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‘Dalits to get free medical treatment’ Agencies Posted online: Apr 13, 2010 at 0908 hrs PuducherryPoor Scheduled Caste people suffering critical ailments who cannot get specialized treatment in the government general hospital would be given medical assistance for treatment in corporate hospitals in other states, welfare minister M Kandsamy said today. Stating this during his reply to views of members of political parties in the Assembly, he said the government would bear the entire treatment cost of such patients, provided the maximum amount did not exceed Rs three lakh. The Puducherry Cooperative Urban Bank had been authorized to take up general insurance business also. A survey would be launched to collect details of the total number of domestic help, to include them as members in the Building and Construction Workers Welfare Board here. Workers now getting Rs 80 per day under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) would be paid Rs 20 more on lines of the wage system adopted by the Centre, he said. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/