondary schools, non-government-aided Sanskrit secondary schools, Sanskrit colleges and unaided Sanskrit secondary schools under the Secondary Education Department.”
Approximately 48,062 employees are expected to benefit from the scheme. The estimated annual financial outlay for this purpose is ₹14.4186 crore, calculated at an annual premium of ₹3,000 per employee.
Similarly, cashless medical facilities will be extended to non-teaching personnel and their dependent family members working under the Basic Education Council, aided junior high schools, unaided schools and the Samagra Shiksha Project under the Basic Education Department. Approximately 1,22,304 personnel are expected to benefit from the scheme. The estimated annual financial outlay is ₹36.6912 crore, calculated at an annual premium of ₹3,000 per employee.
Under the decision, beneficiary employees and their dependent family members will be entitled to cashless inpatient department (IPD) treatment at government hospitals as well as private hospitals empanelled under the scheme.
The scheme under the Basic Education Department is proposed to be 2implemented through the State Agency for Comprehensive Health and Integrated Services (SACHIS).
Treatment rates will be in accordance with those prescribed from time to time under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana and by the National Health Authority (NHA).
On September 5, 2025, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced cashless medical facilities for teachers under the Basic Education Department. With the extension of this facility to non-teaching personnel, a large number of employees and their families will now receive financial relief while accessing medical treatment.
More than 1.70 lakh non-teaching employees and their dependent family members to benefit
Treatment to be available at govt hospitals as well as empanelled private hospitals
