Retired Air India staff entitled to health cover

In a huge relief for retired Air India employees, the government has finalised a solution to the key issue of providing medical insurance to all retired employees of Air India – one of their key concerns. “Retired employees will get CGHS facility for their OPD requirement and National Health Insurance Scheme for their hospitalisation requirements,” said a top government official, who did not want to be identified.

The number of retired employees at Air India is at about 50,000, of these, about 30,000 have opted for the post-retirement medical scheme.

The official quoted above added that this is not a pre-condition for the transfer of the airline to its new owners – Tata Group – but was a big concern of retired employees.