ABSTRACT
"If health care is not affordable & accessible to all, is not of any use" Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, many people have been forced to give up their savings for the treatment of their families or for themselves. While the beds at the government hospitals were always occupied, many had to rush to the private hospitals at times of an emergency. It made a considerably large hole in the pockets of the middle-class Indians. Recently, in view of the current situation, a health insurance scheme was launched by the name of 'Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi SwasthyaBima Yojana' by the chief minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot. This state-operated scheme is supposed to offer cashless treatment to the residents of the state. Let's dive into details and learn about the different benefits this scheme is supposed to offer to the citizens of Rajasthan. A large number of people in the State are not able to afford the expenditure of their treatment. High expenditure on health care is the major cause of rural indebtedness. The Rajasthan State Government has taken an unprecedented decision to start the CHIRANJEEVI SWASTHYA BIMA YOJANA has been started in the state from 1st may 2021. Rajasthan has taken a step towards 'universal health coverage' by providing quality free medical services to the citizens of the state on hospitalization in government as well as private hospitals and reducing the expenditure incurred by the family for health services. To assess the awareness and understanding of Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana in Bikaner Administrative Division a primary research was conducted on 400 respondents in Bikaner Division througharea sampling. The primary data was collected through schedule and data was analysed through Microsoft Excel and descriptive statistical measures like percentage and mean were calculated. The data collected for this study showed that the awareness level of Chiranjeevi SwasthyaBima Yojana in Bikaner Administrative Division was low in urban areas.
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus pandemic has interrupted labor markets, triggering massive and instant series of experimentations with flexible work arrangements, and new relationships to centralized working environments. These approaches have laid the basis for the "new normal," likely extending into the organization of work in the post-pandemic era. These new arrangements, especially flexible work arrangements, have challenged traditional relationships with employees and employers, work time and working hours, the work-life balance (WLB), and the relationship of individuals to work. This paper investigates how labor markets have been interrupted due to the pandemic, focusing especially on manual (blue-collar) and nonmanual (white-collar) work and the future of the WLB, along with exploring the projected deviations that are driving a foreseeable future policy revolution in work and employment. This paper argues that although hybrid and remote working would be more popular in the post-pandemic for nonmanual work, it will not be "one size fits all" solution. Traditional work practices will remain, and offices will not completely disappear. Manual labor will continue current work practices with increased demands. Employers' attention to employees' WLB in the new normal will target employees' motivation and achieving better WLB. These trends for the labor market and WLB are classified into three categories-those that are predicated on changes that were already underway but were accelerated with arrival of the pandemic ("acceleration");those that represent normalization of what were once considered avant-garde ways of work ("normalization");and those that represent modification or alteration of pre-pandemic set-up ("remodelling").