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FMCMP

Free Medical Card for Media Persons
PuducherryIndividualFamilyState/ UTNo start date
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What this is

The scheme provides free medical facilities to press correspondents and members of their families in Government hospitals /institutions under the control of the Administration. This will include free treatment in Government hospitals /institutions with entitlement to A-Class Special Wards..

In detail

The scheme "Free Medical Card for Media Persons" by the Department of Information & Publicity, Union Territory of Puducherry, aims to provide free medical facilities to press correspondents and members of their families in Government hospitals /institutions under the control of the Administration. This will include free treatment in the Government hospitals /institutions of Puducherry with entitlement to A-Class Special Wards.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be a citizen of India.
  • The applicant should be a native of the Union Territory of Puducherry by birth or by continuous residence for not less than five years.
  • The applicant should be a Press Correspondent.

What you get

Identification Cards/Certificates will be issued to the eligible media persons for availing the following facilities -

  • Free medical facilities to the press correspondents and members of their families in Government hospitals /institutions under the control of the Administration.
  • Free treatment in the Government hospitals /institutions of Puducherry with entitlement of 'A-Class' Special Wards. In the absence of such wards, wards of the next lower category shall be provided.
  • The free medical facility will also include hospital stoppages, investigation charges, etc.

Time of Disbursal: The Medical Card will be issued within a working day from the date of application.

Listed by myScheme
Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here235 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name291 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published hereoffline mode declared, no URL needed
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Start date published herenot published
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Stored links well-formedall parse
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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Provenance

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schemeNameFree Medical Card for Media PersonsmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme