Free Medical Card for Media Persons

Identification Cards/Certificates will be issued to the eligible media persons for availing the following facilities -

• Free medical facilities to the press correspondents and members of their families in Government hospitals /institutions under the control of the Administration.
• Free treatment in the Government hospitals /institutions of Puducherry with entitlement of 'A-Class' Special Wards. In the absence of such wards, wards of the next lower category shall be provided.
• The free medical facility will also include hospital stoppages, investigation charges, etc.

Time of Disbursal: The Medical Card will be issued within a working day from the date of application.

• The applicant should be a citizen of India.
• The applicant should be a native of the Union Territory of Puducherry by birth or by continuous residence for not less than five years.
• The applicant should be a Press Correspondent.

Offline

The applicant should write a formal letter, attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest, if required), and submit the same to - The Director Department of Information & Publicity 18, Belcombe Street, Puducherry - 605 001 +91-413-2334398, 2336415, 2337078 info.pon@nic.in *The Office Timings are Monday to Friday, 08:45 am to 01:00 pm & 02:00 pm to 05:45 pm.

• Nativity and Nationality Certificate (Form-II), from an officer of the Revenue Department not below the rank of a Deputy Tahsildar.
• Media Person's Identity Card, issued by the Directorate of Information and Publicity, Puducherry.
• Two Passport Size Photographs.

The scheme "Free Medical Card for Media Persons" by the Department of Information & Publicity, Union Territory of Puducherry, aims to provide free medical facilities to press correspondents and members of their families in Government hospitals /institutions under the control of the Administration. This will include free treatment in the Government hospitals /institutions of Puducherry with entitlement to A-Class Special Wards.