Break even or little profit will help us run NHPS efficiently: G Srinivasan

G Srinivasan talks about NHPS, reinsurance market and how technology has improved efficiencies at NIA, as the company expands to Myanmar and the Dubai financial centre this year

G Srinivasan, chairman-cum-managing director of The New India Assurance (NIA), spoke to Abhijit Lele and Advait Rao Palepu about the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), reinsurance market and how technology has improved efficiencies at NIA, as the company expands to Myanmar and the Dubai financial centre this year. Srinivasan is expected to complete his tenure at the public sector general insurance giant in July 2018. Excerpts:

Several issues have been raised by various stakeholders coming under the NHPS and Ayushman Bharat scheme. Are expectations from the industry being met by the government?

Hospital tie-ups, methodology for rolling out the scheme and package