An insured person who leaves the insurable employment on attaining the age of superannuation, or retires under a Voluntary Retirement Scheme or takes premature retirement after being insured for not less than five years, shall be eligible to receive medical benefits for himself and his spouse at the scale prescribed under the Act and the regulations made thereunder, subject to : —
(i) the production of proof of his superannuation or retirement under a Voluntary Retirement Scheme or as the case may be, premature retirement and having been in the insurable employment for a minimum of five years to the satisfaction of such officers as may be authorised by the Corporation ; and
(ii) the payment of contribution at the rate of ten rupees per month in lump sum for one year at a time in advance to the concerned office of the Corporation in the manner prescribed by it.
61-A. Income limit of dependant parents for eligibilty to medical benefit. — The income of dependant parents for eligibility to medical benefit under sub-clause (v) of clause (11) of section 2 of the Act from all sources should not exceed five thousand rupees in a month.