This Office Memorandum from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, dated 7 May 2018, expands the definition of permanent disability for extending CGHS benefits to unmarried, financially dependent sons of CGHS beneficiaries beyond 25 years of age. In line with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, it now includes locomotor, visual, hearing, speech, intellectual and mental disabilities, autism, chronic neurological conditions, blood disorders like thalassemia and haemophilia, and multiple disabilities. Sons with 40% or more disability certified by a Medical Board are eligible. Read the full memorandum for the complete list of conditions.
