The Roshi Rural Municipality in Kavre district has offered health insurance services to 1,780 households (HHs) for free. The rural municipality has paid the amount of the benefitted locals' insurance premium. Likewise, the health insurance scheme is offered to 886 other families from the federal government.
The health insurance programme that was initiated from Kailali four years ago is now being implemented in Kanchanpur as the 44th district, said Janak Saud, Far-West Province Coordinator of Health Insurance Board.