Good News for Ex-Servicemen: ECHS Gets a Major Boost

No 22D(15)/2020/WE/D(Res-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New Delhi, the 1st Nov 2024

To,

The Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff

Subject:

EXPANSION OF EX-SERVICEMEN CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH SCHEME (ECHS)

Sir,

With reference to Govt of India, Min of Defence letter No 22(1)/01/US(WE)/D(Res) dated 30 Dec 2002, 22D(44)/2007/US(WE)/D(Res) dated 18 Oct 2010, 18(107)/2017/WE/D(Res-I) dated 28 Sep 2018 and 12(5)/2024-D(WE) dated 14 Mar 2024, I am directed to convey the sanction of the Government for expansion of the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) as follows:

(a) Establish 21 new ECHS Polyclinics as per Appendix ‘A’

(b) Upgradation of 50 existing ECHS Polyclinics as per Appendix ‘B’

(c) Additional increase of contractual manpower of 1321 at ECHS Polyclinics as per Annexure 1 to 3 of Appendix ‘C’.

This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Fin) vide their U.O. No. 32 (05)/2020/Fin/Pen dated 18.10.2024.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. PP Sharma
Officer on Special Duty (WE & IC)

Ser No	Polyclinic Location	State/Country	Type (Non-Mil)
1	Butwal	Nepal	A
2	Dhangadi	Nepal	B
3	Dwarka	Delhi	B
4	Gomti Area (Lucknow)	UP	C
5	Clement Town (Dehradun)	Uttarakhand	C
6	Nalagarh	Himachal Pradesh	C
7	Bangalore Whitefield	Karnataka	D
8	Rourkela	Odisha	D
9	Jaipur III	Rajasthan	D
10	Sainikpuri Hyderabad	Telangana	D
11	Sec 21 JVV Noida	UP	D
12	Sec 82 Noida	UP	D
13	Cuttack	Odisha	D
14	Pune (Nyati)	Maharashtra	D
15	Patna II	Bihar	D
16	Meerut II	UP	D
17	Vishakhapatnam II	Andhra Pradesh	D
18	Balesar	Rajasthan	D
19	Vijayanagram	Andhra Pradesh	C
20	Hooghly	West Bengal	C
21	Bagalkote	Karnataka	C

Ser No.	Polyclinic	Present Type	Regional Centre	Upgraded Type
1	Secunderabad	B	Hyderabad	A
2	Meerut	B	Bareilly	A
3	Jaipur	B	Jaipur	A
4	Gurgaon(Sohna Road)	B	Delhi-I	A
5	Pune	B	Pune	A
6	Chandigarh	B	Chandimandir	A
7	Jodhpur	B	Ahmedabad	A
8	Belgaum	B	Bangalore	A
9	Haldwani	B	Bareilly	A
10	Patiala	B	Ambala	A
11	Rewari	B	Jaipur	A
12	Ambala	C	Ambala	A
13	Lucknow	C	Lucknow	A
14	Kanpur	C	Lucknow	A
15	Agra	C	Bareilly	A
16	Chandimandir	C	Chandimandir	A
17	Vishakhapatnam	C	Vizag	A
18	Bareilly	C	Bareilly	A
19	Barrackpore	C	Kolkata	A
20	Danapur (Patna)	C	Patna	A
21	Mohali	C	Chandimandir	A
22	Pathankot	D	Jammu	A
23	Ghaziabad (Hindon)	D	Delhi-II	A
24	Khadki (Pune)	D	Pune	A
25	Prayagraj (Allahabad)	D	Allahabad	A
26	Mathura	D	Jaipur	A
27	Palampur	D	Yol	A
28	Mavelikara	D	Trivandrum	A
29	Roorkee	D	Dehradun	A
30	Rohtak	D	Hisar	A
31	Ahmednagar	C	Pune	B
32	Bhubaneshwar	C	Bhubaneshwar	B
33	Faridabad	C	Delhi I	B
34	Samba	C	Jammu	B
35	Unchibassi	C	Jalandhar	B
36	Kozhikode	C	Kochi	B
37	Tarantaran / Patti	D	Jalandhar	B
38	Charkhi Dadri	D	Hisar	B
39	Gorakhpur	D	Allahabad	B
40	Jabalpur	D	Jabalpur	B
41	Gwalior	D	Jabalpur	B
42	Varanasi	D	Allahabad	B
43	South Pune (Lohegaon)	D	Pune	C
44	Devlali	D	Pune	C
45	Palwal	D	Delhi I	C
46	Akhnoor	D	Jammu	C
47	Kottarakara	D	Trivandrum	C
48	Batala	D	Jalandhar	C
49	Ajmer	D	Ahmedabad	C
50	Bhopal	D	Jabalpur	C

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