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CGHS rules revamped: Old websites shut down, major service changes for beneficiaries from April 28 Story by PF Desk • 15h • 2 min read

 

CGHS rules revamped: Old websites shut down, major service changes for beneficiaries from April 28

Story by PF Desk
 • 15h • 
2 min read

CGHS rule changes: A major digital change is happening in the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). From 28 April 2025, the new digital platform and Health Management Information System (HMIS) of CGHS will be fully launched. With this, the old websites http://www.cghs.gov.in and http://www.cghs.nic.in will be closed. Now all the services will be available through the new portal http://www.cghs.mohfw.gov.in, according to a Health Ministry circular.

Apart from this, a new CGHS mobile app has also been launched for Android and iOS users, which has better interface and digital services.

To implement this change smoothly, all the services of CGHS – including health centers – are closed for one day on 26 April 2025 (Saturday). During this time the work of data migration and system switching will be completed, so that the new system can start without any interruption.

What are the new changes?

Now CGHS beneficiaries will be identified through PAN number. This will eliminate the need to re-check documents and make it easier to confirm eligibility.

Contribution payments will now be directly linked to the Bharat Kosh portal. This means that there will be no need to make manual entries, which will also reduce problems related to errors and refunds.

In the new system, on applying for a card, first full information about eligibility and contribution amount will be given. Only after that payment will have to be made. This will eliminate the problem of depositing money without information.

Facilities like card transfer, adding dependents or other changes in the card will now be available completely online. This will save time and people will not have to visit the office.

You will now keep getting updates through SMS and email at every step of the process of every application. This will increase transparency and reduce the need to follow-up at any stage.

Keeping cyber security in mind, all existing users will have to reset their password when logging in for the first time. This step has been taken to protect the system from threats like hacking.

Apart from this, now the departments will be identified by their DDO (Drawing and Disbursing Officer) and PAO (Pay and Accounts Officer) codes, as recorded in the salary slips of the employees. This will also strengthen the backend records of the officers.

Why was this change necessary?

The old software of CGHS was being used continuously since 2005. But now it had become technically very old and had become weak in terms of new IT standards and cyber security. With the arrival of the new HMIS system, CGHS services will not only be available faster, but they will also be more secure, transparent and user-friendly. This will give a better experience to millions of beneficiaries and the operation of government health services will be even more effective.




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