Good news for central government employees and pensioners! The central government has made major changes to the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) rates, effective October 13, 2025. In the wake of this revision in rates, a new billing process and digital system (TMS 2.0) have also been implemented.

These changes are expected to benefit approximately 4.6 million CGHS beneficiaries. The government states that the new rates are based on hospital accreditation, city category, hospital type, and patient ward.

What’s the big change: Rate revision after 10 years

The last major increase in CGHS rates was in 2014. Since then, only a few minor revisions have occurred.

Employees and pensioners used to complain that due to the old rates, many hospitals refused to provide cashless treatmen

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