The Centre has extended the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, RSBY, to domestic workers. A Labour and Employment Ministry release says, the main objective behind this is to inform the beneficiaries regarding enrolment procedures and benefits of the scheme. The state governments have to identify domestic workers who have completed 18 years of age on the basis of definition of domestic workers prescribed in the guidelines.

AIR Correspondent reports, the scheme provides for smart card based cashless health insurance cover of thirty thousand rupees every year to a family of five on a family floater basis.