Apply In-Person

1. Application form to Apply for a journalist health card is available in the enrolment centre.
2. The applicant should make sure to carry all the documents that are mentioned under the “Required Documents” section of this page (Both photocopies and originals).
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the form and attach the photocopies of the documents that are needed along with the application form before submitting.
4. There is no charge for a Journalist health card.
5. Concerned authorities will look into the application form and submitted documents before providing an approval.
6. Approval will be provided within 2-3 weeks.
7. If the approval has not been given within 3 weeks, applicant can visit the office to know the status of their application.

Please select the state name for respective State Procedure

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Madhya Pradesh
5. Manipur
6. Telangana

• The lists of the documents that are necessary for application process are:
• Photo
• Aadhaar Proof
• Relationship proof of family members
• Residence Proof
• Government Officials Identity Proof

Directorate General of Health Services
Nirman Bhawan, Maulana Azad Rd, New Delhi, Delhi 110011
Ph. No. - 22391435
E-mail: spodgehs.dhs@gmail.com
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• The applicant must have proof of residence.
• The applicant should be a journalist.
• The applicant should have at least 15 yrs experience in the field.

• There is no charge for a Journalist health card.<b

• This is a one-time process and can review in one year.
  

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• Processing time for this procedure is 2-3 weeks.
  

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• AAdhar card and the photos of journalists shall be given in jpeg format not more than 200 kb in pendrive in the I&PR Dept., for uploading.
  

The information needed to be filled in the application form are listed below:

• Gender
• Name Of The Applicant
• Name Of Father / Spouse
• Date Of Birth
• Age
• Media House Card No
• Dipr Card No
• Bank Details
• Present Address
• Mobile No
• E-Mail Id
• Education
• Aadhar card number

• Journalist’s health card helps journalists and their family member’s medical treatments funded by CM Relief Fund.
  

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• Only such journalists and their family member whose names an photos appear in the cards will be eligible to obtain medical treatment under the scheme. The choice of the hospitals would be with the journalist concerned.
  

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