1. The document summarizes a seminar on Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), a public-private partnership health insurance scheme in India. 2. The keynote speaker, Mr. Anil Swarup, highlighted how RSBY aims to provide health security for the poor through facilitating private market players rather than regulation, and leveraging technology to prevent fraud and allow real-time management. 3. RSBY also seeks to empower beneficiaries through choice of hospitals and portability of benefits, and create competition to improve quality of care. It could serve as a model for expanding India's social security system nationally and beyond.

1. Event Report<br />Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), the journey so far and the potential it holds<br />September 16th 2010<br />Organized by:<br />Centre for Insurance and Risk Management<br />Hosted by:<br />Centre for Insurance and Risk Management<br />Introduction<br />On September 16th 2010, the Centre for Insurance and Risk Management hosted a seminar titled “Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), the journey so far and the potential it holds”. The main organizer of this seminar was the Centre for Insurance and Risk Management (CIRM) in co-operation with the Institute for Finance and Management Research (IFMR). <br />Mr Anil Swarup, the Director General, Labour Welfare and the Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment. Govt of India was the main speaker of the event. A distinguished group of micro insurance practitioners, researchers, insurers, policy makers and health practitioners from different states in India and around the world participated in the event. <br />The major highlights of the seminar discussion were:<br />Financing Health through ‘Public Private Partnership’ – Rethinking Welfare and Sustainability

2. Targeting the problem of ‘Targeting through Technology’ – The RSBY Biometric Card

3. Not just access; Quality! – Establishing an ‘incentives model’ to ensure quality in healthcare

4. Rejuvenating Indian Health? – How will the competition between Public and the Private sector impact the health care systems in India?